Portland News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents of an apartment block in the 1400 block of Southwest 12th Avenue, Portland, were ordered to vacate the building before police officers broke down a door and smashed glass to gain entry to one of the units in a…

Immediately after his court hearing, a 24-year-old man seeking asylum was arrested inside a Portland courthouse. This was the second incident of its kind in a matter of days. The man, who lives in Newport and identified as Y-Z-L-H, fled…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Geoffrey Hammond, a Portland resident, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for shooting and killing Ryan Martin in a 2023 road rage incident. The road rage incident between Hammond and Martin occurred on October…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland area drug trafficker, 35-year-old.Efrain Roberto Diaz-Rangel was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for his role in distributing illicit fentanyl that played a role in the fatal overdose of a young man in…

For two years, a Portland woman sent nearly $1.9 million to a man she met online on Millionaire Match Maker, believing he would marry her. The man, Oscar Peters (65) from Britain, was yesterday sentenced to 37 months in prison after his…

A transgender woman who fled Mexico in 2023 after being subjected to violence because of her sexual orientation and gender identity was arrested outside a Portland courtroom 23 minutes after seeking asylum on Monday. The 24-year-old…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Open displays of drug abuse and mounting homelessness are woven into the fabric of Portland’s inner-city, insidious tentacles now reaching into areas long regarded as safe sanctuaries – the public libraries of Multnomah…

PORTLAND, Ore. — In a crackdown on crime in the city, Portland law enforcement units staged and executed a search warrant of a residence in which a couple was arrested, and drugs, cash, and firearms seized. The operation took place…

PORTLAND, Ore. — By promptly contacting law enforcement about an alleged online scam, the FBI and the Oregon District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office could seize $6,748,680 fraudulent funds belonging to the City of Portland. …

A homeless man, previously investigated, arrested, and convicted following an FBI investigation after threatening to set fire to the house of the Portland Mayor using Molotov cocktails, appeared in court yesterday after threatening to blow…