Published on: 02/02/2026
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Depoe Bay is known as having the “World’s Smallest Harbor,” but it is also a small coastal community with a bank at the Northend of town, right on Hwy. 101. Columbia Bank, which recently grew with the acquisition of Umpqua Bank, was robbed Friday! According to reports, two-armed males walked into the bank shortly before noon, demanded access to the vault, and made off with about $50,000. But, that’s as far as their criminal success got as law enforcement officers were quick to respond and deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office captured 37-year old Franco Armando Mereno Jr., of Portland, and 43-year old Jonathan F. Schwentner, of Canby. They were charged with Robbery, Aggravated Theft & Kidnapping. While Depoe Bay is a small coastal community, the robbers apparently didn’t realize there is only two ways in or out of Depoe Bay, Hwy. 101 South and Hwy. 101 North. Both were lodged in the Lincoln Co. Jail at Newport.
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