Mom arrested after tigers, monkeys found in home
HOUSTON (KXAN) — A Houston mother is facing charges for child endangerment after police found exotic and wild animals in her home. Trisha Meyer was arrested after an investigation spanning several...
View ArticleCharges dismissed against Portland protesters
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For the time being, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is not be prosecuting some of the people arrested during recent protests and a riot that took place in...
View ArticleCounty worker accused of stealing $585K over 17 years
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A longtime Columbia County employee faces 29 charges related to taking nearly $600,000 over 17 years from the Community Justice Department. Linda Hald worked for the county for...
View ArticleSuspect wanted for vandalism during anti-Trump riot
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 20-year-old man is wanted for allegedly destroying property during Thursday night’s anti-Trump riot in Portland, police said. Mateen Abdul Shaheed has a felony warrant out for...
View ArticleHillsboro woman recalls racist attack: ‘I don’t deserve this’
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) — A Hillsboro woman’s trip to a local Safeway the day after Donald Trump’s presidential victory is something she won’t soon forget. Kara Stevens told KOIN 6 News she hopes no...
View ArticleShot in face, man walks to neighbor’s house for help
ONTARIO, Ore. (KOIN) – A 27-year-old man was shot in the face and told police his friend did it. The November 11 shooting left the man wounded and bloody, but able to walk to someone else’s house in...
View ArticleMeat cleaver used in throat slitting; woman held
MEDFORD, Ore. (KOIN) – A woman with a blood alcohol content of .24% told police she didn’t regret trying to kill the father of her children using a meat cleaver, according to court documents. Julie...
View ArticleDA: Klamath Falls woman killed, cut up neighbor
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A 26-year-old Klamath Falls woman has been charged with killing and dismembering her neighbor. The Herald and News in Klamath Falls reported Monday that 50-year-old David...
View ArticleEugene pimp gets 13 years in prison
EUGENE, Ore. (KOIN) – A Eugene pimp who pleaded guilty to trafficking a 16-year-old girl for sex was given 13 years in prison, officials say. Darryl Tyrone Norwood Jr., 29, was sentenced on Tuesday in...
View ArticleBundy brothers arrive at Nevada detention center
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Ammon and Ryan Bundy have arrived at a Nevada detention center, officials say. The two were acquitted on federal charges in Portland at their October trial and were later...
View ArticleUnsolved: Who killed Vancouver siblings in 2009?
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — It’s been nearly 8 years since a Clark County brother and sister were gunned down in their driveway. The murders of Donna Plew and Tim Alioth are unsolved, but they don’t have...
View Article2 ID’d, arrested for Portland riot vandalism
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following up on numerous tips from the public, the Portland police said they identified and arrested 2 people allegedly responsible for some of the vandalism during an...
View ArticleThat’s no house cat: Police find 3 tigers in backyard
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a woman who asked them if it was legal to keep tigers at home in rural Nevada was arrested after 3 were found in her backyard. Trisha Meyer was arrested after sheriff’s...
View ArticlePolice work to ID Sunglass Hut fraud suspect
WOODBURN, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are working to identify a man accused of buying $1,600 worth of sunglasses with a fraudulent credit card, Woodburn police said. The suspect allegedly signed up for a...
View Article3 cars shot outside Portland vegan strip club
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Three cars parked in the lot at a vegan strip club in Northwest Portland were shot early Wednesday in what police termed a likely gang-related incident. The shooting outside...
View ArticleSPU shooter guilty in Beaverton teen’s death
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A jury found Aaron Ybarra guilty of a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University that left a Beaverton teen dead and 2 others wounded. Paul Lee, in an undated photo,...
View ArticleNext 7 defendants in Malheur trial waiting
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Lawyers for six men and one woman who are to stand trial for the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover are waiting for the government to determine how it wants to proceed. A...
View ArticleState to seek death penalty for Edwin Lara
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Officials say the state will seek a sentence of death against a Redmond man charged with killing a woman whose body was found near an Oregon highway. Kaylee Sawyer, 23, in an undated...
View Article8 arrested for stealing firearms from man’s collection
COWLITZ CO., Wash. (KOIN) — Eight people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing more than 50 firearms from a man’s collection, deputies said. The suspects are accused of stealing the weapons...
View ArticleMan charged for grabbing 11-year-old girl
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The man accused of grabbing an 11-year-old girl has been indicted. KOIN 6 News has learned that David Karl Nilsson will appear in court Thursday morning to be arraigned on a...
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