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Teenage boys identified as victims killed in SE Portland stolen car crash
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two teenage boys have been identified as the victims killed after reportedly crashing a stolen car while eluding police in SE Portland last week. Another teen was seriously injured. On June 25 officers from the Gresham Police Department tried to stop a car in the area...
Gresham Man Charged In Burglary, Assault and Battery, and More By Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Robert Lee Willis, Jr., age 46 years old of Gresham, has been arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after 9:00 Monday morning, Marion County deputies were dispatched to a home in the area of Highway 908 for a Breaking and Entering in progress. It is alleged that Robert Lee Willis, Jr., entered a home without permission and violently attacked a female occupant. A neighbor intervened, but in the meantime, the suspect fled the scene in the neighbor’s truck.
Investigation into Vancouver woman’s death in Willamette River boat crash continues
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office River Patrol Unit deputies continue to investigate the death of a 24-year-old Vancouver woman who died as the result of a Portland boating accident June 22. A boat towing Kaileigh Amor Seidel’s inflatable tube about 8 p.m. crashed into another boat on the Willamette River...
Oregon firefighters receive aviation wildfire training
OREGON, USA — Oregon is on track to see some of the warmest weather seen since last summer, and that means fire danger is going to be extremely high as well. Fire crews from around the Portland metro area spent the day on Tuesday getting trained to better communicate on the ground —and in the air.
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