Fraud suspect arrested in Benton County
The man was found to be wanted in connection with other fraudulent contracting complaints, the sheriff s office said.
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 1:12 PM
Posted By: Chelsea Hunt
BENTON COUNTY, Ore. – A man accused of multiple instances of fraud has been arrested in Benton County.
Sheriff’s deputies said they received a call that Kevin Whiting, 55, offered to repair an electric exhaust fan motor but the work was never performed and the money was never refunded.
Whiting was reportedly advertising his business online as Integrity Home Appliance.
When deputies located the man, they found he had outstanding warrants related to other fraudulent contracting complaints, and he was taken into custody.
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SICK KILLING
Dad, 50, found guilty twice of raping his son, 6, to death with stick will face third trial
Updated: 13 Feb 2021, 17:57
A DAD twice found guilty of raping his six-year-old to death with a stick will face a third trial.
Mauricio Torres, 50, allegedly sexually abused Isaiah in 2015 as punishment for eating a piece of cake while camping in Missouri.
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Dad Mauricio Torres faces a third trial for raping his son, six, to death with a stickCredit: Benton County Jail,
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Six-year-old was sexually abused in 2015
His first conviction was overturned and the second ended in mistrial so he now faces a third.
JoeHahn has been hired as the first equity, diversity and inclusion coordinator for Benton County.
County officials authorized the position last year, and JoeHahn, who did his undergraduate work at Western Oregon University in Monmouth and also worked at WOU as a resident director, celebrated three weeks on the job Tuesday at a Board of Commissioners goal-setting work session.
JoeHahn uses he/they pronouns and uses a âmononym of my first and last name as one word.â
âMy family has really impacted how I do my work,â JoeHahn said. âI m a biracial, nonbinary gay person. I was adopted, and with divorce and remarriages I have multiple parents, cultures and a lot of siblings. I have a big family spread throughout the country.â