PSYCH WARD <<A federal agency has ordered the Oregon State Hospital to make immediate changes to the way it transports patients two weeks after a shackled patient stole a hospital van then eluded police for more than a day. The Oregon Health Authority disclosed late Friday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found …
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9/15/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTING <<Law enforcement officers in Lane County shot and killed someone who allegedly stole a vehicle Thursday morning. Oregon State Police say they received a call about a stolen vehicle around 9:10 a.m. Thursday. In their press release, OSP did not say where the vehicle was reported stolen nor the kind of vehicle it was …
9/14/2023 News Roundup
THE FASH <<The State of Oregon has taken legal action against the Board of Directors overseeing Fox News, alleging that the media company disseminated misinformation related to the 2020 election. The Oregon Attorney General’s office has accused Fox Corporation of knowingly propagating false claims, characterizing it as a high-stakes pursuit of profits. In an official …
9/10/2023 News Roundup
HATE CRIMES <<A Multnomah County grand jury indicted Adrian Austin Cummins Friday on 12 charges, including attempted murder, stemming from the Sept. 2 stabbing that injured two 17-year-olds on a MAX train in Southeast Portland. The charges are one count of attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the first degree, …
9/9/2023 News Roundup
HATE CRIMES <<Sean Milligan said he was on a walk with his dog near a restaurant in Northwest Portland’s Slabtown district when he heard a man shout “I hate Asians!” at a group of Asian people who had just scurried inside. The man followed that up by throwing patio chairs, dishes and drinking glasses at …
9/8/2023 News Roundup
SHOOTINGS <<A man wanted on stalking charges died in an exchange of gunfire with police after an hours-long standoff in a Hillsboro neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to the Beaverton Police Department. Officers from the Hillsboro Police Department responded to a home on Southeast Duke Drive shortly after 11:30 a.m. to arrest a man named Ryan …
9/7/2023 News Roundup
HATE CRIME <<The man accused of stabbing two Black teenage boys in a racially motivated attack at a MAX stop in Southeast Portland was released by police just days before the alleged attack, despite a judicial order to hold him in custody. Portland police arrested Adrian Cummins on August 30, carrying out an arrest warrant …
9/3/23 News Update
DRUGS <<A majority of Oregon voters believe its law to decriminalize drugs should be repealed, according to an August poll. An Emerson College poll of 1,000 registered Oregon voters found that 56% support a complete repeal of Measure 110, a ballot initiative that decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as heroin, meth …
9/2/23 News Update
CORRUPT <<A chief of police on the Oregon Coast faces criminal charges amid allegations that he took drugs and money from his station’s evidence lock-up. Tillamook Police Chief Raymond Rau, a man with nearly 30 years experience in law enforcement, has led the department since July 2021. He’s now facing four misdemeanor counts in a …
9/1/23 News Update
JAIL DEATH <<Allen Walker died on a Multnomah County jail cell floor after more than six cups of blood poured into his stomach through a tear in his throat, records show. Walker, 31, died May 13, the second of six people to die this year in the county’s custody — a sharp increase from past …