May 11, 2021
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about an ongoing series of bold, day-time, home burglaries. Officials say residents are being lured from their homes by a man claiming utility work is planned for the area. While outside discussing property lines and work locations, authorities believe an accomplice steals items from inside the home. Burglaries have occurred in the Towns of Jefferson, Concord, and Ixonia. Authorities recommend asking to see a company photo identification card from anyone, and don’t allow them to draw you away from your house.
1 killed in gunfire at Fairfield intersection
Updated May 09, 2021;
A male was killed in a Sunday-afternoon shooting in Fairfield.
Birmingham police notified Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies shortly after 3 p.m. that a shooting happened at 311 Valley Road, said Sgt. Joni Money. The victim was found in the 5700 block of Avenue O in Birmingham.
Money said the victim was a passenger in a vehicle that stopped at an intersection on Valley Road when someone in another vehicle opened fire on them. The driver sped away from the gunfire and then realized his passenger had been hit.
The cause of the shooting is not yet known.
From The Tribune staff reports
FAIRFIELD The passenger of a vehicle that was driving through Fairfield on Sunday afternoon has been killed after a suspect opened fire on the car.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies were contacted by Birmingham Police officers to advise of a shooting that had occurred at 311 Valley Road in Fairfield at approximately 3:10 p.m., according to JCSO.
Police say the victim was located at the 5700 Block of Avenue O in Birmingham, and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Authorities believe the victim was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped at an intersection in the 300 block of Valley Road when someone in an unidentified vehicle opened fire on their vehicle. Police say the driver of the vehicle sped away from the gunfire when he realized the passenger had been struck.
Oregon City schools chair refuses to reconsider illegal vote May 07 2021
Martha Spiers, running May 18 reelection campaign, backs decision to retain coach convicted on ethics violations
Oregon City School Board Chair Martha Spiers this month officially denied a request to redo a vote in a public session to remedy the illegal closed-door vote that retained for the past two seasons an equestrian coach convicted in January of four violations of state ethics laws.
On April 30, the Oregon Government Ethics Commission unanimously voted to mandate that Oregon City High School Equestrian Coach Angie Wacker pay $2,000 in fines for the violations of state laws related to prohibited uses of her official position and her failure to file written statements of personal economic interest in setting equestrian program fees.