Teens arrested for $15K damage to Gresham church
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – Two boys are accused of causing more than $15,000 in damages to Family Worship Center on Monday morning. Police arrived on scene at 5001 W Powell Blvd. around 2:45 a.m. on...
View ArticleAlleged robbers flee, stopped by spike strip
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two people were arrested on Monday morning after an armed robbery and a police pursuit. Portland Police. (KOIN) Nash Muraya, 21, and Alex Ngatia, 20, are both charged in...
View ArticleTeen not charged in fatal stabbing of Monmouth man
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 16-year-old boy who was arrested for fatally stabbing a 45-year-old man in Keizer has not been charged. Police took the boy into custody for stabbing and killing Jeffery Holly...
View ArticleMt. Scott Pub patrons tackle armed robber
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bar patrons wrestled an armed gunman to the ground during a robbery at Mt. Scott Pub in Southeast Portland. Witnesses told police the man — later identified as Deshantin Najhee...
View ArticleGladstone rehab owners face tax evasion charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The owners of Northwest Behavioral Healthcare Services in Gladstone will be arraigned in federal court on Monday over allegations they evaded taxes. Karl and Laurie Brady, who...
View ArticleOregon defense contractor admits bribery
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon defense contractor has admitted to bribing a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers program manager to secure $171 million in contracts. The 73-year-old man who goes by the...
View ArticleGirl, 6, dies in crash; mom faces manslaughter
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (KOIN) – Prosecutors have leveled charges of DUII and manslaughter against a mother accused of driving drunk and killing her daughter. Necia Marie Hanson, 27, is charged with one...
View ArticleWoman pregnant with twins punched in stomach
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KOIN) – A man who allegedly knew a woman pregnant with twins is behind bars for an assault on March 10 that left her seriously injured. The woman was punched and kneed in the...
View ArticleFreddie Gray, 1 year later: What has changed in Baltimore?
BALTIMORE (AP) — When Freddie Gray died April 19, 2015, and riots erupted, Baltimore and its residents were forced to confront issues that had plagued them for decades, community leader Ericka Alston...
View ArticleWoman allegedly sets Aloha trailer on fire
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman allegedly set her trailer on fire on Tuesday morning in Aloha. Kimberly Clemens, 36, lived with her children in the trailer on SW 175th Avenue. The Washington County...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts sex offender for rape, kidnapping
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A grand jury has indicted a 48-year-old man on allegations of rape and kidnapping stemming from an attack in late March. Robert C. Shelby will appear in court on Tuesday and...
View ArticleLa Pine woman lived with sister’s body for 5 months
LA PINE, Ore. (AP) – Investigators say a body recovered from a La Pine, Oregon, home is that of a woman who has been dead for about five months. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office tells The Bend...
View ArticleClatskanie’s Pohl pleads guilty to indecency charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Ray Pohl was in court Tuesday morning where he pleaded guilty to 2 counts of public indecency. The charges stemmed from an incident where he exposed himself to coffee stand...
View ArticleBookkeeper’s $200K embezzlement conviction overturned
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a part-time bookkeeper found guilty of embezzling more than $200,000 from her employer. The court sent the case against...
View ArticleHead-on Salem crash kills 73-year-old driver
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A head-on collision Tuesday morning in south Salem left a 73-year-old driver dead and a second driver seriously injured. The crash happened around 8:35 a.m. in the 6400 block of...
View ArticleStudent arrested for bomb threat hoax at Skyview HS
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — A 9th grader was arrested on Tuesday morning for making a fake bomb threat that prompted an evacuation at Skyview High School. The threat was received around 10:15 a.m., the...
View ArticleFake stop, fake cop, real arrest for impersonation
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal impersonation. Sherwood Police say he pretended to be a police officer on the night of March 22. According to...
View ArticleDeadly pot-related crash spurs $3.6M lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The city, state and man accused of driving drunk when he hit and killed someone are all facing a $3.6 million wrongful death lawsuit The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County...
View ArticleMan allegedly shoots neighbor’s dog with arrow
CLACKAMAS, Ore. (KOIN) – A 45-year-old man is charged with second-degree animal abuse after intentionally and recklessly caused injury to a dog. Prosecutors accuse Dennis N. Lambeth of injuring the dog...
View ArticleDriver goes into convulsions after high-speed chase
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – Clackamas County authorities say a motorist involved in a high-speed chase was taken to a hospital’s intensive care unit after going into convulsions during his arrest....
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