Armed robbers force pharmacy customers to floor
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Armed men forced customers and employees to lay down on the ground during a robbery at a Northeast Portland pharmacy Tuesday morning. People inside Paulsen’s Pharmacy, 4246 NE...
View ArticleLawyer: Edwin Lara may be eligible for death penalty
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The attorney for a community college security guard charged with murder in Central Oregon is asking a court to approve a co-counsel, saying he expects the charge to be elevated to...
View ArticleEx-reporter pleads not guilty in uncle’s death
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A southern Oregon woman has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of her uncle. Tucker Reed was arrested last week after deputies responded to a home...
View ArticleMistaken for ID thief, woman sues Safeway
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Around June 6, Kelly Epperson and her fiance’s 13-year-old daughter went shopping at a Lincoln City Safeway. About a week before, 2 women had used a stolen credit card to buy...
View ArticleMarijuana dispensary robbed at gunpoint
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A marijuana dispensary was robbed at gunpoint on August 3. An employee of the Mt. Hood Wellness Center Dispensary told Portland police the 3 suspects, all black men in their...
View ArticleWoman indicted for sex abuse on Alaska Air flight
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A federal grand jury this week indicted an Oregon woman with one count of abusive sexual contact after allegations that she touched a woman in a sexual manner while onboard an...
View ArticlePolice look for Falls City veteran’s stolen track chair
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen track chair in Falls City. The chair was stolen from a disabled veteran on Wednesday. The chair was donated to help...
View ArticleOut-of-state men nabbed in Beaverton drug bust
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men from Seattle and St. Louis face felony charges after Beaverton police found 25 pounds of drugs in their car, some of which were hidden inside a football. Markice...
View ArticleReward offered to help ID bank robbery suspect
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are working to identify a man suspected of robbing a Northeast Portland bank on Friday, July 29. Police are working to identify a NE Portland bank robbery suspect. (Crime...
View ArticlePolice: Man caught looking up 11-year-old’s skirt
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — A Vancouver man was arrested Wednesday after an 11-year-old girl told police he used a mirror to look up her skirt in a Goodwill store. The incident happened at the Goodwill on...
View ArticleMan who pulled gun on crowd faces 21-count indictment
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The man who police say pulled out a gun during a protest in downtown is now facing a new 21-count indictment. Michael Strickland, 36, was arrested for displaying a gun during a...
View ArticlePolice: Man tried using axe to break into home
WOODBURN, Ore. (KOIN) — A 32-year-old man who reportedly tried using an axe to break into a Woodburn home Thursday was arrested, police said. German Perez-Hernandez fled from the home on the 200 block...
View ArticleFeds to dismiss minor pot case against Oregon teen
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal prosecutors have agreed to dismiss a small-time marijuana case against an Oregon teenager following an outcry that got the attention of the state’s congressional...
View ArticleChurch camp director faces child pornography charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A camp director was placed on administrative leave immediately following his arrest by federal officials on August 2. Reverend James Parkhurst, of Beaverton, was arrested in...
View ArticleMan, 27, arrested for assaulting minor in 2010
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for a sex assault on a minor in 2010. Wesley Zhang allegedly assaulted a girl when she was 15 years old in a park. He first contacted...
View ArticleMan found dead in church parking lot was murdered
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was was found dead in the parking lot of St. Rita’s Catholic Church on NE Prescott Street on the morning of August 4. The medical examiner has determined that 45-year-old...
View ArticleVeteran awaiting transplant is car prowl victim
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Navy veteran and his wife were the victims of car prowlers who stole vital belongings. Troy and Deanna Moore parked their car along Kingston Road between the Oregon Zoo and...
View ArticleUnanimous guilty verdict in ‘torture chamber’ trial
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After deliberating for more than 2 hours, a jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict regarding David Ray Bartol. For the last 2 weeks, Bartol — a “Krude Rude Brood” gang member...
View ArticleBowman’s Hillsdale Pharmacy robbed at gunpoint
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bowman’s Hillsdale Pharmacy on SW Capitol Highway was robbed at gunpoint on August 5. Employees told police 2 suspects came in and demanded cash and narcotics. After they got an...
View ArticleMan arrested for shooting, killing tenant in Milwaukie
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (KOIN) — A Milwaukie man was arrested Sunday for allegedly shooting and killing his tenant, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. Gerald Miller, 66, reportedly called 911 around...
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