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Grand Jury Indicts Portland Man Accused of Driving Van That Pulled Down Theodore Roosevelt Statue During “Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage” Prosecutors say Brandon Bartells accelerated the van, which was connected to the statue via straps and chains. Workers remove a toppled statue of Teddy Roosevelt from the South Park Blocks. (Alex Wittwer) Updated March 12 The Multnomah County District Attorney s Office on Friday announced the indictment of 38-year-old Brandon Bartells, who allegedly drove a white Sprinter van that pulled down a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt during an Oct. 11 protest in downtown Portland billed as the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage.
Oregon Man Is Charged With Two Murders Committed Two Decades Apart
Genetic genealogy connected Christopher Lovrien to a 1999 homicide victim, according to the authorities, who said they found the remains of a 2020 homicide victim when they searched his property.
Christopher Lovrien pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Portland, Ore., to two killings that took place more than two decades apart.Credit.Dave Killen/The Oregonian, via Associated Press
March 11, 2021
An Oregon man has been charged with two cold-case murders that were committed more than two decades apart, the authorities said this week, noting that there may be more victims.
Investigators in Portland said they still had not found the remains of the first victim, Mark Dribin, who vanished in 1999. But they discovered the dismembered body of Kenneth Griffin, who disappeared in 2020, in a shed at the home of Christopher Lovrien in Southeast Portland when they went there to investigate the first case.
More than two decades ago, Mark Dribin vanished. While police haven't yet found the Oregon man's remains, they have a suspect. That man, 53-year-old Christopher Lovrien,.
Gresham teen sentenced to 18 years after killing man in drug deal robbery
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Jacob Cadle, 18, was arraigned via video at the Multnomah County Justice Center on Jan. 7, 2020. He and Zion Evans, 18, are accused of murder and robbery. Police say they killed one man and wounded another during a New Year s Eve drug deal in Gresham. The Oregonian
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Jacob Cadle, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter, one count of first-degree robbery with a firearm and one count of first-degree attempted assault for the death of 23-year-old Joshua Cermack and the grave wounding of another victim.