Crime

Court documents released Friday state that Christopher Knipe, 47, allegedly confessed to police that he was driving a vehicle that killed Sean Kealiher in October 2019.

Three local residents located the suspect walking on the road near the fires and detained him.

Bias crimes targeting communities of color were up a shocking amount last year. According to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community went up 300% in 2021. One of the ways the state is responding is with the non-emergency bias crimes hotline.

Officials say a former police officer has been found guilty of damaging a family’s Halloween decorations outside their home west of Portland, Oregon, in 2020.

A woman with ties to Oregon and Southwest Washington was arrested last week and accused of participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Portland police have arrested a man on bias-crime charges after he attacked another man and his 5-year-old daughter on the Eastbank Esplanade on Saturday.

On Tuesday, a 26-year-old Eugene woman was attacked with acid, for the second time in three months.

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

An Oregon man who illegally imported and exported hundreds of live scorpions was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for violating the Lacey Act.

County officials are asking neighbors to help keep an eye out for illegal dumping in the area.