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Salem car chase goes through Thorp Park
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A wild chase in Salem with 2 separate drivers in the same car that drove down a pedestrian path in a park, then rammed a patrol car, ended with both people in custody. Harry and...
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Messages to ‘teen girl’ go to undercover cop
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 39-year-old man is accused of sending a 15-year-old girl a message asking if he could get her pregnant. Kevin Michael Jones came under investigation July 7 when an undercover...
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Wallets, car stolen from Spanky’s Consignment employees
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — Employees at Spanky’s Consignment had credit cards, cash and even a car stolen on Monday. Kim Kapp with Vancouver Police says someone accessed the employee area at the store...
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Woodburn cop pleads guilty in sex-on-duty case
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A former police officer in Woodburn has been sentenced to probation after admitting he repeatedly had sex with women while on duty, including in his patrol car. Timothy Cobos was...
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Irving sex attack suspect arrested after foot chase
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities arrested a suspect who is thought to be involved in multiple violent attacks in Portland, including the sexual assault of a 65-year-old woman. Sergio Jose Martinez,...
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Family of Kaylee Sawyer sues OR community college
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Oregon homicide victim has filed a federal lawsuit against the community college that employed the man charged in the crime. Police say Edwin Lara kidnapped...
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Pair accused of trespassing PPB, Multnomah DA
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men, well known to police and prosecutors, now face new charges connected with filming police and trespassing. Robert Lee West and Eli Franklyn Richey are accused of showing...
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Accused attacker has history of illegal entry into US
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The man accused of violently attacking two women on Monday has a long history of being deported to Mexico and then illegally entering the United States, according to court...
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TriMet: System safe but 2016 stats can’t be compared
PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — Despite a recent series of highly publicized crimes on and along the TriMet system, agency officials say riding their buses and trains is relatively safe. As proof,...
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Bundy Nevada gunman gets 68 years in prison
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Phoenix man has been sentenced to more than 68 years in federal prison for his role as a gunman in a standoff that stopped federal agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy’s...
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One-armed, machete-wielding clown arrested
HOLLIS, Maine (AP) — A man is accused of drunkenly strolling down a Maine road wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated....
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Police: Homeless man attacks couple at Poet’s Beach
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A homeless man hit a 51-year-old man and 49-year-old woman with a metal baton at Poet’s Beach early Tuesday night, according to police. Sgt. Pete Simpson said the couple was...
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Lumber truck driver rolls over, nabbed for DUII
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A lumber truck driver was arrested for DUII and drug possession after rolling over on I-5 and blocking traffic for hours. Driver Richard Heller was headed south on I-5 near...
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Correctional deputy accused of sexual misconduct with inmate
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KOIN) — A correctional deputy with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office has been accused of on-duty sexual misconduct with an inmate, according to police. Christopher North, 29, was...
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Sex abuse allegations against Thara Memory revealed
PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Newly released police reports show that the alleged high school victims of Thara Memory, a celebrated Portland jazz performer and teacher, wrestled with an unusual...
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Man accused of attacking women has long criminal past
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Police previously arrested the 31-year-old man linked to two violent attacks on women in Northeast Portland more than 10 times in the past decade, according to records obtained...
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Former Oregon lineman charged with identity theft
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested a former University of Oregon football player accused of using a customer’s debit card while working at a bank. The Register-Guard reports Jonathan Kenion was...
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Rape kit testing yields results in old cases
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In April 2016, Multnomah, Lane and Marion counties began submitting a backlog of untested rape kits to a forensic laboratory for testing. Now, 15 months later, almost all of...
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FBI: Man says he killed wife because she laughed at him
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later walked into the couple’s blood-splattered room that he did it because she laughed at him,...
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Man charged with murder, arson after NE Glisan fire
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was arrested Thursday in connection with the fire on NE Glisan Street that killed two people on Sunday morning. Ryan Thomas Monaco, 28, faces charges of aggravated murder...
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