Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Drive-By Shooter Still at Large as Medford Police Hunt for Blue Dodge Pickup
MEDFORD, Ore. — As part of a drive-by shooting investigation, the Medford Police Department (MPD) has asked the public to help identify the blue Dodge Pickup in this video:
The blue Dodge pictured in the video was…
Honduran National Caught in Portland with Ten Pounds of Fentanyl and a Sweetener Used to Cut Drugs
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Illegal immigrant has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Oregon.
Edis Odalis Centeno Banegas (45), a Honduran national living…
Two Children Test Positive for Meth After Portland Mom Found Unresponsive at Home
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland woman, 23-year-old Chloe Alethia Barnes, was arraigned last Thursday on four counts of criminal mistreatment and two counts of child neglect after witnesses reported her 3-year-old child wandering the streets…
Portland Man Could Get 30 Years After Throwing Rocks and Ramming ICE Building Entrance
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 24-year-old Portland man, who is the 23rd defendant charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with offenses at the ICE building, faces a possible 30 years behind bars.
Robert Jacob Hoopes appeared in a federal court…
Driver in Stolen Vehicle Hits Two Pedestrians in Downtown Portland Before Crashing
PORTLAND, Ore. — A suspect driving a stolen vehicle struck and seriously injured two pedestrians walking in Portland’s Old Town at lunchtime yesterday (Sunday). The stolen vehicle crashed at the intersection of Northwest 6th Avenue and…
Fentanyl Dealer Busted in Douglas County After Weeks-Long Narcotics Investigation
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — A weeks-long Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) investigation has resulted in the arrest of an alleged fentanyl dealer, 60-year-old Robert Dennis, of Riddle, on Thursday.
DINT detectives launched an…
Portland Man Sentenced for Orchestrating Threats That Forced Hospital Evacuations
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal court in Brooklyn, NY, sentenced a Portland, Oregon man, 31-year-old Domagoj Patkovic, to five years in prison for a swatting and bomb threats scheme targeting Jewish hospitals in New York City in Long Island. One…
Illegal Immigrant Using Stolen Oregon Identity for Three Decades Finally Caught in Montana
A 48-year-old man from Billings who has been living illegally in the United States under an assumed identity for 30 years was yesterday sentenced to seven months in prison and three years of supervised release.
False Declaration…
Ashland Man Indicted for Attempted Murder After Firing at Police on I-5
ASHLAND, Ore. — A suspected shooter, 29-year-old Devanta Mader of Ashland, was indicted on First Degree Attempted Murder, among other charges, following Saturday's early morning shooting incident along Ashland's Interstate 5, which included…
Drone Tracks Down Gunman Who Fired at Police and Hid in the Woods Near Eagle Point
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A drone deployed by Eagle Point Police Department located an armed male suspect who abandoned his car on Interstate 5, fleeing on foot down an embankment and into the undergrowth.
A Drone Was Used to Avoid…