Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.

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Latest from Lucille McNamara

  1. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Woman, 80, Accused of Holding Loaded Gun Under Son’s Chin

    An 80-year-old woman from Eugene, who voluntarily contacted 911 to inform them that she had pointed a firearm at her son, has been arrested and charged.

  2. Crime & Courts

    Former Oregon AT&T Employee Gets Prison After SIM Swaps Drain Nearly $600,000 From Customers

    A former employee of an AT&T store in Portland was yesterday sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for selling access to AT&T’s network to criminals who used customer…

  3. Crime & Courts

    K-9 Zoro Leads Deputies to Man Hiding in Field After Myrtle Creek Home Break-In

    Zoro, a member of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, helped arrest a suspected burglar after tracking him in a field in Myrtle Creek late Saturday night.

  4. Crime & Courts

    Woman Shot Dead in Tigard Apartment Parking Lot as Murder Suspect Arrested Nearby

    A woman died from a gunshot wound in the car park of a Tigard apartment complex shortly before 8 p.m. on Friday, September 4.

  5. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Man Pleads No Contest After Girlfriend Found Dead in Backseat of Her Car

    Thirty-five-year-old Jon Pharris Ray French of Portland will be sentenced on September 14 for the death of his girlfriend by blunt force trauma.

  6. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Man Gets Life in Prison for Fatally Stabbing 9-Year-Old Over Pokémon Game

    A 36-year-old Coos Bay man, who stabbed a nine-year-old with a spear when he became angry over a game of Pokemon, has been sentenced to life in prison.

  7. Crime & Courts

    Oregon Mother Found Guilty of Kidnapping Daughter and Taking Her to Mexico Without Father’s Consent

    A 24-year-old Oregon mother has been sentenced to time served after being found guilty in May of kidnapping her daughter and fleeing to Mexico.

  8. Crime & Courts

    Medford Police Arrest Walgreens Armed Robbery Suspects After Spike Strips End I-5 Chase

    After a high-speed car chase on Interstate 5, when spike strips finally brought their vehicle to a stop, suspected armed robbers at a pharmacy chain store were arrested…