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Salem Police Suspect Arson After Fire at a Tesla Dealership
SALEM, Ore. — The Salem Police Felony Crimes Unit is investigating a fire at a car dealership during the early morning hours as possible arson.
Salem police and firefighters rushed to the Tesla dealership at 2755 Mission St. SE at 3.45…
Portland Police Use Drones to Bust Drifters, Seize Cars Under Oregon’s New Reckless Driving…
Portland Police arrested two men for allegedly drifting in a North Portland parking lot on Friday night. After watching the pair through drone cameras, police stepped in and made the arrests. The cars used in the incident may be confiscated…
Son of a Prominent Oregon Businessman Jailed for Going on a Spending Spree While Father Lay in a…
The son of the former long-standing president of the Northwest Grocers Association in Oregon and Washington - who is in a vegetative state after he was poisoned - has been jailed for 30 months and ordered to repay his father $372,000 by a…
Oregon Veterinarian was Allegedly Obsessed with Employee, Breaking her Husband’s Neck
UPDATE: Retired Oregon City Veterinarian Found Guilty of Killing his Former Lover’s Husband
Prosecutors claim that a successful, now retired, Oregon veterinarian became obsessed with a former employee and broke her husband’s neck in…
From Nonprofit Leader to Meth Dealer: Oregon’s St. Vincent de Paul Director Sentenced to 40…
The former executive director of the nonprofit homeless services organization, St. Vincent de Paul of Bend, was sentenced to jail on Wednesday for selling large quantities of methamphetamine from his Oregon home.
Gary Hewitt (59) was…
Oregon Woman Who Sold Free Shelter Animals to Unsuspecting Pet Lovers Sentenced to Prison
An Oregon woman from Columbia County who obtained animals at no cost from out-of-state shelters and then offered them to paying customers in Oregon was yesterday sentenced to federal prison.
Woman Also Illegally Dispensed Animal…
Negasi Zuberi Sentenced To Life In Prison For Kidnapping & Sexual Assaults
MEDFORD, Ore. — Negasi Zuberi, 31, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, also known as Justin Joshua Hyche, was sentenced in the Oregon U.S. District Court Eugene to life in federal prison yesterday for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women and…
Portland Robbery: Dead Victim Identified
The man found in the parking lot in the 1100 block of Northeast 102nd Avenue, Hazelwood neighborhood, on Monday- after a robbery, he later died, has been identified as 47-year-old Jonathan Trent of Portland. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB)…
FBI Offers $25,000 Reward for Information Relevant to Bomb Blasts at Ballot Boxes in Oregon and…
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person responsible for a series of attacks at ballot boxes in Portland and Washington.
Suspect is…
Suspected Salem Flight Deck Restaurant Armed Robber Arrested
SALEM, Ore. — Following a Salem Police Department investigation into an armed robbery at the Flight Deck Restaurant & Lounge in southeast Salem in December, police arrested Butch August Knupp, 40, of Keizer, yesterday.
Flight…