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.
Latest from Lucille McNamara

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…







