Crime and Courts News in Oregon
Crime & Courts
Jury Awards $800,000 in Oregon Discrimination Case After Two Female Lawyers Were Denied Courtroom…
Two female lawyers, one Black and one Latina, won a combined $800,000 in damages on Wednesday after a lengthy discrimination lawsuit involving a Washington County deputy sheriff.
Tidings Insight
Civil rights verdicts often include…
Oregon Veterinarian Sentenced After Stealing Animal Pain Meds for Personal Use and Replacing Them…
A Portland veterinarian, Dr. Brenda Brown-Carlson, was sentenced to 60 months of supervised probation in Multnomah County Circuit Court on January 13 after admitting to diverting controlled substances for her personal use and replacing them…
Portland Neighborhood Urged to Share Surveillance Footage as Manhunt Continues for Gunman Who Shot…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is appealing to the public who live in the Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood, and who have surveillance cameras at their homes, to assist them in the search for a white male who shot and injured…
Medford Man Sent Back to Prison After Dark Web Cocaine Parcels Trigger Federal Sting
MEDFORD, Ore. — An Oregon man on federal supervised release for distributing cocaine was again sentenced to federal prison in Medford, Oregon, earlier this week for attempting to sell cocaine he had bought on the dark web.
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Oregon Man Indicted for Cyberstalking After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Massachusetts Prosecutor
Lewis Floyd (40) of Oregon has been indicted by a Boston federal grand jury for alleged Cyber stalking and threatening a Massachusetts state prosecutor.
Tidings Context
A federal indictment is a formal charge approved by a grand jury.…
Crew Sentenced After Using Stolen Trucks and Chains to Rip Open ATMs in Oregon, Florida, and…
Three men sentenced to prison yesterday for bank conspiracy, robbery, and theft used stolen trucks and tow chains to forcibly open ATMs in Oregon, Florida, and Missouri. Their haul totaled more than $350,000.
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Tow chain…
Oregon Aviation Parts Smuggling Plot Exposed as Man Is Sentenced for Trying to Send Tech to Russia
Sanjay Kaushik from Delhi, India, was yesterday sentenced to federal prison for violating the Export Control Reform Act when he conspired to export aviation components and a navigation and flight control system from an Oregon-based supplier…
Oregon Woman Says She Was Locked Up After Her Sentence Ended and Is Now Suing the State for $10…
The Oregon Supreme Court overturned a decision by Governor Tina Kotek to revoke the commutation of the sentence of Terri Lee Brown and return her to prison, after she had served all her sentences.
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Commutation changes a…
Alleged Tren de Aragua Member Shot by Border Patrol in Portland Now Facing Federal Charges
Luis Nino-Moncada, the alleged member of a notorious Venezuela gang who, together with a female passenger, was shot by a Border Patrol agent in Portland last week, will appear in court today (Tuesday) charged with aggravated assault of…
Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty After Feds Say She Stole Nearly $500K in COVID Relief Meant to Save Jobs
The owner of three businesses, 50-year-old Jodi Aliece Jennings of Junction City, Oregon, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing over $487,386.75 in federal funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Junction City Woman Pleads Guilty To…