Police: Juvenile boy shot, wounded at Salem mall
A juvenile boy was shot and wounded at a downtown Salem shopping mall on Friday, police said.
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Dozen indicted in Oregon drug ring, allegedly distributed fake oxycodone pills with fentanyl
A dozen people are facing federal charges for conspiring to distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest and laundering millions in drug proceeds.
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Suspect in Salem drug trafficking, major ‘ghost gun’ manufacturing faces federal charges
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment Thursday charging a Salem man with distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and operating Oregon’s largest known privately made firearm, or “ghost gun” manufacturing workshop from the basement of his home.
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Giant white sturgeon, over 7 feet long, seized from Scappoose Bay poachers, released
A giant white sturgeon more than seven feet long was among five sturgeon seized and released by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers responding to a report of poaching in Scappoose Bay this month, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday.
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Bundy gets probation, no jail, in 2nd trespassing conviction
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy has again been convicted of trespassing at the Idaho Capitol building.
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C. Oregonians join in virtual training for mentors to help veterans in court system
Central Oregonians in various locations took part in a virtual training session Tuesday to prepare mentors for veterans facing criminal charges. For more information: https://justiceforvets.org/.
Continue Reading Idaho hospital locks down amid Bundy call for protest in child protection case
A major Boise hospital went on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday after far-right activist Ammon Bundy urged supporters to go the facility in protest of a child protection case involving one of his family friends.
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against hacked social media accounts
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against hacked social media accounts.
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NE Bend attempted burglary suspect runs, tries to hide, caught with help of police drone, K-9 Kim
A 42-year-old Bend man accused of attempting to burglarize a pair of northeast Bend businesses was scared off by an alarm and tried to run and hide but was found and arrested Monday night with the help of a police drone and K-9 team, an officer said.
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Eugene man pleads guilty to importing, exporting hundreds of live scorpions
A Eugene man who formerly resided in Southern Oregon pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to violating the Lacey Act by illegally importing and exporting hundreds of live scorpions, federal prosecutors said.
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Ex-Coffee Creek state prison nurse charged with sexual assaults of 12 women in custody
The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment that accuses a former Oregon Department of Corrections nurse of sexually assaulting a dozen women in custody at the state women’s prison in Wilsonville.
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Oregon Dept. of Justice hires anti-poaching special prosecutor
Oregon poachers beware, there is a new force in the courts: an anti-poaching special prosecutor. Jay D. Hall, hired last month as a new assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice, is serious about prosecuting wildlife crimes.
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Former Warm Springs Ventures CEO pleads guilty in federal court for role in tribal fraud scheme
A resident of the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho and former CEO of the Warm Springs Economic Development Corp. pleaded guilty Monday in federal court for his role in a fraud scheme targeting the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, prosecutors said.
Continue Reading Police: Ammon Bundy arrested in Idaho hospital trespassing case
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy, who’s running for governor in Idaho, has been arrested after refusing to leave a hospital in connection with a child-welfare case, police said Saturday.
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20 community members sworn in as CASA volunteers to support C.O. children in foster care
Local children in foster care now have 20 more CASA volunteers advocating for them. The community volunteers were sworn-in this week as Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA volunteers, by Crook County Circuit Judge Annette Hillman.
Continue Reading Bend police arrest pickup theft suspect after worker spots, reports broken window
A northeast Bend worker spotted a pickup truck with a driver’s-side window broken out Wednesday morning and contacted police, who learned it had been stolen and soon arrested a suspect after an officer watched him get in with the keys.
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Bend man charged with threatening grocery employees with knife
A Bend man who had been “trespassed” from the Third Street Safeway, meaning he was not allowed there, threatened three workers with a knife early Wednesday morning, then darted into traffic, screaming and threatening officers who used a Taser and eventually arrested him, police said.
Continue ReadingEugene man sentenced to life for killing grandmother
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene man who pleaded guilty to beating his grandmother to death in Creswell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Register-Guard reports 47-year-old James Holt was sentenced in Lane County Circuit Court after reaching a plea deal and changing his plea to guilty in December to first-degree
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Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday: Building a digital defense against SIM swaps
This week, the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment focuses on building a digital defense against SIM swaps.
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OSP trooper accused of racial discrimination in lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Oregon State Police and Trooper Travis Peterson, accusing them of racial discrimination and other forms of misconduct.
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