Dahl posts bail — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says David Dahl — the founder of Dave’s Killer Bread — was released from jail Saturday after posting bail. Dahl was arrested late Thursday after allegedly using his Cadillac Escalade to ram the patrol cars of deputies who responded to a complaint he was acting erratically. Dahl was arraigned Friday on an assault charge. Defense attorney Stephen Houze described the events leading to the arrest as a mental health crisis. Dahl had been recognized for turning his life around after spending 15 years in prison. He returned to the family baking business and developed the Portland-area bakery that makes organic whole-grain breads. His story of redemption has been a marketing theme for the company.

Pilot Rock rape case — An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to committing sex crimes against a 13-year-old girl last year. The 34-year-old Justin Bedard of Pilot Rock will spend more than six years behind bars after accepting a plea deal Friday. Bedard’s father told the judge his son should not receive such a harsh sentence. He said another man threatened to kill Bedard and his family if he did not rape the teen. The man accused by the father is scheduled to go on trial in December. A 32-year-old woman is also accused of violating the girl.

Roseburg homeless — City Manager Lance Colley plans to tell the Roseburg City Council next week that area homeless shelters have beds available for those who need them. The Roseburg News-Review reports that Colley will present findings Monday that he compiled after being told by council to meet with an Occupy Roseburg member who wants the city to designate a place where the homeless can camp legally. Colley says nearly half of the 78 beds available at the Roseburg Rescue Mission for men are empty each night, while up to 30 of the 50 beds at the Samaritan Inn for women go unused. Jeri Benedetto of Occupy Roseburg says private groups restrict who can stay and sometimes have aspects, like religion, that deter some people from staying. She wants the city to designate a campsite that’s within walking distance of services and has portable restrooms.

Neighbor killing — A judge has denied bail to a Southern Oregon man who claimed self-defense in shooting his neighbor in a long-running feud. Josephine County Circuit Judge Pat Wolke told Donald L. Easley on Friday that he saw no evidence to support his claim he was justified in shooting 59-year-old Laron Estes. The 64-year-old Easley has been held on a murder charge since the Sept. 7 shooting in the community of Kerby. Barbara Hicks, Estes’ longtime partner, testified that Estes was trying to fix some plastic sheeting they had put along a fence to block a security light on Easley’s property, when Easley came out of his house. She said Estes was unarmed and tried to leave, but stumbled and Easley shot him with a pistol poking through the fence.

Steroid trafficking — A federal grand jury has indicted 16 people on charges of conspiring to import illegal anabolic steroids, mostly from China, and using a Portland business as a front for drug trafficking and money laundering. The indictments say investigators identified nearly 50 Western Union wire transfers to Chinese chemical companies to buy anabolic steroids, and they tracked at least 68 shipments from China to the defendants between 2008 and August. Federal agents and Portland police arrested many of the suspects Thursday morning.