Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Oregon Woman Gets Seven Years for Setting Ex-Boyfriend’s Parents’ Porch on Fire
EUGENE, Ore. — A woman from Eugene will spend more than seven years in prison for setting fire to the home of a former boyfriend’s parents.
Jasmine Wright was found guilty on five counts of first-degree arson and multiple other charges…
62-Year-Old Oregon Driver in Stolen Car Tasered After Threatening Deputies With Club
A 62-year-old man from Albany, driving a stolen vehicle, was tasered by a sheriff’s office sergeant when he threatened deputies with a club.
The drama unfolded late last Saturday night when the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a…
Portland Suspect Claims Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend Was Accident as Charges Drop
PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…
Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…
73-Year-Old Oregon Eye Doctor Sentenced After Defrauding Clients Out of $2.8 Million in Fake…
A 73-year-old Oregon optometrist has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding 155 people of $2.8 million.
Robert Lee Adams, of Bandon, who misled his clients into making foreign exchange investments with his…
Dispute Between Known Individuals Sparks Shooting in Vacant Klamath County Residence
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is investigating a shooting between two known individuals in a vacant house in the area of South Lalakes Avenue and Charley Street on Monday afternoon.
KCSO and Oregon…
Southeast Portland Welfare Check Turns Into Armed Standoff and Murder Investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. — What started as a routine welfare check in Southeast Portland on Sunday night spiraled into an armed standoff that ended with a homicide investigation.
Caller Reports a Dead Woman In the Home
Around 6:30 p.m. on…
Hillsboro Search Turns Grim as Investigators Recover Body Parts From Tualatin River
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Responding to reports from a kayaker that they had found a body part in the Tualatin River on Friday, Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) searchers found another body part the next day.
Deputies went to…
Portland Couple Faces Drug and Gun Charges After Police Use Stop Sticks to Foil Escape
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland couple was arrested and charged after officers from the North Precinct found them in possession of large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine, $10,000 in cash, a semiautomatic pistol, several firearm…
Coos Bay Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Over Son’s Death in Back of Police Car
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Jennifer Smith, the mother of Nathan Bradford Smith (33), has filed a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit against the City of Coos Bay, claiming her son died in the back of a patrol car while a Coos Bay Police officer…