Homeless Amity man accused of attempted murder
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — A transient man from the Amity area is accused of attempted murder. According to court documents filed on Wednesday, Derrick Wayne Minchue is charged with one count of...
View ArticleMan, 20, indicted for killing teen pedestrian
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The man accused of killing a 15-year-old in a high speed crash has been indicted by a grand jury. Abdulrahman Noorah, 20, will be arraigned Thursday morning at the Multnomah...
View ArticleSuspect arrested after hours barricaded in house
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man wanted for attempted murder, robbery and domestic violence barricaded himself in a NE Portland home for nearly 8 hours Thursday, threatening to shoot anyone who entered....
View ArticleMan gets 60 years for sexually abusing children
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a 47-year-old man living near Portland has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing or exploiting children in the Philippines and in Oregon. The...
View ArticlePolice serve warrant, find meth, heroin and LSD
CAMAS, Wash. (KOIN) — Methamphetamine, Heroin and paper LSD tablets were found by officers serving a search warrant at 21811 NE 28th Street in Camas Thursday. Washougal Police and Clark County...
View ArticlePolice: student rams barricades at Newport High School
NEWPORT, Ore. (KOIN) – A senior at Newport High School surrendered to authorities after police say he crashed his vehicle through barricades at the school on Thursday. Shortly before 1 p.m., the...
View ArticleHeat/AC systems taken from empty For Sale houses
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Michael Mirich is selling a currently unoccupied home he owns in Northeast Portland. But he’s now staying in a travel trailer outside that home after someone stole the heat...
View ArticleFBI seeks homicide suspect in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The FBI is looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide case that may be staying in the Portland area. On Thursday, authorities obtained a federal fugitive warrant...
View ArticleJury seated for the Malheur Refuge takeover trial
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury of 12 people and eight alternates has been selected in the Oregon standoff trial with opening statements to begin Tuesday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports lawyers made...
View ArticleEx-Oregon sheriff’s captain gets 5 years in prison
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A former Deschutes County Sheriff’s captain has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $200,000 from the county and using the funds to buy gifts for an...
View ArticleHood River deputy arrested for luring, sex abuse
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KOIN) — A Hood River Deputy was arrested Friday on charges of luring a minor, sexual abuse, public indecency and private indecency, the sheriff’s office said. Sheriff Matt English...
View ArticleOne person shot near Estacada, suspect fled
ESTACADA, Ore. (KOIN) — Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the suspect who shot someone near Estacada. Detectives believe a 1996 Ford pickup with Oregon license plate 902 AJZ was...
View ArticleFormer babysitter gets prison time in abuse case
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former babysitter is going to prison after he took a plea agreement on charges related to two girls. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (http://bit.ly/2cfsjpa) Robert Lee Hill...
View ArticleVictim identified in fatal Estacada shooting
ESTACADA, Ore. (KOIN) — The victim in Saturday’s fatal Estacada shooting has been named by authorities. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Dominick J. Perry, 39, of...
View ArticleMissing St. Helens woman’s body found, boyfriend charged
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The body of a St. Helens woman last seen August 4 was found in Klamath County on Saturday. Cheryl Elizabeth Hart, 35, was seen in the evening of August 4 with her boyfriend,...
View ArticleMalheur trial: Judge rules Facebook evidence stays in
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On the eve of opening statements in the trial of 7 people facing charges in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Judge Anna J. Brown denied a motion to...
View Article2-year-old killed in crash, Sherwood man arrested
TUMALO, Ore. (KOIN) — A Sherwood man was arrested after a crash he was in killed a 2-year-old girl from Bend. On Sunday at 9:30 a.m., Oregon State Police were called to a three-vehicle crash on U.S....
View ArticleDeputies: Man started seven field fires
LINN COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — A 19-year-old man turned himself in after deputies say he started seven field fires over nearly a month. Kristian R. Lee of Lebanon was taken into custody in connection with...
View ArticleHunter shot with arrow dies, partner arrested
DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. (KOIN) — A deer hunter was arrested Monday morning after he fatally shot his hunting partner with an arrow, deputies said. Michael S. Pekarek, 52, called 911 at 7:40 a.m. and...
View ArticleFlurry of motions delays Gladstone cop’s murder trial
OREGON CITY, Ore. (KOIN) – Opening statements in the trial of former Gladstone Police Sgt. Lynn Benton, accused of conspiring to successfully kill his wife, were delayed just hours before they were...
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