Crime and Courts News in Oregon
Crime & Courts
Oregon Felon Jailed for Calling a Circuit Court Judge ‘Dead Man Walking’ and Threatening to Kill Him
A Portland man who called an Oregon district court judge ‘dead man walking,’ sending him letters threatening to stalk, beat up, stab and kill him, and harm his family, has been sentenced to 13 months and one day in prison by an Arizona…
Spousal Identity Theft is Difficult to Prosecute: Oregonian Finds Herself in a Catch-22 Situation
Spousal identity theft is difficult to prosecute as married couples are considered a single economic unit – and that is the Catch-22 situation in which Danielle Del Prado finds herself.
The Couple are in the Throes of Divorce…
Slain Oregon Nurse, Melissa Jubane, Was Married Less Than Two Weeks Before She Went Missing
UPDATE: Judge Turns Down Appeal to Unseal Documents Containing Details of Oregon Nurse Melissa Jubane Murder
A 32-year-old murdered nurse, Melissa Jubane, who was married in Hawaii less than two weeks before she was reported missing,…
Oregon Man Was in a Drug-Induced Psychotic Haze When He Hit a Passenger on a TriMet Bus
PORTLAND, Ore. — Randy Sturdevant (42) of Portland was in a meth-induced psychotic haze when he hit a woman on the Line 75 TriMet bus, a jury found earlier this week in the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
He was found guilty of…
Negasi Zuberi Found Guilty on All Counts
MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon resident Negasi Zuberi was found guilty on all counts related to the kidnap and r*pe of two women on the eighth day of his trial before U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane in Medford yesterday.
He will remain in…
Oregon Woman Arrested For Neglecting Dozens Of Cats In Apartment
EUGENE, Ore. — A Eugene woman, 48-year-old Alyse Ninnette Edmonson, faces accusations of animal neglect after abandoning many cats and kittens in her former apartment complex after returning her keys to the property on August 21.
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Medford Cyclist Hit And Run Accused Pleads Not Guilty- Bail Set At $1 Million
MEDFORD, Ore. — A Woman charged with manslaughter after a fatal hit-and-run with a cyclist in Medford, 36-year-old Cassie Jane Cavagnaro, pleaded not guilty to the charges put to her yesterday.
Medford Cyclist Hit And Run Trial…
Jackson County Jury Hearing In Lawsuit Against Phoenix Police for Death of Former “Mouseketeer”…
UPDATE: All claims in the civil lawsuit were dismissed by the judge.
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The hearing of a civil lawsuit by the family of the original Disney Mouseketeer, Dennis Day, was in Jackson County Court yesterday. Police…
Negasi Zuberi Wanted to Sire an Army of Children with Different Women
UPDATE: Negasi Zuberi Found Guilty on All Counts
MEDFORD, Ore. — Accused r*pist and kidnapper, Negasi Zuberi (30), wanted to sire an army of children from different women in a plan he called “Operation Takeover.”
This evidence…
Death of Woman in a Douglas County Jail Holding Cell Leads to an Independent Investigation
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — An independent investigation has been called following the death of 38-year-old Katrina Nicole Robertson in a Douglas County Jail cell on Monday night.
Douglas County Sheriff Describes Incident as a Tragedy…