Crime and Courts News in Oregon
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Prosecutor Pleads for Custody Order of a Chinese National Involved in Gold Bar Transactions with…
A public prosecutor this week urgently requested a federal judge to issue a custody order for Biao Lin who is a suspect in a case involving an unsuspecting elderly Portland couple in the exchange of gold bars worth more than $3 million.…
Oregon Man Who Tried to Smuggle Drugs into a Detention Center Jailed for 10 Years
A 30-year-old Portland man, Levi Denison, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on Tuesday on a string of charges including attempted drug smuggling into the Multnomah County Detention Center.
Other charges against him included…
Elderly Oregon Cyclist Billed for Using an Ambulance that Struck and Injured Him
Columbia River Fire and Rescue billed an elderly cyclist $1,862 for transporting him to hospital after one of its ambulances had struck him, crushing his bicycle under its front wheel.
William Hoesch Files a $997,000 Lawsuit…
Oregon Man Who Escaped Prison by Walking Away from a Work Crew Rearrested
Dressed in prison garb when he made his escape by walking away from a prison work crew and jumping onto a downtown Salem bus, T.J. Harvey Bennett was rearrested in Portland on Sunday.
Bennett (44) was imprisoned at the Santiam…
Oregon Woman Files Petition for Wrongful Conviction After Spending 41 Years in Prison
An Oregon woman who has already spent 41 years in prison and whose crime was made into a movie starring Farrah Fawcett has filed a petition calling for relief from a wrongful conviction.
Diane Downs Shot Dead One Child, Paralyzed…
Oregon Attorney Suspended for Obstructing Justice While Representing Real Estate Developer
The law license of Portland attorney Derek Ashton has been suspended for 60 days by a state bar disciplinary panel, citing obstruction of justice during his representation of real estate developer Terry Bean in a sex abuse case.
Ashton…
Jackson County Residents Receiving Up to 30 Scam Calls Daily – Sheriff’s Office Calls…
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) is taking up to 30 calls a day from residents scammed by callers pretending to be JCSO deputies and requesting money in cash, credit, wire, Crypto, or Bitcoin.
Several…
Oregon Couple Jailed for Tasing and Abusing Their Seven-Year-Old Son
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Springfield parents of a seven-year-old boy who they repeatedly physically abused, using a taser on frequent occasions, are in custody in the Lane County Jail.
Brandon Rogers (44) and Heather Black (36) are…
Oregon’s Colby Benson Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
It took a Multnomah County jury less than eight hours to find Colby Benson (40), aka 'Shooter', guilty of second-degree murder that, he said, he committed when ‘high on meth.’
Benson was found guilty of second-degree murder for shooting…
Oregon Man Accused of Murdering Newly-Wed Nurse is Evicted from His Apartment
UPDATE: Judge Turns Down Appeal to Unseal Documents Containing Details of Oregon Nurse Melissa Jubane Murder
Twenty-seven-year-old Bryce Schubert, who lived diagonally across the corridor from Beaverton nurse, Melissa Jubane, who was…