Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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One-Minute Oregon Bank Heist Ends in 12-Year Prison Sentence
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene bank heist that lasted one minute has not ended well for Daniel Wayne Hall (42) who was sentenced to 12 years behind bars last Friday.
Hall pleaded guilty to robbing the Banner Bank on West Sixth Avenue on April 3…
Coos Bay Man Arrested In Cocaine Trafficking Investigation
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday, January 10th, as a result of investigations by detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT).
Several people were detained during the execution of a search…
Botched Investigation Made It Impossible to File Charges Against a Teenager for the Death of Oregon…
A botched investigation made it impossible for prosecutors to file charges against Ethan Asbach, who was 19 years old at the time of the death of a Portland hiker on the Walupt Lake Trail on August 20, 2022.
A deputy from the Lewis…
Elusive Portland Pair In Stolen Vehicle Crash Arrested And Face Felony Charges
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) indicated that East Precinct Portland Police officers responding to a report of a welfare check on two people seen unconscious in a Jeep in the area of Southeast 60th Avenue and Southeast…
Salem Victim Identified: Death Ruled Homicide & Suspect Arrested
SALEM, Ore. — The body found in the Salem Business District on January 3, regarded as a suspicious death, has been identified. The Salem Police Department confirmed yesterday that the death of Priscilla Joann Aldana, 43, of Salem, is…
Woman Who Smuggled Drugs in Her Bra into an Oregon Federal Prison Will Spend 30 Months Behind Bars
A woman who smuggled drugs into a Sheridan federal prison containing a substance 20 to 50 times more potent than morphine was sentenced yesterday to two-and-a-half years behind bars.
Robynn Regina Cunningham (52) smuggled Suboxone,…
Convicted Murderer Walks Free and Will Work as a Legal Assistant for the Oregon Justice Resource…
Convicted murderer Mark J. Wilson has been released to supervision in Multnomah County after serving 35 years for his role in the notorious killing of a Terrebonne couple in 1987.
Wilson (55) walked out free from an Oregon prison…
Portland Police Criticized by the Oregon DOJ for Delaying Investigations into the 2020 Racial Unrest…
The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) has criticized the Portland Police Bureau for the protracted delay of investigations into the improper use of force by officers during the city’s racial unrest protests in 2020.
Police…
Homeless Roseburg Man Arrested for Dealing in Methamphetamine
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A homeless Roseburg man was arrested on Monday by the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) for the unlawful possession, delivery, and manufacture of methamphetamine. He was arrested and is in the Douglas County Jail.…
Oregon Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Jail: Prosecutors Suspect His Younger Brother Pulled the Trigger
Keyshawn Pervish (23) of Portland has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the killing of a 17-year-old youth, and prosecutors suspect that it was his younger brother who pulled the trigger.
Pervish pleaded guilty to first-degree…