Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Oregon Man Tries to Break into Ex-Girlfriend’s Home with Power Tool Despite Restraining Order
A Sutherlin man, who has an active restraining order against him, nevertheless tried to break into his former girlfriend’s home using a power tool he had stolen from someone’s home.
Former Girlfriend Locked Herself in the…
Oregon Family Sues DEA for $2.5M After Agent Was Granted Immunity in Fatal Crash
The family of a longtime employee at the Oregon Departments of Forestry and Agriculture is seeking $2.5 million in damages after a federal agent was granted immunity after knocking down Marganne M. Allen (53) in Salem while she was cycling…
Oregon Mother Faces Manslaughter Charge in Her Son’s Fentanyl-poisoning Death
The mother of a Portland toddler, Kelsey Haws, 32, has been charged with the death of her son almost two years ago. The boy died of a fentanyl overdose two months before his second birthday.
Portland Mother Charged Over…
Oregon Father Indicted Over Fentanyl Death of His Infant Daughter
Yesterday, a Coos Bay man, David Sigler, 32, was indicted by a Coos County grand jury for allegedly killing his 22-month-old daughter in fall 2024.
He is charged with criminally negligent homicide and criminal mistreatment. Sigler was…
Oregon Man Arrested for Threatening a Hispanic Family with a Shotgun and Using Racially Charged…
Salem Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Sunday late afternoon who threatened a Hispanic family with a firearm while shouting racially charged remarks. He will appear in the Marion County Circuit Court this afternoon (Tuesday).
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Oregon Man Arrested by Roseburg Police After Multiple Hit-and-Runs, Meth Found in Possession
ROSEBURG, Ore. — The Roseburg Police Department (RPD) arrested a 71-year-old Roseburg man, David Grant Tollefson, early on Monday morning. While allegedly driving impaired, Tollefson reportedly struck three vehicles and a telephone pole…
Medford Manhunt: Adam Hausa Arrested After Armed Standoff Near McLoughlin Middle School
MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a report of a menacing with a handgun, the area around the 400 block of N. Grape St, Medford, was closed off yesterday as the Medford Police Department (MPD) attended the scene. By 6.30 pm, the suspect, …
Medford Woman Sues Carnival Operator for $600k After Being Thrown from Ride at Rogue Valley Mall
MEDFORD, Ore. — A Jackson County woman, Rachal Martinez-Orozco, 35, has filed a lawsuit seeking $600,000 from Davis Shows, the Medford Mall carnival’s operating company. She alleges she was thrown from a ride at Medford's Rogue Valley Mall…
Portland Police Execute Massive Retail Theft Bust at Mall 205, 29 Arrested
By the end of a retail theft mission conducted by officers from Portland’s East Precinct officers, in collaboration with Multnomah County Parole & Probation, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSCO), Neighborhood Response Teams…
Couple Found Shot in Yoncalla Home Have Been Identified
The couple found dead from gunshot wounds in their Yoncalla home on 31 January has been identified as Steven Curtis Bolin and his wife, Michelle Bolin.
The couple was found by Yoncalla Sheriff’s Office deputies who responded to a report…