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Police: 'Unsafe passing' believed to be cause of Hwy 20 crash that left two dead
LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore. — Monday evening around 6:35 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near milepost 30 in Lincoln County. Police say a westbound Toyota Rav4 driven by Jose Manuel Zapata, 29, of Portland, attempted to pass a Dodge Ram 2500 with a trailer, driven by Raphael Francis Spielman, 78, of Gaston, and struck and eastbound Acura TL driven by Scott Thomas Novotny, 34, of Newport.
Sherwood shoplifter hoping to get away after a jump start lands in jail
You can’t blame a family of good Samaritans who thought they were helping a woman-in-need who had car problems last week at the Sherwood Kohl's department store. Little did they know that the 45-year-old Salem woman they were helping had just exited the store with two suitcases filled with stolen merchandise during a June 24 spree. “She was in the process of attempting to get her vehicle jumped when officers...
Detectives suspect decades-old disappearance, murder are intertwined
Washington County Cold Case detectives believe the disappearance of a man and an unsolved murder could be linked — and they’re seeking help from the public to find the missing piece. A convoluted web entangled with aliases shrouds the case of Paul Evers St. Claire, a 52-year-old who vanished in 1996. During an investigation into the disappearance, detectives uncovered how St. Claire was born Lloyd Adam Buzzard and lived under...
IED damages Beaverton Police patrol car in explosion, injures officer
BEAVERTON, Ore. — An improvised explosive device (IED) explosion damaged a police patrol car and injured an officer early this morning, the Beaverton Police Department says. According to the agency, a BPD patrol officer was responding to a disturbance in north Beaverton around 2 a.m. on July 4. While driving along 158th Ave. the officer saw a flash and heard an explosion, which shattered the window of his patrol car and damaged the door.
Parolee Arrested After Fleeing West Linn Bank Robbery and Hitting Construction Snag in Tigard
A bank robbery in West Linn ended with a pursuit and an arrest on Monday after the suspect's escape plan was foiled by a construction site mishap. Law enforcement officials have identified the suspect as 55-year-old Eric Provencio, a parolee previously convicted for a similar crime. Provencio, accused of robbing...
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