Police pursuit right now. West bound on Libby. Chasing a black motorcycle. Motorcycle wrecked at mile post 3. Jeff Socia is “the guy in the white truck that took off before”, whatever that means. The guy who ran on the motorcycle says his name is James merchant, but has an ID in his wallet that has a last name of savage. Savage is a female. He has her ID and social security card in his wallet. The license plate comes back as a stolen motorcycle. It appears to not be the same motorcycle, so it’s just stolen plates so far. This bike is a stolen white ninja. Stolen at the end of last year. And Gary McClain, the POS sex offender that lives at the corner of Libby and shinglehouse just walked up to the scene. Merchant is going to BAH to be evaluated. A deputy is following the ambulance. 63292 Rice Road is associated with all of this. Mr. Merchant is making threats to the deputy as they drive to the jail. Merchant is 0-2 against this deputy. Must suck being shown how pathetic you are so many times in one day, by the same deputy, so all he has is running his mouth. Awful mouthy when he knows the deputy can’t do anything to him. *information is taken from a Facebook post

WHEN: Jul 08, 2025 at 8:42 PM
WHERE: 63292 Rice Road, Coos Bay
SUSPECT: James Bruce Merchant  LODGED  SEX OFFENDER