Utah man arrested for setting 4 Oregon wildfires
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Utah man has been charged for setting four wildfires in southern Oregon last month. Oregon State Police arrested 37-year-old Christopher Wilson of Salt Lake City in connection...
View ArticleSeattle mayor resigns after 5th sex abuse claim
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced his resignation after a fifth man came forward and accused him of sexual abuse decades ago. Murray had already announced earlier that he would not...
View ArticleOregon State trooper shot during traffic stop
CRESWELL, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say an Oregon State trooper was shot in the chest south of Eugene in Creswell during a traffic stop and that a person of interest is in custody. Oregon State Police...
View ArticlePortland woman dies, boyfriend arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 29-year-old woman who arrived at the Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham on Sunday with multiple traumatic injuries died Tuesday morning. Her boyfriend had been arrested on...
View ArticleSeattle mayor accuser: Resignation is long overdue
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One of the men who has accused ex-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray of sexual abuse is speaking out after Murray announced September 13 would be his last day. Jeff Simpson, who lives in...
View ArticleAccused serial takeover-style robbers indicted
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Prosecutors have filed a 31-page count indictment against two men alleging more than 140 counts of robbery. KOIN 6 News reported the arrests of Deron A. Crain and Johntae D....
View Article20 bullets riddle Gresham home; 18-year-old arrested
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – Police say more than 20 bullets ripped through a Gresham home earlier this summer with two people inside, and now an 18-year-old man is charged with attempted murder. Jeremy W...
View ArticleDeputies pull unconscious wrong-way driver from burning car
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy cut an unconscious man’s seat belt and pulled him from a burning car on Wednesday morning. The sheriff’s office says the man was...
View ArticleFather gets 13 years for abusing newborn
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Samuel Dominick Phelps will spend the next 13 years in prison for intentionally dropping his infant on his head and throwing the child into a chair. At the time of the injury,...
View ArticleMan sentenced for injuring son in drunken lawn mower mishap
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who seriously injured his 7-year-old son in a lawn-mowing mishap has been sentenced to probation and must surrender his driver’s license for five years. The...
View ArticlePolice: Thong-wearing man tries to rape sleeping teen
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Police said a witness told them a 50-year-old man was wearing a red thong and a woman’s Speedo top when he attempted to rape an 18-year-old while she slept in Northeast...
View ArticleWoodburn man sentenced after 3-year spree of arson, mischief
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An investigation into a 3-year spree of arson in Woodburn came to a conclusion on Sept. 7 when Dustin Nehl, 24, was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 3 years of post-prison...
View ArticleMan charged with attempted murder in shooting of OSP trooper
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The man arrested in the shooting of an Oregon State Police trooper has been charged with attempted murder. Court records show 30-year-old Edward Dungan of Creswell also faces...
View ArticleHeroin, meth, guns and $230K seized in Gresham bust
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Gresham detectives searched multiple locations in the Portland Metro area on Tuesday morning and seized 55 pounds of meth, 9 pounds of heroin, 6 guns, 2 rifles and nearly...
View ArticleKlamath Falls victim: ‘Not out of the woods’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The woman believed to be the victim of escaped inmate Brittain McAuliffe is fighting for her life at a Portland hospital after being shot in Klamath Fall over the weekend....
View ArticleEugene man accused of killing chicken
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police in Oregon arrested a 22-year-old man accused of killing a chicken. Spokeswoman Carrie Carver of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office says Henry Young went onto a private property...
View ArticleMan shot in Vancouver, suspect in custody
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — A man was shot in Vancouver Thursday afternoon, police said. According to Vancouver police, the victim called 911 saying he had been shot near the 1900 block of Todd Road. He...
View ArticleStabbing suspect may be released because of dementia
WOODLAND, Wash. (KOIN) — On Jan. 10, Lori Garoutte and her husband were preparing to leave when they heard a strange sound coming from elsewhere in the house. They investigated and found Marvin...
View ArticleVictim told suspect: I knew you would ‘shoot up the school’
ROCKFORD, Wash. (AP) — Caleb Sharpe rode the bus to his high school in a tiny Washington state town, carrying a black duffel bag. The 15-year-old walked to a second-floor hallway, pulled an assault...
View ArticlePlea deals reached in $40 million Ponzi scheme
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Federal prosecutors settled a $40 million fraud cause with plea deals Friday morning. Michael S. Holcomb, Gary L. Holcomb, Jennifer L. Chalmers, and Kristen S. Van Breemen...
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