Council urges city manager to find entity to complete purge for police evidence room

The purge is tied to the outcome of an audit which revealed there may be more missing from the evidence room than the initial $900 in cash that couldn’t be found, triggering the need for an audit by an outside agency. October 25, 2021ONTARIO — Following an...

Sheriff’s No. 2 Apologizes For, But Doesn’t Disavow, Viral Fentanyl Video

Video has been widely discredited by public health experts, toxicologists and doctors who said the widespread hysteria over handling fentanyl harmed the ability of police and first responders to treat people who do overdose. October 25, 2021Undersheriff Kelly...

Man indicted in cold case murder, accused of killing wife in Oregon 25 years ago

Despite several attempts to identify the woman, she remained unidentified until 2019 when a new DNA technique was used to put a name to her remains. September 13, 2021MILL CREEK, Ore. – A 68-year-old is facing charges in a cold case murder from 1996, accused of...

Update: Audit for missing evidence spurs criminal investigation

The audit, which was conducted in July, was spurred as a result of a court case having wrapped up and OPD being unable to find the related evidence — $900 in cash — that was to be to be returned to the victim. September 1, 2021ONTARIO — A criminal investigation is...

Moore presents $20K firearms auction check to police

Proceeds generated from the Office’s recent unclaimed property firearms auction. September 1, 2021FAIRMONT — State Treasurer Riley Moore this week presented a check worth more than $20,000 to the Marion County Sheriff’s Department – proceeds generated...

Former Klamath Falls officer pleads guilty to stealing drugs from evidence room

Reif reportedly entered the Klamath Falls Police Department’s evidence room with an unauthorized key, removed an evidence item containing methamphetamine and fentanyl  Enter Article DATE HEREA former Klamath Falls police officer, who stole narcotics...