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Portland Couple Faces Drug and Gun Charges After Police Use Stop Sticks to Foil Escape
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland couple was arrested and charged after officers from the North Precinct found them in possession of large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine, $10,000 in cash, a semiautomatic pistol, several firearm…
Honduran Fentanyl Dealer Caught With 6,000 Pills in Downtown Portland Gets 70 Months in Prison
PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland, police officers arrested a Honduran national living illegally in Oregon who was this week sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison.
Ermin…
Despite Strong EV Infrastructure, Portland Lags in Electric Vehicle Adoption
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is named as one of the best American cities for electric car owners in a study undertaken by Texas Electricity Ratings.
Portland city offers 35 fuel stations and 101 charging stations per 100,000 residents.…
Police Swarmed by Hostile Crowd After Late-Night Shooting in Downtown Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — All available Portland Police units descended on the Old Town Neighborhood with lights flashing and sirens blaring when a small contingent of officers came under threat from a hostile crowd.
The policemen were trying to…
Portland Officer Cleared After Killing Innocent Man, But City May Still Pay His Family Millions
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city councilors will vote on Thursday on whether or not to give $3.75 million to a family whose son was wrongfully shot in the back by a police officer on November 19, 2022.
The family of Immanueal Jaquez…
Portland Man Surrenders After Eight-Hour Rooftop Siege Following Domestic Violence Report
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police tactical teams were involved in an eight-hour stand-off yesterday when a man, wanted for several crimes, climbed onto the roof of an apartment complex in the Hazelwood Neighborhood following a report of…
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…