Crime and Courts News in Oregon
Crime & Courts
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.
Tidings Insight
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…
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…