Case of missing evidence unsolved in Newport; final report lists money, drugs, weapons unaccounted for
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigation conducted last fall concluded that items missing from evidence were $2,231, narcotics from 12 cases, four handguns and a bow. In addition, a report says, drug evidence used to be flushed down a toilet to be...
Former OSP evidence tech gets prison for $50,000 in thefts
A former evidence technician was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $50,000 while working at the Oregon State Police office in Central Point January 24, 2017A former evidence technician was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $50,000 while working at...
Testing of Oregon’s shelved sexual assault kits nets first 5 DNA matches
Six months after three counties in Oregon began shipping hundreds of untested DNA samples from alleged victims of sexual assault to a Utah lab, the first results are in: Five match known offenders in a criminal database. October 3, 2016Six months after three...
Alleged mistress of convicted sheriff’s captain pleas guilty to lying to the feds
The alleged mistress for whom a now-jailed former Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office captain stole more than $200,000 pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal agents on Thursday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. September 17,...
