Sex offender may be snapping pics of young girls
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 30-year-old sex offender who failed to register with the Portland police may be in the Hawthorne Boulevard area of Southeast Portland. Avril Ramona Lavigne — also known as...
View ArticleSalem PD: Boy grabbed by stranger in Red Sox cap
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A 9-year-old told police he was grabbed by a stranger wearing a Boston Red Sox cap near a school bus stop in Salem Monday morning. The boy was walking from his home to the bus stop...
View ArticleCondemned killer Gary Haugen: State can’t execute
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The attorney for convicted killer Gary Haugen argues in federal court documents that his client cannot be put to death because the state has failed to meet its obligations when...
View Article3 indicted for killing pregnant Ervaeua Herring
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Indictments alleging murder – among other charges – have been filed against three men linked to the 2014 slaying of a 21-year-old pregnant mother. Ervaeua Ronchelle Herring was...
View ArticleMobile app helps Woodburn police catch wanted man
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Woodburn say they have caught one of their most wanted suspects after a resident identified the man on the police department’s new mobile app. Wilfrido Manriguez-Dominguez...
View ArticleCold Case: Murder in a Gresham street
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) — It has been nearly 28 years since Anne Hanson was stabbed to death and her body found in the middle of a Gresham street. Anne’s brothers and the first police officer to respond...
View ArticleAccused Washington Co. rapist, torturer to change plea
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) – Paul Jackson, who is accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping two females between 1988 and 1990, is expected to change his plea on Wednesday, according to court records. The...
View ArticleAmber Alert canceled, 15-month-old girl safe
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 15-month-old girl is safe, according to reports, after an Amber Alert was issued for her and her father, 33-year-old Anthony Burton. Burton was driving a 2006 black Chrysler...
View ArticleRefuge occupiers concerned about liberal Portland jury
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Lawyers for those who occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon this winter are concerned a jury comprised of people from the greater Portland area won’t be impartial. The...
View ArticleHow to protect yourself from ATM skimmers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thieves are always trying to take your hard earned money. One way is by stealing credit and debit card information through an ATM skimmer. A skimmer covers the legitimate card...
View ArticleBabysitter guilty in death of 7-month old
OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — After a 2-week trial in Clackamas County, a woman was found guilty of causing the death of a 7-month-old in her care in 2015. Sarah Martin killed Izaak Gillen on April 6,...
View ArticleOrlando Pouncey found guilty of murdering Jerry Nguyen
PORTLAND, Ore. (The Times) — Guilty. That was the verdict reached by jurors in the trial of Orlando Pouncey, the 30-year-old Tigard man accused of murdering Beaverton father Jerry Duy Nguyen outside...
View ArticleFugitive fired 99 shots on Hwy 26 in October chase
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) – A wanted fugitive fired a total of 99 rounds at pursuing troopers in a lengthy chase along Highway 26 last October 28, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleVancouver bank robbed twice, man arrested
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — The Vancouver Police major crimes unit has arrested Marx Wayne Coonrod for warrants related to two bank robberies and one attempted bank robbery. All three incidents happened...
View ArticleMedford man indicted for threatening to kill POTUS
MEDFORD, Ore. (KOIN) – A federal grand jury handed down new charges for a man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama. On Tuesday, John Martin Roos made his first court appearance before...
View ArticleOR Supreme Court upholds conviction of Woodburn bank bombers
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction and sentencing of a father and his son who bombed a bank in Woodburn, killing two law enforcement officers. Both Bruce...
View ArticlePPB: Man fights eggs with guns, gets arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Southeast Portland man was arrested early Thursday morning for firing a gun at people inside a car who were allegedly throwing eggs at his house. Police say 68-year-old...
View ArticleSWAT raids Gypsy Joker clubhouse
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Six people are facing grand jury indictments in connection to a murder that police say is directly linked to his former affiliation with the Gypsy Joker motorcycle gang. Police...
View ArticleVernonia schools to operate in lock out Friday
VERNONIA, Ore. (KOIN) — Vernonia schools will be operating in lock out Friday due to a potentially credible threat of violence, according a letter sent to families by superintendent Aaron Miller. Lock...
View ArticlePortland police arrest 51 in gang crackdown
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In a two-week span, the Portland Police Bureau arrested 51 people, seized 17 firearms as part of a city-wide effort to reduce gang and gun violence. “Operation Safe Spring” ran...
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