Drug investigators find 5 lbs of meth, guns, body armor
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men were arrested by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit after executing a search warrant on Wednesday evening. Cesar Medina Serna, 49, and...
View ArticleDNA proves fugitive Winklebleck’s remains found
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — DNA testing being performed by the University of Texas confirmed that human remains found in Marion County belong to wanted fugitive Paul Winklebleck. KOIN 6 News first reported...
View ArticleTeddy Stivahtis admits killing aunt, gets prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -– Teddy Stivahtis Jr. will likely be in his 70s by the time he is able to go before a parole board after he was sentenced for killing his aunt one year ago. Stivahtis, 37,...
View ArticleDeputies seek tips on coin shop robbery suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A local coin shop was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday afternoon, and now authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect. Sheriff’s deputies were called to Coins...
View Article8 charged for distributing homemade guns in CA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Eight men were charged Thursday with making and distributing dozens of firearms, many of them assault-style weapons illegally equipped with silencers, in what federal...
View ArticleChild porn charges dropped for tennis director
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A Multnomah County grand jury voted this week not to charge Zachary Thomas Rouse with having access to child pornography, but instead, did charge him with the online sexual...
View ArticleMissing Polk County 9-month-old found in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A missing 9-month-old girl, last seen in the St. Helens area with her non-custodial biological parents, was located along with her mother near the Jantzen Beach Oxford Inn....
View ArticlePortland man accused of 1980s serial killings
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN ) – A 55-year-old man who has called Portland’s Vernon neighborhood home for much of his life has been linked to the killing of three adult women and a teen, KOIN 6 News has...
View Article6 medical units respond to NE Portland shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A shooting around midnight Saturday morning brought at least 20 police units and 6 medical units with paramedics and firefighters to a building on Northeast 122nd Avenue. At...
View ArticlePortland coach arrested in Wisconsin for teen sexting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A traveling basketball coach from Portland was arrested in Wisconsin Friday night on child sex crime charges. Shawano County, Wisconsin deputy patrol car (WBAY, file) The coach,...
View ArticleHit and run suspect collides with Camas PD car
CAMAS, Wash. (KOIN) — On Thursday night, a Camas Police officer was looking for a hit and run suspect in the 6300 block of NE 232nd Avenue. While conducting the search, the officer’s patrol car was hit...
View ArticleSuspect loses finger after allegedly choking Salem K-9
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A police dog in Salem was back on patrol Sunday, just one day after being choked to unconsciousness by a suspect he helped capture. Police said K-9 Duke and his handler, Officer...
View ArticleFGPD: Robbery suspect, 23, attempted to bite officer
FOREST GROVE, Ore. (KOIN) — A 23-year-old transient faces a variety of charges, including the attempted assault of a police officer after being arrested late Saturday night in Forest Grove. Around...
View ArticlePolice investigating man shot dead downtown
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was found dead of apparent gunshot wounds in downtown Portland shortly before midnight Sunday, Portland Police said. The man’s body was found behind Dante’s at 380 W...
View ArticleClatskanie mayor’s husband pleads not guilty 30 times
ST. HELENS, Ore. (KOIN) — The husband of the mayor of Clatskanie pleaded not guilty on Monday to 30 charges of public indecency. The DA’s Office decided last week to formally charge Raymond S. Pohl...
View ArticleWife accused of killing husband at veterans home
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police arrested a 70-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband at a veterans’ home in The Dalles, Oregon. Court records show Esther Wilkerson of Happy Valley is...
View ArticleAccused serial killer Homer Jackson pleads not guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — An accused serial murderer appeared in court for the first time since being indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts of aggravated murder. Homer Lee Jackson, 55, appeared by...
View ArticleDriver in SE Portland hit and run charged with manslaughter
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) – A grand jury on Monday returned a true bill charging Fredrick James Ryerson Jr. with second-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing the death of Christopher Brian Chandler,...
View Article4 teens charged in armed robbery using duct tape
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Four teenagers have been arrested on investigation of Measure 11 charges in connection to a residential armed robbery in Salem. The Statesman Journal reports that a 16-year-old, a...
View ArticleSurveillance catches woman stealing pricey boots
OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon City Police Department is trying to find a woman who stole an expensive pair of boots from the Wilco Farm Store. The theft happened Friday morning and was caught...
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