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Portland Fentanyl Ring Leaders Extradited From Honduras to Face Federal Trial in Oregon
Two Honduran nationals appeared in federal court in Portland yesterday (Tuesday), after their extradition from their homeland to the U.S. for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Oregon.
According to court documents, at the beginning of…
Portland Police Recover $200,000 in Stolen Goods, Arrest Suspect in Retail Theft Ring
On Sunday, the Portland Police Bureau’s Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) recovered $200,000 in stolen merchandise and seized $32,000 in cash in a fencing operation targeting numerous retailers.
Working in collaboration with the Gresham…
Portland Police Stop Drugs Worth $2M Entering City As Arrests Follow Overdose Investigation
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) indicated yesterday that a weeks-long overdose investigation by the agency’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit (NOC) resulted in the seizure of almost $2 million in illegal drugs intended for the Portland…
Police Bust Portland Man Running Stolen Goods Operation Out of Gresham Flea Market
A multi-agency law enforcement team, including the Gresham Police Department (GPD), arrested a vendor, Said Alawi, of Portland, while serving a warrant at a Gresham flea market and a home in Portland yesterday, shutting down an organized…
FAA Says Portland 737 MAX Blowout Exposed Hundreds of Boeing Safety Violations
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposed a $3.1 million fine for Boeing over the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX panel blowout on a flight that took off from Portland last year and other safety violations.
Aircraft…
Julie Winters Charged After Allegedly Throwing Knife at Officers and Fighting U.S. Marshals in…
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland protester, 46-year-old Julie Winters, made a first appearance in federal court yesterday after being charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer and resisting arrest during the August…
Man Found Shot to Death on Portland Sidewalk as Homicide Detectives Search for Suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Homicide Unit of the Portland Police Detective Division is investigating the death by shooting of an adult male, found dead on the sidewalk on Northeast Grand Avenue late on Tuesday night.
The North Precinct received…
Prisoners Claim They Were Left Choking on Tear Gas as Multnomah County Officials Ignored Pleas
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman has ruled in favor of a class-action lawsuit claiming that Multnomah County, the former sheriff, and two former corrections officers failed to protect prisoners subjected to…
Gresham Boy Shot While Sleeping as Police Arrest One Suspect and Hunt Two More
GRESHAM, Ore. — A 21-year-old has been arrested and rewards of $5,000 each offered for information leading to the arrest of two other suspects in a shooting incident that killed a young teenage boy, Liam Spahnie-Bailey, as he lay sleeping…
Portland Family Tragedy as Man Kills Mother and 10-Year-Old Sister Before Taking His Own Life
PORTLAND, Ore. — The triple homicide in the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood on Saturday was the tragic aftermath of a 22-year-old male who is believed to have shot his mother and 10-year-old sister before turning the gun on himself,…