Portland man who struck police dog with pipe had earlier threatened city worker, police say

A Portland police lieutenant is under investigation after striking the suspect with a police SUV on Wednesday.

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Oregon court throws out DUII conviction over mumbled Miranda warning

“It was like they were almost provided in a different language, and that language was Mumble,” one judge said during the appeal hearing.

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Northwest Portland shelter-in-place order lifted; suspect in custody

The suspect was seen with a knife, officials said.

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Alaska killer Aaron Hague sentenced after search for body fails

“I’ve never been able to grieve any of it in the way a person is supposed to because we have never been able to lay him to rest,” said Taylor Wick, of her father John McClelland.

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Man shot in downtown Portland; suspect at large, police say

The suspect is at large.

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Oregon law enforcement training faces scrutiny; sheriff says right now it’s little more than ‘checking a box’

Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter, a member of a state workgroup on law enforcement training, says required annual training must be improved.

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Oregon jail ignored man’s deteriorating condition, leading to leg amputation, lawsuit alleges

Klamath County deputies mocked the 51-year-old man’s condition and ignored his psychiatric crisis, allowing gangrene to develop while he was in custody, the lawsuit contends.

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Oregon judge orders Pentagon to resume wind energy reviews

The nationwide order affects more than 600,000 wind projects after Renewable Northwest and 19 other developers challenged the Defense Department's suspension.The nationwide order

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Federal judge in Oregon signals Defense Department violated law with freeze of wind-energy project reviews

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut heard arguments Tuesday from Renewable Northwest and other clean energy groups seeking a court order to force the government to restart wind project reviews.

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Oregon photographer gets 40-year prison term for drugging, sexually assaulting teen models

Federal prosecutors described the 59-year-old as one of Oregon's worst child predators after he strangled, raped and recorded teenage girls at his Yamhill County farm between 2015 and 2018.

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Pendleton casino armed robber sentenced to 20 years, will be held at psychiatric facility

Javier Francisco Vigil, 55, pleaded guilty mid-trial to attempted murder, robbery and being a felon with a gun in the 2022 Wildhorse Resort & Casino armed robbery.

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Umatilla County sheriff violated moral fitness standards, state agency staff find

The state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training's findings will go before its police policy committee for review next month.

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State corrections lieutenant accused of cyberstalking fellow employee

The FBI arrested state corrections Lt. Jack D. Rowlett at Columbia River Correctional Institution Thursday morning.

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Mother already serving life sentence in son’s death, doesn’t need to be behind bars, judge says

Federal prosecutors wanted a year behind bars, but a judge saw something different in Ashlyn Johnson's transformation.

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Man who called in threat to FBI office in Oregon tripped up by caller ID

Timothy Justin Griffith was sentenced Wednesday after he had pleaded guilty to threatening a federal official.

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Portland police settlement still work in progress due to supervision, oversight problems, feds tell judge

Judge urges city to consider establishing an inspector general's office to maintain reforms after settlement is completed.

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Man shot by Border Patrol agent in Portland pleads guilty to property damage

Luis Niño-Moncada will be sentenced to time served and deported to Venezuela after ramming a federal car in January. An aggravated assault charge will be dismissed under the plea deal.

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Federal judge denies DOJ motion for Portland police protest footage

U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon ruled the Justice Department's request was filed in bad faith, citing suspicious timing that coincided with Portland's lawsuit to block National Guard troops from ...

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Portland renter believes her cat Lunar has a right to roam. A judge weighs in

Ruby Noble's emotional support cat sparked neighbor complaints after bird attacks and a coyote encounter, prompting an apartment management company to issue an eviction notice.

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‘Interfering with what?’ Oregon man sues police after he was handcuffed outside his home after checking his mailbox

Sutherlin resident William Pitner was not the target of the investigation and police had no probable cause to detain him, his lawyer says.

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Oregon revokes sergeant’s police certification over sexual roleplay strangulation

Clackamas County sergeant's private sex life sparked debate over police standards and privacy rights. His lawyer pledged to challenge the revocation.

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3 killings in 3 months: How police caught the suspect — and why they didn’t stop him sooner

Joseph Banks went on a Portland shooting spree while under federal supervision after more than a decade under psychiatric care.

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Oregon man granted release in more than 30-year-old murder case

A Lane County judge found no direct evidence linking Robert W. Lyons to the 1989 killing of Lori Marlene Stabenow, 24, at a motel in Eugene.

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Oregon prison negligent for not allowing prisoners to wash off pepper spray, jury finds

The jury awarded $5,000 in damages to a man with paraplegia who was unable to use the sink in his cell to wash off the spray and a man who was in a shower stall but not allowed to use the shower.

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Nike sex discrimination trial opens with deeply conflicting accounts

Lawyers presented opposing views of whether the case is about systemic culture problems or one employee's individual experience.

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Portland man sentenced to 4 months for buying guns for felons

Of 34 guns that Lee Otis Box bought, 10 turned up in criminal investigations between 2021 and 2023, a prosecutor said.

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Wholesalers challenge Oregon packaging-reuse law, arguing it ‘isn’t about recycling’ but revenue

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors claims the state's recycling law forces out-of-state suppliers to absorb program costs while exempting Oregon businesses, violating interstate comme...

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