On Thursday, December 28, 2017, forty-six-year-old William (Bill) Terebesi was shot several times while at his storage unit located at Strahm Storage on Oceanview Drive, Harbor, Or. Terebesi was able to drive himself to the Sheriff’s Office Sub-Station in Harbor while calling 911 at the same time. Terebesi indicated that he did not know the assailant and had never seen him before.
The Curry County Sheriff’s Office being the lead investigating agency was assisted by the rest of the Major Crime Team consisting of the Brookings Police, Gold Beach Police, Port Orford Police, Oregon State Police and the Curry County District Attorney. Within the week, based on evidence and statements, the shooting suspect was identified as twenty-seven-year-old Robert Kris Stanley from Brookings but originally from South Carolina. The Major Crime Team learned that a couple days after the shooting, Stanley had left the area to Shelton Washington and was staying in a motel there.
On 01-05-18, a warrant was obtained from the Circuit Court for Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree for the arrest of Robert Kris Stanley. The following day a Curry County Sheriff’s Detective and Patrol Deputy along with two Oregon State Troopers traveled to Shelton Washington where they met with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and the Shelton Police Department. Officers and Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and the
Shelton Police Department located Stanley at a local motel there and took him into custody on the felony warrant.
On 01-10-18, The Mason County Sheriff’s Office transported Stanley to Portland where he was then picked up by a Curry County Sheriff’s Office Detective and an Oregon State Police Detective and then transported back to the Curry County Jail.
Current Information from the family of Terebesi is that Bill is doing better but still at an undisclosed medical facility recovering.
The Curry County Sheriff’s Office, Brookings Police Department, and Oregon State Police are continuing the investigation. All information is being forwarded to the Curry County District Attorney.
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