Newberg suicide conspiracy trial delayed
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The felony trial for a woman accused of manslaughter, arson and conspiracy to commit arson is delayed until May. Edna Maxine Bennett is scheduled to go on trial May 9 after her...
View ArticlePortland auto body shop worker faces rape charge
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 53-year-old man is accused of rape and purchasing sex with a minor in an investigation police said is ongoing. Police would not comment on the specific allegations against A...
View Article‘Ideal neighbor’ faces 47 charges, case ongoing
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Kirk Cazee, arrested in Warrenton on 47 separate charges related to secretly recording neighbors in their homes, was a surgical nurse at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical...
View ArticleVancouver teen killed in Holladay Park shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A young man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a shooting at Northeast Portland’s Holladay Park, Portland Police Bureau confirmed. Officers arrived around 4:30 p.m. and found the...
View ArticleLawsuit: Officers assaulted woman, pulled down dress
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A group of off-duty Portland police officers allegedly assaulted a woman and pulled down her dress after falsely accusing her of stealing another woman’s wallet at an August...
View Article5 arrested for ‘mob’ theft of Verizon store
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Woodland Police arrested five men on Tuesday evening after they stole from a Verizon store. Officials say the five men went into the store at 1999 Pacific Avenue and grabbed...
View ArticleStrip club kingpin admits promoting prostitution
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 75-year-old man who authorities say promoted prostitution at his Portland strip clubs has pleaded guilty to federal charges, but is expected to be out of prison by the end of...
View ArticleMissing teen found with registered sex offender
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A missing teenage girl was found with a registered sex offender in Scappoose on April 8 after police investigated reports of a suspicious car. Evidence found in Ernie Lipps’...
View ArticleCampaign to help trafficking victims launches
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Advertising students at Portland State University School of Business have been working on a project that could save lives. In collaboration with the Portland Police Bureau,...
View ArticleWoman to change plea in $3 million fraud case
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN ) – A change of plea hearing is scheduled Thursday in U.S. District Court for a woman linked to the theft of more than $3 million. Thy Minh Phan is charged in federal court with...
View ArticleRV tries to hit patrol car on Cornelius Pass Road
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A low-speed chase between an erratic driver in an RV ended on Cornelius Pass Road at Hwy 30 when the man tried to ram a Multnomah County deputy’s vehicle. The man eventually...
View ArticleLong Beach Go Karts closed after heroin bust
LONG BEACH, Wash. (KOIN) — For years, the Long Beach Go-Karts, Mopeds and Krazy Kars has been a family fun place. But investigators now say there was a lot more going on. Robert Merrill, who owns the...
View ArticleFriends remember young girls shot, killed by dad
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Friends are honoring the memory of two girls whose lives were cut short by their father in a murder-suicide. The sisters, 8-year-old Janet Cortinas-Duran and 11-year-old...
View ArticleTeens arrested for robbery, murder at Holladay Park
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the attack of 17-year-old Shawn Scott Jr. at Holladay Park on April 11. Police said Kole Tabian Jones, 18, was stopped by a...
View ArticleEx-PCC teacher accused of hiding camera in bathroom
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former PCC teacher is accused of hiding a camera in a campus bathroom. In October 2016, a PCC Rock Creek student found the camera and reported it to staff. Investigators...
View ArticleEx-Woodburn attorney sentenced for public indecency
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Woodburn Assistant City Attorney was found guilty of public indecency in April after he was seen exposing his genitals through a window. According to the Marion County...
View ArticleFake cop pulls over officer, needs real lawyer
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say a man packing a blue light and a BB gun pulled over a non-descript car on Interstate 95, ready to play “traffic cop” again. Bad move: the driver he pulled over is a real...
View ArticleStolen $15K wedding ring recovered, woman arrested
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — A crime of opportunity coupled with fast police work ended with the arrest of a 38-year-old woman who allegedly a bag with a $15,000 wedding ring and car keys from a locker...
View ArticleMan shot to death near Menlo Park Elementary
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One person was shot to death near the entrance of the Menlo Park Elementary School recreation field Saturday afternoon. The man was found by police on the east side of NE 128th...
View ArticleAncestry.com helps family find man posing as dead son
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who assumed the identity of a baby who died in Texas in 1972 has been arrested on charges of Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft after the baby’s...
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