Impatient patient floods bathrooms, 3 emergency rooms
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – A woman who was reportedly not happy she wasn’t being discharged fast enough from a local hospital is now charged with arson after police say she caused the hospital’s sprinkler...
View ArticlePortlander gets prison for art-forgery scheme
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a 75-year-old Portland man to a year and a day in prison for faking works by well-known artists and selling the knockoffs to a dozen unsuspecting buyers....
View ArticleMan faces nearly 150 charges for cloned debit cards
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) – Detectives arrested and charged a 45-year-old man with nearly 150 charges after they identified him as a suspect into a significant fraud and ID theft investigation. Titus...
View ArticleRedmond mother of 3 accused of sex with teen
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Central Oregon woman is facing charges of sex abuse, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, and online sexual corruption of a child for an alleged sexual...
View ArticleEx-Portland mom, daughter killed in Orlando
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A mother and daughter who previously lived in Portland were shot and killed in their Orlando home Monday afternoon. The Orlando Sentinel reports Maria Sanchez, 36, and her...
View ArticleCellist arrested in Oregon with over 100 lbs of pot
BLY, Ore. (AP) — A classical musician from St. Paul, Minnesota, has been charged with having more than 100 pounds of marijuana in his car in south central Oregon. Oregon State Police say they arrested...
View ArticlePortland birthday celebration ends in double murder
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Prosecutors on Wednesday will be asking a judge to deny a 21-year-old man bail for his role in a Portland nightclub shooting that left 2 men dead. In October 2015, a grand jury...
View Article6 indicted in major organized retail theft scheme
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Six people have been indicted by a grand jury in a wide-ranging organized retail theft scheme that targeted several stores throughout the metro. KOIN 6 News first reported in...
View ArticlePolice: Bend woman admits to smothering grandma
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a Bend woman used a pillow and her body to smother her grandmother to death. KTVZ-TV reports that 45-year-old Angela Judd was arrested in early February for the Dec. 31...
View Article6 indicted for stealing 250,000 identities
MEDFORD, Ore. (KOIN) – Six people face federal charges for allegedly stealing the identities of 250,000 people to get bogus tax returns through direct deposit. Thousands of Oregonians are affected....
View ArticleCold Case: Gresham’s most gruesome murder
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) — Rosealie Girtz and 2 other women were gunned down at a gas station 22 years ago in what’s been called Gresham’s most gruesome murder. The suspect, Tyrom Theis, has been on the...
View ArticleAccused hit-run BMW driver faces heroin, meth charges
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — The driver suspected in a February 4 hit-and-run that critically hurt a passenger was arrested on a variety of mostly drug-related charges. Jason Alba, 31, was allegedly driving a...
View ArticleEx-boyfriend admits killing woman while out on day pass
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — When Aimie Zdrantan was killed in August 2014, her father said he knew “that justice will be served.” Wednesday, the 24-year-old woman’s ex-boyfriend admitted he killed her in...
View ArticleShawna Cox sues US for $666 billion over ‘works of devil’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Shawna Cox, one of the original occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge who is now facing federal charges, has sued the US government for $666 billion. The counter...
View ArticleStats: Gang violence exceeds last year’s level
PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Gang-related violence is Portland is already running ahead of last year’s record-breaking level. There were 14 incidents of gang-related violence in Portland in...
View ArticleWoman sentenced 5 years for crash that killed friend
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A 20-year-old woman will spend the next five years in prison after pleading guilty to DUII and criminal negligent homicide. Destini Jordaire Washington appeared in court on...
View ArticleBurglar uses truck to rip off door to pawn shop
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A burglar used a flatbed tow truck to rip off the front door and windows of a Southeast Portland pawn shop early Thursday morning. According to police, officers received a...
View ArticleFormer Oregon DHS employee arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A former employee with the state’s Department of Human Services resigned her position amid an internal fraud investigation, officials confirmed. Maureen D. McDonald appeared in...
View ArticlePolice air support unit used to catch suspected robbers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two robbery suspects were caught late Wednesday night with the help of the Portland Police Air Support Unit. Kendall Kuhns, 43, and Gary Doser, 47, are accused of robbing the...
View ArticleOregon AG wants funds for elder abuse unit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is asking state lawmakers for more than $600,000 to start a new elder abuse unit. Rosenblum says reports of elder abuse have gone up...
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