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Man suspected

in four local robberies

A man arrested Saturday on suspicion of robbing two Eugene convenience stores also is suspected in two similar armed holdups that occurred earlier this month, police said.

Eugene police believe that Christopher Allan Peck, 21, of Eugene, is the person who robbed a Shell gas station at 1080 W. Seventh Ave. on June 7, and a Best Western motel at 1655 Franklin Blvd. on July 9.

Peck was arrested late Saturday in connection with robberies earlier that night at Amazon Market at 1815 W. 11th Ave. and a Shell gas station at Sixth Avenue and Grant Street.

Peck was being held Tuesday in the Lane County Jail on one count of first-degree robbery and three counts of second-degree robbery.

REGION

Man dies in single-car wreck near Oakland

OAKLAND - A 41-year-old man was killed early Tuesday when he was ejected from his car after it skidded off Old Highway 99 North, Douglas County sheriff's officials said.

Billy Buchanan Duck Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which police said occurred at 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Investigators said they believe Duck was headed north on the road when he drifted onto the east shoulder and lost control of his 1991 Ford Taurus. The car then skidded back across the road and into a ditch, where it rolled and crashed through a gate. Duck was thrown from the vehicle, police said.

A preliminary investigation suggests that Duck may have been speeding and may not have been wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, police said.

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