The murder trial of a self-published romance novelist accused of killing her husband has been paused because of a COVID-19 exposure in the courtroom. Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 71, was arrested in 2018 for the fatal shooting of her husband, 63-year-old chef Dan Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute where he worked, as CrimeOnline has previously reported. …
A Portland State University student surrendered to police in his hometown and was taken back to Portland to face murder charges in the death of another student. Amara Marluke, 19, was shot and killed in downtown Portland early Monday morning, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The suspect, 20-year-old Keenan Harpole, turned himself in to Deschutes County …
Hunters found a car on Wednesday belonging to an Oregon woman who has been missing since late November. Authorities said that 22-year-old Autumn Jones left her family’s home in Morrow County, near the Washington state line, on November 27, saying she was going for a drive. Early the next morning, she called her family and …
An Oregon man was indicted Friday on multiple charges in the shooting death of another man who complimented his girlfriend. Barry Washington Jr, 22, was unarmed on September 19 when he complimented Allison Butler, 27-year-old Ian Cranston’s girlfriend, outside a bar in Bend. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the investigation had shown that …
Police in the Pacific Northwest are looking for an 83-year-old Oregon woman who left her home Saturday morning driving her white Infiniti EX3 and hasn’t returned. Prineville police said that Betty Counts may have been in Washington or Idaho when she was last heard from on Sunday and also may have been lost.
Oen Nicholson forced Laura Johnson to drive him 33 hours to Wisconsin.
Police in southwestern Oregon are looking for man they say killed three people in North Bend and fled in a stolen truck. Authorities found the stolen Dodge truck near Noti at about noon, Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier said. It had been set afire, the Oregonian reported. By late afternoon, the newspaper said, deputies …
An Oregon man allegedly fatally shot his sister-in-law in the back of the head on Sunday during a dispute about laundry. Citing court documents, The Oregonian reported Shane Finnell, 25, was arrested at a Portland home where he shot Alexandra Arb-Bloodgood, 29. Arb-Bloodgood died at the scene. Finnell allegedly told police officers, “I did a …
An Oregon social worker has sued a former anesthesia resident at the hospital where she worked — and his university — in a multi-million lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing her even after she told him his comments and actions were not welcome, the Oregonian reports. Jason Campbell has racked up millions of social media …
A suspect who stole an SUV from a store parking lot in Oregon drove back to the location and chastised the car’s owner for leaving her 4-year-old son in the backseat, according to reports. According to the Oregonian, Beaverton police said the mother went inside Basics Meat Market on Sunday to purchase meat and a …
James Wheeler survived an attempt to kill himself, said he and wife suffered from ‘medical problems.’
An Oregon man diagnosed with schizophrenia was sentenced to two years in prison this week for spitting on a police officer and claiming he had COVID-19. Daniel Ray Stubblefield, 36, pleaded guilty in Deschutes County to charges of aggravated harassment and menacing, the Bend Bulletin reported. As part of the plea deal, three other cases …
