CRIME & SAFETY

PORTLAND, Oregon — Charity Perry was in early March. More than a month later the 24-year-old turned up dead in Ainsworth State Park. "I know she wasn't stabbed," Diana Allen said. "She wasn't hit in the head. She wasn't shot." Allen is Perry's mother. Since her daughter's death Allen...

At least three of the six women whose bodies have been found in Oregon and Washington in recent months shared similar circumstances and had frequented the same places in the months before their ...

The woman who pled guilty to throwing her children off the Sellwood Bridge in 2009 was recently found dead in her cell in a Wilsonville prison. The Oregon Department of Corrections says that Amanda Stott-Smith died yesterday at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. Stott-Smith pled guilty to one count of aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder in 2009 after she threw her two children off the Sellwood Bridge. 4-year-old Eldon Smith died in the fall from a 75-foot fall on May 23, 2009.

38-year-old Martin Benjamin of Portland was arrested yesterday, June 6, as police seized enough fentanyl to kill an estimated 33,500 people. Benjamin was stopped for allegedly participating in illegal drug activity. It was then they discovered 67 grams of fentanyl, as a small amount of methamphetamine and cocaine. Officials say...

A 6-month investigation of a suspected drug house in Northeast Portland led to the arrest of 4 people and the seizure of guns, body armor, a variety of drugs and more than $13,000 in cash Monday.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police have identified the two people killed Sunday morning after the vehicle they were in went off the Morrison Bridge. 22-year-old Larry Angel Ayala-Valdez was behind the wheel of the 2003 Mercedes 500 when it struck a barrier, left the bridge, landing on the street below.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau is trying to seize $30,462 from Shroom House after raiding its West Burnside storefront last December. Police are using a process called civil forfeiture, which allows police to seize property suspected of being involved in a crime. Police busted the store on...

The sisters of Joanna Speaks, an Oregon woman who was found dead in Clark County, Washington back in April, are speaking out after Portland Police Bureau officials said they don't believe there is a connection between six women recently found dead in the region. “Nobody can rule out that they're...

Monday, May 19 Officers were called to check on a woman lying in the grassy verge near 23rd Avenue who appeared to be in need of assistance. On arrival, police found two individuals, but neither wanted to chat. Possibly on account of having more than 10 outstanding warrants, one of the individuals suddenly made himself scarce. He was located and, following a brief struggle, arrested. He was evaluated by medical and lodged at the jail. ...

Sunday, May 21 A man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance after he was found with more than 100 blue M30 pills which likely contain fentanyl. Officers were called to at least two separate thefts from stores on Southwest Washington Square Road during the afternoon. Monday, May 22 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Police are looking for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in Northeast Portland Tuesday night. At about 10:10 p.m., North Precinct officers responded to the intersection of Northeast 33rd Avenue and Northeast Lombard Street on the report of a person hit by a vehicle. The pedestrian, whose name has not been released, died at the scene.

Tuesday, May 23 A man left a store in the 17700 block of Southwest Lower Boones Ferry Road with over $100 in stolen merchandise. He then got into a car, which was displaying a known stolen license plate, and drove off. Ulta Salon, 7081 S.W. Nyberg St., was victimized by shoplifting. Two adults and a...

BAKER CITY – (Information from the Oregon State Police) The OSP arrested April Boutillette Brinkman of Portland near Baker City following a vehicular pursuit on Monday. The final arrest occurred on I-84 near milepost 349 East Bound. The OSP description of the incident is as follows:. “The Oregon State...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council voted Wednesday in favor of Mayor Ted Wheeler’s daytime camping ban. Questions remain, however, on what the enforcement of the camping ban will look like. If Portland City Commissioners approve a daytime camping ban, it would take effect on July 1...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A man who was arrested during a child predator sting in April has been indicted by a grand jury for new charges, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Sean Baba, 29, was first arrested during a child predator sting in April. Baba was...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It’s been nearly a year since Diana Petty’s life was changed forever. “I found out that there’s really no textbook, no manual, to teach a person how to be an amputee. You have to learn it on your own, learn it from other amputees,” Petty said.

The Forest Grove Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating 25-year-old Henry Nulf, who was last seen leaving his home in Forest Grove one year ago.

Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office May 25 Ana Carina Rivas Ordaz, 30, of Newberg, was arrested on a hold from Washington County. No bail was set. May 26 Jolene Lynn Boger, 38, of Newberg, was arrested attempted assault of a public...

A Vancouver teenager was arrested Tuesday morning after a sheriff’s deputy clocked him driving more than 100 miles per hour, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. At about

HILLSBORO Ore. (KPTV) - A hay truck on fire near Hillsboro was blocking all lanes on Highway 26 near Hillsboro on Monday afternoon. The truck was in the westbound lanes close to the Jackson School Road exit. By 5:42 p.m. crews had extinguished the flames enough that the eastbound lanes...