Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Judge Rules Portland Not Liable for Noise Complaints From ICE Protest Encampment
PORTLAND, Ore. — A handful of people, protesting the Trump administration's immigration laws, who are camped outside the ICE facility in Portland, were instrumental in a lawsuit filed by a resident to force the City of Portland to enforce…
Police Find Roseburg Burglar Enjoying Breakfast After Breaking Into Stranger’s Home
ROSEBURG, Ore. — After stealing a phone, a charger, and a small quantity of marijuana, a 33-year-old Roseburg man cooked himself a hearty breakfast before police arrived and took him into custody.
The home owners 17-year-old son alerted…
Texas Duo Who Posed as DEA Agents During Oregon Marijuana Raid Sentenced to Prison
MEDFORD, Ore. — Two men from Texas, in their early twenties, have been sentenced to federal prison for posing as Drug Enforcement Administration agents during an armed robbery in Oregon, involving the attempted theft of more than 200 pounds…
Oregon Man Arrested in $1 Million Mobile Shopping and Cryptocurrency Fraud Case
An Oregon man is among eight individuals from four states indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for stealing more than $1 million in a nationwide scheme to defraud two mobile shopping service companies.
Abdulkadir Mohamed Ali (31)…
Douglas County Narcotics Raid in Curtin Uncovers Illegal Pot Grow, Meth, and Guns
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) investigation into an illicit marijuana grow in Curtin culminated in the detention of 8 people on Wednesday. Two were arrested.
Armed with a search warrant obtained after…
Oregon Woman Gets Seven Years for Setting Ex-Boyfriend’s Parents’ Porch on Fire
EUGENE, Ore. — A woman from Eugene will spend more than seven years in prison for setting fire to the home of a former boyfriend’s parents.
Jasmine Wright was found guilty on five counts of first-degree arson and multiple other charges…
62-Year-Old Oregon Driver in Stolen Car Tasered After Threatening Deputies With Club
A 62-year-old man from Albany, driving a stolen vehicle, was tasered by a sheriff’s office sergeant when he threatened deputies with a club.
The drama unfolded late last Saturday night when the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a…
Portland Suspect Claims Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend Was Accident as Charges Drop
PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…
Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…
73-Year-Old Oregon Eye Doctor Sentenced After Defrauding Clients Out of $2.8 Million in Fake…
A 73-year-old Oregon optometrist has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding 155 people of $2.8 million.
Robert Lee Adams, of Bandon, who misled his clients into making foreign exchange investments with his…