Neighbors concerned for horse’s welfare report owner
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — A Salem woman was arrested Saturday, less than a month after neighbors told deputies they were concerned about her horse’s welfare. Deputies went to 46-year-old Randi Solorzano’s...
View Article2 accused of assault at Willamette Country Music Festival
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two men were arrested for unrelated incidents at the Willamette Country Music Festival in Brownsville over the weekend. Linn County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested...
View ArticlePolice standoff in Kerns neighborhood ends safely
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After hours of waiting and surrounding an apartment in the Kerns neighborhood, a man believed to be having a mental health crisis was safely taken by Portland police Monday...
View ArticlePortland Police arrest 28 men in online sex sting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Twenty eight men were arrested between August 7-12 by Portland Police after responding to online ads selling sex. Police say the men contacted undercover police officers to pay...
View ArticleTeen intentionally run over dies from injuries
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – The man who police and prosecutors say was intentionally run over on a sidewalk after a disturbance outside a Gresham convenience store died on Saturday, police confirmed....
View ArticleBend community still reeling from Kaylee Sawyer murder
BEND, Oregon (AP) — He had everything going for him: a job and good career path in law enforcement in a scenic Oregon mountain town, the trust of his colleagues, a wife and a house. Then one recent...
View ArticleDocuments reveal Edwin Lara’s Oregon crime spree
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Edwin Lara tried to sexually abuse Kaylee Sawyer before he killed her, court documents revealed. Lara, who was a public safety officer at Central Oregon Community College in...
View ArticleMalheur refuge defendant Jon Ritzheimer pleads guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An ex-Marine who was part of the initial convoy that overtook a national wildlife refuge has pleaded guilty. Malheur defendant Jon Ritzheimer outside US Federal Court in Portland,...
View ArticleStars Cabaret accused of exploiting girls in $8M suit
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — Two underage girls who said they were subjected to a life of shame and blackmail while working at a local strip club are suing for $8 million. The girls were reportedly just...
View ArticleOSP crime lab scientist pleads guilty to stealing drugs
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A forensic scientist at the Oregon State Police crime labs has admitted stealing hundreds of pills from evidence submitted to the labs over two years. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports...
View ArticleTransgender Gladstone cop on trial for killing wife
OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) — Former Gladstone Police Sgt. Lynn Benton is in the biggest fight of his life. Story highlights: • A former police sergeant is accused of plotting to have his wife executed •...
View ArticleNew evidence in unsolved murder of Pablo Perez-Angeles
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — Police have discovered new evidence in the case of the 2014 murder of 58-year-old Pablo Perez-Angeles. In a release, detectives said that evidence leads them to believe there...
View ArticleWoman flashes gun, robs SE Portland bookstore
Hilary Leah Bishop, August 16, 2016 (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office) PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 44-year-old woman is accused of armed robbery after a small local bookstore was held up in Southeast...
View ArticleSex trafficking survivor: I was forced into prostitution
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland is known as a hotspot for sex trafficking. Experts say its location, dense population and many strip clubs make it fertile ground. Andrea Benson didn’t work for a...
View ArticleA stolen Buick, a parole violator, a missing woman
EUGENE, Ore. (KOIN) — The search for a woman who hasn’t been seen since August 4 intensified in Eugene as her boyfriend sits in jail on a stolen car charge. A surveillance photo of Jeremy Milutin on...
View ArticlePharmacy robbery trend sparks extra security
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A recent rash of robberies has some pharmacy owners on edge and stepping up security. There have been 4 robberies since July 1 at locally owned pharmacies — Fairley’s,...
View ArticlePortland man with ‘arsenal’ indicted
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A grand jury on Tuesday filed an indictment against the man who was arrested outside the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct with an “arsenal” of weapons. When Eric Eugene...
View ArticleWeapons, pipe bomb found in home near school
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) – Police on Tuesday arrested a man and seized several weapons and a potential explosive device as part of a search warrant lead by the Gresham Police Department. Christopher...
View ArticleFirst Malheur standoff defendant sent to prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first defendant in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge early this year has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports...
View ArticleMan accused of killing girlfriend’s 2-year-old son
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 20-year-old Portland man was arrested Tuesday, a day after his girlfriend’s baby allegedly died of homicidal violence, police said. Two-year-old Zackariah Luda Daugherty was...
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