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Oregon Sneaker Seller Gets 70 Months After $80 Million Fraud That Left Customers With Nothing
The owner of a former Oregon business that sold collectible sneakers online was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months in federal prison for a fraud conspiracy involving more than $80 million.
According to the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office,…
Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a…
ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights.
Toren McKnight…
Portland Police Pursuit Ends With Driver Found Dead After High-Speed Crash in Beaverton
PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver was found dead inside a vehicle that crashed when Portland Police officers tried to stop him for reckless driving.
The incident began in the Old Town during the early hours of Saturday morning when the police…
Medford Man Won’t Face Charges After Fatal Home Invasion Shooting That DA Calls Self-Defense
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office indicated yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Martin Uriel Jimenez Jr., who was shot during a violent home invasion in the early…
Oregon Drug Dealer Features in Homeland Security’s ‘Worst of the Worst’ as ICE Highlights the Case
The Department of Homeland Security has released a photo Gallery of 15 illegal aliens who they describe as “the worst of the worst” criminals.
One of the arrests was that of Isaias Alvarado-Arellano, a Mexican who was convicted of…
Two Men Arrested Near Portland ICE Facility as Police Say Their Job Is Public Safety Not Immigration…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Following the arrest of two Portland residents on Friday night near the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention center in South Portland, the Police Bureau reminds the public that while it does not engage in…
State Police Seek Suspect After $50,000 Burglary at Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem
The Oregon State Police are appealing to the public to help them identify a suspect following a burglary at the Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem.
The incident occurred during the early hours of Thursday morning when a male suspect…
Oregon Woman Sentenced for Arson After Burning Down Ex Boyfriend’s Home When He Refused to Meet
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene woman set her boyfriend’s house on fire when he refused to meet with her in person after their relationship ended.
Forty-year-old Leticia Crystal Blue Ocean Datu-Strong, aka Rickie Potts, has been sentenced to 34…
Oregon Woman Lived the High Life on Embezzled Money From Her Medford Employer for Years
MEDFORD, Ore. — A 53-year-old Oregon woman lived the high life, traveling, visiting casinos and restaurants, and renting exotic cars, with the hundreds of thousands of dollars she embezzled from her employer.
Notja Michelle Brower has…
Home Invasion in Keizer Leads to Attempted Murder Charges Against Three Young Eugene Suspects
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Two young men and a teenage female have been arrested by Keizer Police Department detectives after a targeted home-invasion attack and robbery in the area of McGee Court NE on October 24.
All Three are…