Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Two More Sue Asante and Nurse for Millions in Fentanyl Diversion Case
MEDFORD, Ore. — Following the 21 plaintiffs who launched lawsuits seeking $348 Million, two new lawsuits against Asante and Dani Marie Schofield, their former nurse accused of diverting fentanyl and replacing it with tap water, were filed…
Oregon Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Killing Promising Rapper He Believed Slept With Girlfriend
Twenty-seven-year-old Cody Denewith faces more than 27 years in prison for killing a man who he mistakenly believed had slept with his girlfriend in Orange City, Clackamas County, last year.
Denewith was sentenced in the Clackamas County…
23-Year-Old Taken Into Custody After Shooting Incident in a Hillsboro Parking Lot
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Heriberto Tapia Naranjo (23) was taken into custody yesterday (Sunday) after a shooting incident the previous day at the Fred Meyer store parking lot at Century Boulevard and Tualatin Valley Highway in Hillsboro.…
Oregon Prisoner Walks Away from Job Site in Salem During Lunchtime
A male prisoner who walked away from a work site in Salem yesterday (Friday) was quickly apprehended by Oregon State Police near Mission Street, a main traffic thoroughfare linking the central city to the coast.
He Was Serving a…
Portland Man Faces Charges After Breaking Into Apartment and Attacking Sleeping Woman
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 39-year-old man who broke into a Portland apartment and assaulted a woman who was sleeping is facing multiple sexual assault charges.
Michael Lynn Moore, Jr. was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on…
Eugene Man Sentenced to Probation After Threatening on Facebook to Emulate School Shooter Kip Kinkel
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene man who threatened to become the next Kip Kinkel- the school shooter who killed two classmates and injured 25 in a Springfield, Oregon high school in 1998, Jeffrey Alan Voss, 31, was sentenced to a five-year term of…
Homeless Medford Man Sentenced to Prison After Butane Hash Oil Explosion Ignites Fire at Shelter
MEDFORD, Ore. — A homeless Medford man, Steven Perron, 56, was sentenced to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to arson in the Butane Hash Oil (BHO) explosion inside his tent at the Rogue Retreat Crossings homeless shelter last fall.…
Grants Pass Woman Arrested for Stabbing Husband After Hiding in Park Following Brutal Attack
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A 39-year-old Grants Pass woman, Allison Jenkins, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband on Tuesday, April 8t, at about 2:18 p.m. in the 1400 block of East Park Street.
Grants Pass Police, responding…
Portland Police Arrest Suspect Who Broke Into Apartment and Assaulted Sleeping Woman
UPDATE: Portland Man Faces Charges After Breaking Into Apartment and Attacking Sleeping Woman
PORTLAND, Ore. — After breaking into an apartment in the 4800 block of Southeast 30th Avenue, Portland, and assaulting a sleeping woman, a…
Central Oregon’s Notorious Fentanyl Kingpin Ricky Fontaine Locked Up for Over a Decade
A multi-agency investigation led by the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest and sentencing of a known, high-volume Central Oregon drug trafficker, Ricky Fontaine, 32, of Bend, Oregon, who was handed 135 months in federal…