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Family Of Michael Brady Launch $1.6M Wrongful Death Suit Against TriMet
PORTLAND, Ore. — The family and estate of Michael Brady, 51, the man stabbed to death on a MAX train in an unprovoked attack in March, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against TriMet. They say TriMet failed to protect the slain father from…
Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Land Oregon Man in Jail for Six Months
The case of a Portland man sentenced to six months in prison last week for stealing unemployment benefits was one of only a handful of convictions since the Oregon Employment Department (OED) lost $100 million to fraudulent claims during…
Oregon Felon Jailed for Calling a Circuit Court Judge ‘Dead Man Walking’ and Threatening to Kill Him
A Portland man who called an Oregon district court judge ‘dead man walking,’ sending him letters threatening to stalk, beat up, stab and kill him, and harm his family, has been sentenced to 13 months and one day in prison by an Arizona…
Spousal Identity Theft is Difficult to Prosecute: Oregonian Finds Herself in a Catch-22 Situation
Spousal identity theft is difficult to prosecute as married couples are considered a single economic unit – and that is the Catch-22 situation in which Danielle Del Prado finds herself.
The Couple are in the Throes of Divorce…
Oregon Man Was in a Drug-Induced Psychotic Haze When He Hit a Passenger on a TriMet Bus
PORTLAND, Ore. — Randy Sturdevant (42) of Portland was in a meth-induced psychotic haze when he hit a woman on the Line 75 TriMet bus, a jury found earlier this week in the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
He was found guilty of…
Meth and Fentanyl Seized by Oregon Police in Bag Labeled “Definitely Not a Bag Full of Drugs”
Portland Police Bureau (PPB) seized 12 bags of meth weighing 220 grams and 79 fentanyl pills from a bag labeled ‘definitely not a bag full of drugs.’
The bag full of drugs haul was made on Tuesday from a stolen vehicle.
PPB Public…
eBay Renews Downtown Portland Lease Despite Industry’s Remote Work Trend
The commercial office lease of online marketplace eBay in downtown Portland has been renewed, suggesting that the remote working trend among Oregon software companies may not be on the cards for company workers.
eBay Portland…
Judge Issues Split Ruling in Wrongful Death Suit Against Portland Police
A U.S. Magistrate has issued a split ruling in response to an application by attorneys to waive attorney-client privileges in a case involving Robert Delgado (46) who was shot and killed in Lents Park in 2021 by Portland police.
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Portland Catholic School and Friends of Trees Facing $29 Million Lawsuit Following Death of Teenager
Portland Central Catholic High School and Friends of Trees are being sued for $29 million by the mother of a boy struck and killed by a falling tree during a thunderstorm.
Boy Struck by Falling Tree During a Thunderstorm
Filed…
Accomplice In Oregon Drug Dealer’s Death & Robbery Jailed For 22 Years
Following the 2022 fatal shooting of a drug dealer, 57-year-old Abed Fattoum, the accomplice to the crime, Bonscott J. Skinner, now 28, who grabbed a backpack full of drugs during the robbery, was sentenced to 22 years in state prison on…