Reward offered for info in Merrilee Cooley murder
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Crimestoppers of Oregon is offering a reward for information that could help solve the murder of a Clackamas County woman. Merrilee Cooley was found dead in her car after...
View ArticleDry Cleaning Package Thief strikes in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s the Case of the Dry Cleaning Package Thief. In surveillance video released by the Portland Police Bureau Friday, a man carrying what appears to be dry cleaning walks up to...
View Article2nd-grade teacher faces rape, sodomy charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 2nd-grade teacher in Sweet Home faces attempted rape charges over incidents that happened in 2016 at Silver Falls State Park. Rohan Cordy, who teaches at Holley Elementary...
View ArticleGresham mom guilty but insane for killing son
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dianne Davidoff, who shot and killed her teenage son in their Gresham home in 2015, was found guilty except for insanity on Friday. Jacob Davidoff in an undated courtesy photo...
View ArticleMan found in Coweeman River was shot to death
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The man whose body was found in the Coweeman River was shot to death and the case is now being investigated as a homicide. Clark Edward Calquhoun was reported missing on January...
View ArticleMan faces homicide charge in January hit-run
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) – A 24-year-old man faces vehicular homicide charges after an early January hit-and-run in Vancouver led to the death of one of the pedestrians weeks later. On January 11,...
View ArticleOregon band teacher faces child sexual abuse charges
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – A 34-year-old middle school band teacher in western Oregon is facing multiple felony child sexual abuse charges. Matthew McKinley Woodford on Sunday remained in the Lane County...
View Article2 nabbed for Vancouver car prowls, burglaries
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — A 20-year-old man and a teenager are believed to be responsible for as many as 50 car prowls and 15 burglaries. Vancouver detectives arrested Wesley E. Neill, 20, and a...
View ArticleJudge orders rapist to avoid sex until marriage
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) – An Idaho judge has ordered a 19-year-old man not to have sex with anyone before he marries as part of his sentencing for statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Randy...
View ArticleFBI offers $3K to catch serial Oregon bank robber
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The FBI is offering a $3000 reward to help capture a man suspected of robbing at least 5 banks in Oregon in the past 6 weeks. The white man, between 35 and 50 years old,...
View ArticleDeputies: Man abused girls he met at martial arts school
ALOHA, Ore. (KOIN) — A 19-year-old man has been convicted of sexually abusing 2 young girls he met at a Beaverton martial arts academy, deputies said. Chandler Osofsky was reportedly 15 when he abused...
View Article2 reports of swastika graffiti in Eugene over weekend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Racially-charged messages were left on 2 Eugene businesses over the weekend, and now the state’s coalition against hate crimes says it’s seeing a spike in this kind of...
View ArticleWashington Co. deputies searching Tigard home
TIGARD, Ore. (KOIN) – Authorities searched a home near the Tigard Public Library as part of a law enforcement investigation on Tuesday morning. Washington County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the search...
View ArticleMicah Rhodes faces sex crimes in 2 counties
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A well-known Portland activist was in a Multnomah County court Tuesday to face a 5-count grand jury indictment on allegations he had sex with a minor, and then was arrested on a...
View ArticleCousin charged for violent Newport pit bull attack
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A fight between cousins in Newport ended up with one of them being attacked by a pit bull, according to police. Investigators say Carlos Garcia and his cousin were in a vehicle...
View ArticleUnsolved: Camas killer ‘somebody neighborhood knew’
CAMAS, Wash. (KOIN) — Could there be a killer living in Camas? Skamania County detectives think there was in 1975 when a teenager was abducted and killed. Now they’re shedding new light on the cold...
View ArticleTimothy Bucher to be sentenced for shooting at officers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Timothy James Bucher, 63, will be sentenced on Wednesday for attempting to kill a police officer. Bucher pleaded no contest, which means he’s not admitting guilt, to two counts...
View ArticlePolice nab tattoo-covered, just-released sex offender
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — U.S. Marshals say a convicted sex offender with extensive facial tattoos who was at large has been arrested after he was recognized in the nation’s capital. Deputy U.S. Marshal...
View ArticleTigard man arrested with 21 guns, drugs, cash
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Guns, ammunition, a ballistic vest, drugs and cash were seized during in investigation in Tigard on February 7. Steven Johnson was arrested on charges of delivery of a...
View ArticleArmed robbery suspect shot, killed by PPB
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The suspect in an armed robbery near a Portland hotel was shot to death by police Thursday morning after a series of seemingly connected crimes. The incident began around 7 a.m....
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