Crime and Courts News in Oregon
Crime & Courts
15-Year-Old Portland Boy Charged With Attempted Murder After Lighting Family House on Fire
PORTLAND, Ore. — A teenager was arrested by Portland Police officers from Central Precinct responding to reports of the 15-year-old in a mental health crisis, causing significant damage to his family's home with a hammer in a house in the…
Four Suspected Drug Dealers Arrested in Portland After Bike Squad Sergeant Spots Street Deal
PORTLAND, Ore. — Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Portland yesterday, and police took possession of dealer-level quantities of fentanyl, a replica firearm, an illegal knife, a stun gun, and drug packaging materials.
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Springfield Police Arrest 60-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Minutes After Wells Fargo Hold-Up
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A sixty-year-old man from South Carolina robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Springfield on Thursday morning, threatening cashiers with a concealed weapon.
Andrew Boaden McKissack was arrested shortly after the 11.30 a.m.…
Anchorage Man Convicted in Portland of COVID Relief Fraud Faces 20 Years in Prison
A Cameroonian national who lives in Anchorage, 64-year-old Peter Igwacho, faces a possible 20 years in prison after a federal jury in Portland found him guilty of Covid-19 relief-related wire fraud on Thursday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty After Girlfriend Jumps From Vehicle to Flee Pistol Whipping on Warm Springs…
A resident of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation faces 10 years in prison after pistol- whipping his girlfriend around the head, resulting in life-threatening injuries when she jumped from a moving vehicle to escape him.
Henry Jonathan…
Federal Judge Rules Oregon School District Cannot Discipline Social Worker for Displaying Gender…
The Oregon Inter-mountain Education Service District has been ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew D. Hallman not to impose disciplinary action against a clinical social worker for displaying books in his office that could offend…
Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $560,000 From Eugene Public Housing Agency
Miranda Renee Wilcox (60), a payroll specialist at the Public Housing Agency in Eugene, has been found guilty of embezzling upwards of half a million dollars from Homes for Good.
Charged and pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree…
Oregon Car Crash Reveals Massive Fentanyl Haul That Sends Washington Man to Prison for More Than…
A 28-year-old Washington man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after a traffic accident in Oregon led investigators to uncover a large stash of fentanyl.
Jesus Paul Zazueta of Yakima was ordered this week to…
Medford Woman Who Killed Cyclist While Huffing Inhalants Receives 10-Year Prison Sentence
MEDFORD, Ore. — A Jackson County woman, 36-year-old Cassie Cavagnaro, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for a DUII crash on South Pacific Highway that killed 41-year-old Jason (Jimilee) Thomas, a former Bend chef, as he was…
Ashland Felon and California Trafficker Tied to Huge Medford Meth Seizure After MADGE Investigation
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford Police Department recently shared details of two big Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team (MADGE) drug busts, which contributed to the almost 40-pound haul of methamphetamines that the police have…