It is a teenage love story: “I am breaking up with you, this just isn’t working out.”
“No you’re not, I am breaking up with you! Get back here!,” says the other.
Except this is taking place at the Pacific County Sheriff’s Office and it’s not an actual break up. It’s a “separation” between an employee who was allegedly found to have credibility issues and a sheriff who refuses to accept the deputy’s retirement.
The story has already been covered multiple times: former deputy Sean Eastham’s response while on-duty to a disorderly call in Ocean Park, which turned into a manslaughter case. He was at home on lunch in Naselle with his boots kicked off, gun belt off, and vest removed. It took him 42 minutes to get on scene, a scene he reportedly did not lock down.
After initially defending the response time as a fact of life in a large rural county, Sheriff Daniel Garcia opted days later to place Eastham on leave following a public outcry. Ferraris Investigations and Consulting, LLC, of Redmond, Oregon, was hired to lead the inquiry.
What was supposed to be an investigation into the Ocean Park incident then deviated into allegations of Eastham working a side-job while on leave without permission and his reluctance to put a front license plate on his personal vehicle.
This was all going on while Eastham opted to challenge his superior in the 2026 primary election for sheriff.
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