CRIME & SAFETY
Timberline Lodge fire prompts evacuation
Firefighters responded to Timberline Lodge for a three-alarm attic fire reported by employees around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. By 11:12 p.m., firefighters said they had mostly knocked down the blaze. And at 11:30 p.m., a spokesperson for the lodge said it had been completely extinguished. Firefighters were still dousing the roof with water to keep it saturated amid high winds on Mount Hood, said John Burton, marketing director for the lodge.
Case dropped against man who allegedly smashed 34-pound rock on woman’s head outside Portland mental health center
A man who allegedly said he was “going to bash a woman’s skull” then two weeks later allegedly smashed a 34-pound boulder onto a woman’s head moments after being released from the Unity Center for Behavioral Health cannot be criminally prosecuted. Dwayne Anthony Simpson’s case was...
Police investigate NE Portland shooting that injured 2
Police are investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday night in Northeast Portland that left two people with injuries. https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/police-investigate-ne-portland-shooting-that-injured-2-04182024/
Portland Fire tackles large sawdust, pallet fire at wood recycling plant
Crews responded to a large two-alarm fire at a wood recycling plant in the St. Johns area Thursday morning, officials said. Read online: koin.com/news/portland/portland-fire-large-wood-fire-recycling-plant/
Four arrested in organized retail theft mission in Tigard
TIGARD Ore. (KPTV) - Four people are facing charges after Tigard Police interrupted a suspected organized retail theft at a local shopping center and were able to recover nearly $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise, according to Tigard Police. On Monday at about 2 p.m., loss prevention employees at a store...
Former Portland State University football player sentenced for 23 years for killing girlfriend in 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Portland State University (PSU) football player was sentenced to 23 years in prison Monday for shooting and killing his girlfriend, another PSU student, in 2022. Keenan Reece Harpole, 22, pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter constituting domestic violence and unlawful use of a weapon, according...
Man injured in road rage shooting in Portland
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man was taken to the hospital and is expected to live following a road rage shooting in Portland. Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Portland officers were called out to a shooting in the area of northeast 162 and Glisan. Police found that a man was driving...
Man who once told court 'go to hell' got convicted of murder after he represented himself
Christopher Lovrien was convicted in a Multnomah County, Oregon, courtroom of murdering Kenneth Griffin. He previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing Mark Dribin. The post Man who once told court ‘go to hell’ got convicted of murder after he represented himself first appeared on Law & Crime.
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