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Honduran National Caught in Portland with Ten Pounds of Fentanyl and a Sweetener Used to Cut Drugs
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Illegal immigrant has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Oregon.
Edis Odalis Centeno Banegas (45), a Honduran national living…
Two Children Test Positive for Meth After Portland Mom Found Unresponsive at Home
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland woman, 23-year-old Chloe Alethia Barnes, was arraigned last Thursday on four counts of criminal mistreatment and two counts of child neglect after witnesses reported her 3-year-old child wandering the streets…
Portland Man Could Get 30 Years After Throwing Rocks and Ramming ICE Building Entrance
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 24-year-old Portland man, who is the 23rd defendant charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with offenses at the ICE building, faces a possible 30 years behind bars.
Robert Jacob Hoopes appeared in a federal court…
Driver in Stolen Vehicle Hits Two Pedestrians in Downtown Portland Before Crashing
PORTLAND, Ore. — A suspect driving a stolen vehicle struck and seriously injured two pedestrians walking in Portland’s Old Town at lunchtime yesterday (Sunday). The stolen vehicle crashed at the intersection of Northwest 6th Avenue and…
Body Found Floating Near Steel Bridge Amid Surge in Portland River Incidents
PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland Fire & Rescue recovered a body found floating in the Willamette River near the Steel Bridge on July 27, just after 11:00 a.m., the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) opened an investigation.…
Portland Man Sentenced for Orchestrating Threats That Forced Hospital Evacuations
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal court in Brooklyn, NY, sentenced a Portland, Oregon man, 31-year-old Domagoj Patkovic, to five years in prison for a swatting and bomb threats scheme targeting Jewish hospitals in New York City in Long Island. One…
Armed Suspect Taken Into Custody After Climbing Into Portland Store Shelves to Evade Arrest
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers assigned to East Precinct arrested 41-year-old Michael Harper Monday after Harper- armed with a knife and hatchet- confronted a security officer at a retail store located in the 9800…
Unconscious Driver Found With Loaded Gun in Lap at Busy Portland Intersection
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 20-year-old driver, Leonardo A. Gomez-Hernandez of Vancouver, Washington, was arrested early Saturday morning after Portland Police Bureau (PPB) members stopped his car from rolling away in an intersection. PPB found a…
Man Dies of Gunshot Wounds Despite Efforts by a Portland Policeman to Resuscitate Him
PORTLAND, Ore. — A man has died of gunshot wounds despite attempts by a Portland North Precinct police sergeant to resuscitate him on the scene in the 9300 block of North Newman Avenue.
Police responded to reports of a shooting at 11.04…
A Line in Trump’s Bill Derails Project to Restore Portland’s Lower Albina Corridor
PORTLAND, Ore. — A planned makeover of over 20 blocks of Portland’s Broadway and Weidler streets was stymied by a minor provision in President Donald Trump’s policy bill rescinding “unobligated balances” of a federal initiative known as the…