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Multnomah Co. Sheriff's Office   MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (MCSO) – Deputies with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) are investigating a suspected impaired driving crash that resulted in a vehicle going down an embankment and becoming partially submerged in a creek.   This investigation began just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 4, 2026, when the City of Portland’s Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC) received a crash notification from a person’s cellphone near Southeast Troutdale Road and Southeast Division Drive in Troutdale.   The phone line remained open, but no one on the other end responded. Emergency dispatchers used GPS technology to map the location of the phone, which showed the phone and vehicle off the road.   MCSO deputies responded and located a vehicle down an approximately 20-foot embankment. They could hear the driver, later identified as Fred Jimenez, yelling for help.   Jimenez told deputies he had only sustained minor injuries bu...

Newport Police Department  UPDATE: Major Crime Team Investigation – No Ongoing Threat to the Public Date: 01/04/2026  The Lincoln County Major Crime Team continues to investigate the incident that occurred on Friday, January 2, 2026, at approximately 12:56 a.m. in the 1500 block of NW Grove Street. As previously reported, Newport Police Officers responded to a disturbance and discovered one adult male deceased from a gunshot wound and another adult male suffering from multiple stab wounds. The investigation determined that 42-year-old Matthew Wonser, of Newport, was shot by the resident of the home after Wonser continued to stab 33-year-old Shawn Knuckey, also of Newport, on the resident’s front porch. Wonser died at the scene from a single gunshot wound. Knuckey was transported by air ambulance to a Portland-area hospital, where he remains in critical condition after sustaining numerous stab wounds. Investigators determined that Wonser and Knuckey were not known to one anothe...

DCSO JAILVIEWER 164.065 - THEFT OF MISLAID PROPERTY-1  Level:   F 165.055 - FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD - 2  Level:   F 411.840 - UNLAWFUL OBTAIN/USE FOOD OF FOOD STAMPS  Level:   F 475.894 - UP OF METHAMPHETAMINE  Level:   M 164.045 - THEFT 2ND DEG  Level:   M 164.377 - COMPUTER CRIME  Level:   F

DCSO JAILVIEWER 164.043 - THEFT 3RD DEG  Level:   M 164.377 - COMPUTER CRIME  Level:   F 165.055 - FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD - 2  Level:   F 411.840 - UNLAWFUL OBTAIN/USE FOOD OF FOOD STAMPS  Level:   F

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office At 7:36 a.m., Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a possible impaired driver traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 97 toward Bend. The caller reported the vehicle was weaving and unable to maintain speed.    Deputies observed that a Ford F-350 had side-swiped the median on the Bend Parkway near Empire Avenue. They initiated a traffic stop and contacted the driver, identified as 21-year-old Jaiden Robert Telford of Portland. While deputies were speaking with Telford and requesting his driver’s license, he suddenly fled the stop. Deputies lost sight of Telford as he headed southbound on Highway 97 at a high rate of speed.     At 8:05 a.m., Bend Police responded to a motor vehicle crash near NE Eighth Street and Bennington Lane. The caller reported that one of the drivers appeared intoxicated and was unable to exit his vehicle. Officers and deputies arrived and determined the involved vehicle was the same ...

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Crooked River Ranch, Ore. --  The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested the person of interest wanted in connection with the December 31 homicide that occurred in the Dirt World area of Redmond near NE Greenwood Avenue and NE 17th Street.    On Friday, January 2, at 3:41 p.m., Sheriff’s Office Detectives and SWAT Team located Don Henry Vandenberg Jr., 51, at a property in Crooked River Ranch north of Redmond. Vandenberg, Jr., peacefully surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.    Detectives are working with the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office on potential criminal charges related to the death of Justin Garrett Jiminez, who was found dead from a gunshot wound. A firearm was recovered at the scene.      Vandenberg, Jr., was lodged at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Adult Jail on an active parole warrant.    The investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking anyone wi...

Roseburg Police Dept. On January 2, 2026, at approximately 8:30 AM, the Roseburg Police Department, along with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the 200 block of SE Pine Street, an area referred to as “The Point,” regarding a reported stabbing. When officers arrived, they found 60-year-old James Wade Gage lying off the bike path with a single stab wound. Officers and medics attempted life saving measures, but Gage was pronounced deceased at the scene.   The suspect in this case, a 16-year-old male, fled the scene and was located in the South Umpqua River.  After a short standoff, the juvenile male was taken into custody without further incident.  The juvenile male was lodged at the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center for Criminally Negligent Homicide, Menacing, Escape 3 and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.   The Roseburg Police Department would like to thank the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Office, Oregon State Police, Douglas Co...

