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Jesse Dane Brower was the first high-profile car thief who was identified and arrested by Multnomah County's newly established Auto Task Force.

“They are hard to track, they don’t have numbers on them. So, once they’re stolen and we don’t catch those people in the act, they’re very hard to track down," said Lt. Mark Tuley

The Multnomah County Auto Theft Task Force marked its first high-profile arrest late last week. The task force arrested Jesse Dane Brower.

For several months now city council members in St. Louis, Missouri have floated the idea of banning the open carrying of firearms unless someone possesses an active concealed carry license, and on Thu...

MPD said the task force confiscated six firearms, 1.5 grams of cocaine, 113 ecstasy pills, 4 grams of fentanyl, and 220.6 grams of marijuana.

Keep your car doors locked. And remove key fobs from vehicles.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed into law a set of bills his administration says will crack down on vehicle thefts.

That parking lot received a 'C+'. Out of 59 vehicles 13 failed, meaning valuables were in sight, a window was open or doors were unlocked.

Log of Paris police activity

On Wednesday morning at 8:30, officers contacted a resident in the 1100 block of 7th NW. The victim said that the suspects had entered a building used for storage and taken numerous tools, bicycles, and other items. Suspects had also entered a vehicle on the premises and taken electronic items. Offi