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Grants Pass Police and Federal Agents Recover Nearly 40 Pounds of Meth in Southern Oregon Drug…
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other agencies, the Grants Pass Police Department's initiatives to counter drug activity in Grants Pass and Southern Oregon resulted in the seizure of around…
Oregon Teen Accused of Plotting Attacks on ICE Agents and Making Destructive Devices
According to court documents, 18-year-old Rayden Tanner Coleman allegedly told roommates that he would cut off the heads of ICE agents in Portland and show the severed heads to the people on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in North…
Oregon Pharmacist Implicated in Major Drug and Gun Trafficking Scheme That Led to Fourteen Arrests
Fourteen members of a drug and gun trafficking organization were arrested on Wednesday when multi-agency law enforcement officers swooped on 17 locations, including Oregon.
Oregon Pharmacist Allegedly Received Kickbacks for…
Medford Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Domestic Violence Assault and Kidnapping
MEDFORD, Ore. — A 33-year-old Medford man, Joseph Latu Jr., was sentenced to 17 years in prison for an October 2023 domestic violence incident in Medford.
Jackson County Judge Hands Down Sentence For First Degree Assault In…
Oregon Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison After Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering…
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A resident of the affluent Lake Oswego suburb has been sentenced to six years in a federal prison for trafficking cocaine and money laundering.
He Must Also Forfeit Assets Worth Over $500,000…
Portland SERT Officers Kill Suspect After Finding Shotgun Shells Marked with President Trump’s Name
A suspect was shot and killed at his home yesterday morning in the Pearl District Neighborhood by a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officer from the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT).
Mayor Keith Wilson was Briefed at the Scene…
Oregon Mother Gets Three Years in Prison After DUI Crash That Killed Her 5-Year-Old Daughter
A 29-year-old Portland mother, whose five-year-old daughter died in a car accident, admitted to investigators that she had smoked marijuana and consumed a shot of tequila and two malt liquors before driving.
She Will Never Be…
Medford Police Searching for Suspect Identified by Neighbor After $10,000 School District Theft
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford Police Department is searching for 24-year-old Nicholas Thomas Mitts in connection with a string of high-dollar thefts in and around the Medford School District 549C.
A Resident on the Same Street…
Teen Arrested After Gunshot Sparks 11-Hour Police Search in Grants Pass, Officers Say
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After an intensive 11-hour investigation, a 15-year-old male juvenile was arrested by officers from the Grants Pass Police Department following a shooting incident earlier in the day.
The incident began to unfold…
Grants Pass Shoplifter Pulled a Knife on Customer After Clerk Tried to Lock Him Inside, Police Say
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A customer at a Grants Pass A-1 Market was held at knife-point when an unknown man, who had snatched several items off the shelves, was prevented from leaving the store.
The incident occurred at 2.05 p.m. on Sunday…