By Associated Press - Monday, July 24, 2017

TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) - Authorities arrested a 42-year-old man accused of killing his older brother in Tillamook.

The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that police went to a home on a disturbance call Sunday and found the body of 49-year-old John Armitage.

His brother, Jared Armitage, was booked into jail on a murder charge. Court records show Jared Armitage pleaded guilty in May to misdemeanor harassment of his older brother.



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