Oregon City Police Dept. The Oregon City Police Department has received reports of a cougar sighting in the middle of town, near Singer Creek Park. The cougar has been captured on residential video surveillance on Latourette St. multiple times within the last 24 hours. The neighborhood is located off Molalla Avenue and Pleasant Avenue, backing up to Singer Creek Park, which is primarily accessible via Linn Avenue. Please report any cougar sightings to the Oregon City Police Department via CCOM non-emergency at 503-655-8211. OCPD is collaborating with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to provide information for community safety. If you are a firsthand in-person witness to the cougar in this area, please call ODFW at 971-673-6000 for documentation. At this time, there will be no attempts to proactively locate the animal. Please be cautious with pets and any outdoor food storage containers that could be attracting the animal.

Washington Co. Sheriff's Office On December 29, 2025, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation after an adult reported being sexually assaulted. The suspect, 36-year-old Andrew Dwayne Graham, met the victim on a dating application and sexually assaulted the person in Portland and near Metzger Park. Detectives with the Violent Crimes Unit learned Graham was trying to meet up with the victim again. Detectives were able to message Graham on an undercover phone number, leading him to believe he was still talking to his victim. During those chats, Graham expressed interest in meeting a child to pay for sex. He also offered to bring alcohol and marijuana for the group. On December 31, 2025, Graham drove to Metzger Park, believing he was going to pick up the original adult victim and the child to take them to an area hotel. Instead, Graham was arrested by the Washington County Tactical Negotiations Team (SWAT) and turned over to detectives. Graham was arrested with mo...

Washington Co. Sheriff's Office On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 7:48 p.m., multiple Sheriff’s Office deputies and officers from Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Forest Grove Police Departments responded to an attempted kidnapping at the Cornelius Walmart at 220 N Adair Street. The caller reported that a man attempted to take their child from their stroller inside the store and was armed with a knife.   The father stopped the man from grabbing the child out of the stroller, but was injured during the confrontation. As they struggled, the attacker pulled a knife from a pocket, but fortunately dropped it. Before deputies arrived, they learned that the suspect had run from the scene and left in a white Jeep. A witness provided the vehicle's license plate number, and responding officers began searching for the vehicle. The suspect was identified as the vehicle’s registered owner, 37-year-old Denis Villalobos of Cornelius. Villalobos was located a short distance from the Cornelius Walmart...

Newport Police Department  On Friday, January 2, 2026, at 12:56 a.m., Newport Police Officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of NW Grove Street on the report of someone pounding on the door of a residence. When the resident went to the door, they observed a male actively stabbing another male. The resident went back inside, retrieved a handgun and 911 was called. The resident attempted to get the male to stop stabbing the subject, but the male continued to stab the other male, and the resident ultimately shot the man who was stabbing the other, and that man died on scene. The stabbing victim was transported to the hospital and is in a Portland area hospital in critical condition.   Officers and Deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office - Oregon arrived and began an investigation, which led to the discovery of another deceased male in the 1800 block of North Coast Highway. The second male was also stabbed. The Lincoln County Major Crime Team was activated and ar...

Lebanon Fire District At 10:07 a.m. Jan. 2 nd , 2026, Lebanon Fire District responded to a structure fire in the 200 block of W. Cedar Dr. Upon arrival, the Incident Commander found light smoke coming from the eaves of the roof of a single-family residence. Two adults and two small children had already evacuated prior to firefighters’ arrival; however, an elderly female was still inside the home. Interior conditions were relatively free of smoke, allowing firefighters to quickly enter and safely escort her outside. While some firefighters located the fire inside a wall and worked on extinguishing it, others performed a thorough search for occupants of the building and pulled additional hoselines for protection.  Further information revealed the fire had spread for some time, unnoticed into the attic space, where it burned through portions of the truss members. The occupants reported recent electrical issues, including half of the home losing power sometime the previous evening, whi...

Washington Co. Sheriff's Office On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at just before midnight, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of four people breaking into parked cars near the 17000 block of NW Countryridge Drive in Portland. Before deputies arrived, the suspects left in a dark-colored sedan.   As deputies arrived in the area to search for the suspects, they encountered the dark-colored sedan. The driver of the sedan began trying to elude and accelerated southbound down NW Bethany Blvd, before crashing near NW Bronson Road.   Deputies arrived at the crash and saw four people running from the vehicle. Three were quickly apprehended and determined to be juveniles. The fourth continued running and was later located with the help of a Sheriff’s Office K9 (Puddles) and a caller who saw the subject hiding in their yard on a cellphone.   The fourth suspect, 18-year-old Jayden Collins of Portland, was identified as the driver and subsequently arrested....

Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Redmond, Ore. -  The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a person of interest in connection with a homicide in Redmond.    On December 31 at 5:57 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a gunshot victim near NE Greenwood Avenue and NE 17th Street, an area known locally as “Redmond Dirt World.”     When deputies arrived, they found 32-year-old Justin Garrett Jiminez, who had died from a gunshot wound. A firearm was recovered at the scene. The victim’s family has been notified.     The person of interest has been identified as 51-year-old Don Henry Vandenberg, Jr. Detectives say he goes by the nickname “Tank.” He’s described as a white male, 5’7”, about 160 pounds, bald, with facial hair, and covered in tattoos.    Notable tattoos include:   “Fit for Duty” on his chest  “Tank” on his upper abdomen  Ace of Spades on his upper left arm  Image on the ba...

Multnomah Co. District Attorney's Office Portland, OR-Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Jenna Plank Tuesday (12/30/25) sentenced Mohamed Osman Adan to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years. Adan pled guilty to Murder in the Second Degree for the brutal killing of his domestic partner, Racheal Abraham on August 27, 2022.    Adan was also convicted of Felony Strangulation Constituting Domestic Violence, Contempt of Court for Violating a No Contact Order, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and Felony Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer for crimes committed separate from the murder.   Adan made an escalating series of attacks on Racheal in 2022. At the time of the murder, there were three small children living with them in an apartment in southeast Portland.  On May 2, 2022, Racheal told police Defendant punched her in the head two times while she was on the couch. She said he was intoxicated an...

Multnomah Co. District Attorney's Office The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate a defendant with a felony warrant. 29-year-old Angelina Latisha Minor has a felony warrant for Manslaughter in the First Degree in connection with a March 2024 traffic crash where Minor is alleged to have been driving under the influence of intoxicants and killed her 4-year-old son in the crash. Minor violated her supervised release, which has resulted in the court issuing a warrant for her arrest. Minor’s last known address was in North Portland.   Anyone seeing Minor should call 9-1-1.

Oregon State Police Umatilla County, Ore. (Dec. 30, 2025)-  On Monday, December 22, 2025, at 7:50 a.m., Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Interstate 84, near milepost 207, in Umatilla County.   The preliminary investigation indicated a pedestrian, Noah J. Lindsey (25) of Pendleton, was attempting to cross the interstate when they were struck by an eastbound Kenworth commercial motor vehicle and trailer, operated by Ben Travis Johnson (55) of Kennewick (WA).   The pedestrian (Lindsey) was declared deceased at the scene.   The operator of the Kenworth (Johnson) was reportedly not injured.   The interstate was impacted for approximately four hours during the on-scene investigation.   OSP was assisted by ODOT.  

Lane Co. Sheriff's Office On December 29th at 8:30 p.m., Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded with fire personnel to a single vehicle crash off Lorane Highway near Sutherlin Lane, south of Eugene.   The vehicle, a 2012 Jeep Wrangler, left the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a tree. The driver was the only occupant and was killed in the crash.   The cause of the crash is under investigation. The driver was identified as James Lee Blondell, 76, of Reedsport.

Coos County Sheriff's Office  On December 24th, 2025, at around 10:45 pm, Coos County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to the area of Transpacific Parkway and Jordan Cove Road in North Bend, to the report of a motor vehicle crash.  Sgt. Boswell located the vehicle, and observed that one passenger, a 19-year-old male, was deceased, and another passenger was injured while trapped inside the vehicle. Fire and Medical personnel were able to successfully rescue the trapped passenger and transport them to the hospital for further treatment.   Deputy MR Smith, along with Troopers from the Oregon State Police, also arrived on scene to assist in the investigation. As a result of the investigation, Deputy MR Smith arrested the driver of the vehicle, Reef Michael Berry (22). On December 30th, 2025, Reef Michael Berry was indicted on the charges of: Manslaughter in the First Degree, Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, Driving Under the Influ...

Josephine Co. Sheriff's Office Shaffer was last seen around Thanksgiving in the Selma area.  Shaffer has been known to change her hair color.  If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Sarah please call the Josephine County Sheriff's Office. Name:  Sarah Shaffer Age : 42 Height:  5'6" Weight:  159 lbs Sex:  Female Hair:  Blonde/Brown Eyes:  Blue Case: 25-31011 Josephine County Sheriff's Office: 541-474-5123