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 …
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8/5/2023 News Roundup
HATE CRIME? <<A vandal appears to have broken a granite piece off one of the bronze lion statues at the gateway to Old Town Chinatown and carried it more than a quarter of a mile to the Lan Su Chinese Garden before chucking it through the window of the garden’s beloved teahouse late Thursday night …
7/30/2023 News Roundup
OLCC <<The former director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission filed a tort claim notice with the state Friday alleging Gov. Tina Kotek ousted him earlier this year at the behest of La Mota CEO Rosa Cazares. Cazares, her partner Aaron Mitchell, and La Mota contributed generously to Kotek’s gubernatorial campaign. Kotek forced Steve …
5/27/23 News Roundup part 3
DEFUND THE DA <<On May 16, District Attorney Mike Schmidt went to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to ask for more money in this year’s budget, citing a report showing his office was 26% understaffed. “We’re pretty to the bone,” he told the board. WW has obtained the staffing report, which was completed in …
2/11/23 News Update
POLICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (40%) <<Larry Wenzel, 52, a deputy at the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested Jan. 31 for allegedly punching and then choking his wife. He was indicted on charges of felony assault earlier this week, and is currently in Clackamas County Jail. He lives in Gladstone, according to court records.>> <<Wenzel had …
2/9/23 News Update
SHOOTING <<Two Albany police officers shot and killed a man in a mental health crisis Wednesday morning after the man pointed a gun at them, the Associated Press reports. The officers were initially responding to a welfare check for a man reported to be suicidal at a home in southwest Albany. The Albany Police Department …