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Craig Lazon, The Man Living Off His Murdered Wife’s Disabled Veteran Benefits Sentenced to Life…
UPDATE On Oct 5, 2024
Lazon Sentenced to Life Behind Bars for Murdering Albany Wife
In a day of emotional testimony, Craig Lazon heard that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the murder of his Albany wife, whose body has…
OHA Seeks $7.4 Million From Service Provider for Pandemic Surge Staffing and Mobile Vaccination…
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) that paid $375 million to a Colorado-based contractor who provided surge staffing and mobile vaccination clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic is suing for $7.4 million back for accidental overpayments.…
Whistleblowers Claim Oregon Aerospace Company Falsified Records of Poorly Finished Parts for F-35…
Two former employees at the aerospace company Selmet Inc. in Albany, Oregon, claim that records were falsified and parts poorly finished to meet production quotas and deadlines for U.S. military F35 fighter jets in a federal suit filed in…
Oregon Mother and Daughter Indicted for Coercing Three Haitians to Work for No or Little Pay
An Oregon mother and daughter are facing a seven-count indictment for conspiring to coerce three people to work for no or little compensation at an adult foster care home in Tigard, Washington state.
Charged with Conspiring to…
Young Oregon Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for ‘Conscious and Cold-Blooded’ Murder
Alec Baldridge (26) was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder after making ‘a conscious and cold-blooded decision’ to kill his former friend, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Todd Jackson in the Multnomah County…
3,978 Black Market Marijuana Plants Seized Near Jacksonville
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore — Armed with a search warrant, the Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) in collaboration with local law enforcement conducted a search on Thursday, September 19 in a remote area along Yale Creek Road, south of…
Oregon Police Officer Facing $17 Million Lawsuit Following Death of an Innocent Woman During a…
The partner of a 40-year-old woman who was killed when a police officer’s car smashed into her vehicle during a high-speed chase is claiming $17 million from the City of Gresham and the police officer, Jonathan Buck.
Six People…
Expiry of Pandemic Ban on Overdue Rentals and Evictions Sees Drastic Increase in Eviction Notice…
A study reveals that the state’s affordable housing providers and tenants are under increasing financial pressure now that the pandemic ban on overdue rentals and evictions has expired.
Yi Wang, co-author of a report entitled Eviction in…
Oregon Janitor Seeks $20 Million After He was Shocked by a 7,000-Volt Electric Fence
A 52-year-old janitor who was severely shocked and injured when he touched an electric fence protecting a business property that he had been cleaning has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the business and the manufacturer of the fence.…
Convicted Felon Pleads Not Guilty to a Federal Charge of Firing an Assault Rifle into the Floor of…
Paul Kurt Mitchell (41) pleaded not guilty to a charge involving the shooting of an AK-47 assault rifle into a unit occupied by a family below his North Portland apartment when he appeared in the Portland District Court yesterday…