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Christopher Drumm, who was an officer with EPD for about three years before he resigned in 2020, also surrendered his basic police certification.

Eugene lies in western Oregon's broad Willamette River valley, roughly 100 miles south of Portland and midway between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains.

A former Eugene day care worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree criminal mistreatment and tampering with evidence related to the 2018 death of an infant in her care, while having charges of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter dismissed.  Nicole Sumpter was charged in connection to the death of a 9-month-old infant that stopped breathing in her care at Little Big Blessings in Eugene. The infant, William Cannon, died days later in the hospital.  Sumpter was sentenced La...