Couple faces murder for running down teen in Gresham
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A grand jury has indicted two people with the intentional murder of a man who was said to have been fleeing from an altercation earlier this summer. Russell Orlando Courtier and...
View Article2 face attempted murder charge in drive-by
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of a man who was driving in Northeast Portland earlier this summer. The investigation started in late June when police...
View ArticleIs Eric Crowl a provocateur or a ‘teddy bear’?
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – New court documents paint a much different picture of the man arrested by officers after Portland Police said they found him outside one of their precincts with an “arsenal” of...
View ArticleDriver in fatal SE Hawthorne crash sobs; bail set at $1M
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 20-year-old driver accused of killing a teenage girl on Southeast Hawthorne Friday was sobbing during his first court appearance Monday. Abdulrahman Noorhah faces...
View ArticleShooter on motorcycle damages 4 Medford businesses
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – A shooter on a motorcycle shattered six windows and damaged three other buildings while wheeling down the streets of Medford. The Mail Tribune reports that 65-year-old Dwaine...
View ArticleNewport PD hilariously calls out public urinator
NEWPORT, Ore. (KOIN) — The official Facebook page for the Newport Police Department is home to important updates on crimes, community information and hilarious commentary on those things. Kit O’Carra...
View ArticleBend bookkeeper accused of embezzling nearly $1M
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police arrested a Bend woman accused of embezzling nearly $1 million from her employer since 2012. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel announced the arrest Tuesday,...
View ArticleCrowl released to house arrest in ‘arsenal’ case
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The 39-year-old man who police and prosecutors say posed a “reasonable” threat to officers after being found with a cache of guns and ammunition inside his vehicle outside a...
View ArticleMan steals purse from 89-year-old woman
HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (KOIN) — A man stole an 89-year-old woman’s purse on Sunday at the Happy Valley Station Food Carts. Happy Valley Police are hoping to identify this man, the suspect in a purse theft....
View ArticleMan robbed, killed after date with woman he met online
AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) – An Auburndale man looking for love was lured to his death through an online dating site. On Friday Auburndale Police found 27-year-old Adam Hilarie shot to death in his...
View ArticleKyle Polk murder suspect arrested months after shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Vancouver man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of a 21-year-old man last December, police said. First responders found Kyle Polk with traumatic...
View Article2 teens arrested for robbing Vancouver 7-11
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two people were arrested early Wednesday morning for robbing a 7-11 in Vancouver. 18-year-old Charles Ferguson of Vancouver and a 16-year-old boy from Portland were arrested...
View ArticleEdwin Lara transferred to Oregon jail
BEND, Ore. (KOIN) – The man accused of killing Kaylee Sawyer was brought back to Oregon on Wednesday. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office in California confirmed they released Edwin Lara to the...
View ArticleMan sentenced for groping kids at Oregon nudist resort
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A 68-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two children at a nudist resort northeast of Eugene. Lane County authorities say Michael Lee...
View ArticlePortland man arrested for child sex abuse, porn
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man has been arrested after allegedly sexually abusing a minor over a 10 year period. Ronald Chandler, 39, faces charges of unlawful sexual penetration, sex abuse and 6 counts...
View ArticleJudge: Ryan Bundy unfit to serve as his own lawyer
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal Judge Anna J. Brown is set to strip Oregon standoff defendant Ryan Bundy of his ability to represent himself in court. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the judge wrote in...
View Article‘Narcissist’ killer Jessica Smith sentenced to life in prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jessica Smith will spend at least 40 years in prison after being sentenced Thursday morning for killing her 2-year-old and slashing her teenage daughter in a Cannon Beach motel...
View ArticleEdwin Lara pleads not guilty to murdering Kaylee Sawyer
BEND, Ore. (KOIN) — Edwin Lara made his first appearance in Oregon court Thursday afternoon, where he plead not guilty to charges connected to the alleged kidnapping and murder of 23-year-old Kaylee...
View ArticleOverdose death leads cops to counterfeit drug stash
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police said they seized drugs, guns and cash during the arrest of 2 suspects connected with a 24-year-old man’s overdose death. Gino Miller died on August 16 after taking a pill...
View ArticleMan busted with 190 pounds of meth sentenced
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A drug mule caught in Oregon’s largest meth bust has been sentenced after he was found with more than $1 million worth of drugs hidden in his truck. The drugs were found on...
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