April 04 2021
Mirella Castaneda wanted to know who attacked her Forest Grove home and traumatized her family. Things only got worse.
Part Four of a series
When the Washington County Sheriff s deputy arrived at Mirella Castaneda s home early on Saturday, Oct. 31, he did not tell her or her husband, Pablo Weimann, why he was taking over for Forest Grove Police Department Officer Amber Daniels, who already had interviewed Castaneda for half an hour starting around 1:20 a.m.
The deputy didn t disclose that the man suspected of attacking their home was a Forest Grove police officer and that, therefore, the city s police bureau had a conflict of interest.
WALLOWA â A man living in Wallowa faces multiple counts of sex abuse of a child in Utah.
Wallowa County sheriff s deputies on Wednesday, March 31 arrested Michael Anthony Alexis, 52, on a felony warrant out of the federal district court in Washington County, Utah, for four counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, according to a police report.
Washington County detective Sgt. Nate Abbott said Thursday, April 8, the alleged offenses took place over about a year s time from 2019-20. Although he couldn t identify the victim, Utah law indicates anyone younger than 14 is considered a child. The charge indicates it was a child, Abbott said.
¯ First-degree felony: Three to 11 years, $20,000.
¯ Second-degree felony: Two to eight years, $15,000.
¯ Third-degree felony: One to three years, $10,000.
¯ Third-degree felony involving an act of sex or violence: One to five years, $10,000.
¯ Fourth-degree felony: Six to 18 months, $5,000.
¯ Fifth-degree felony: Six months to one year, $2,500.
Source: Washington
County Common Pleas Court.
Twenty defendants were indicted this week by the Washington County Grand Jury on some 32 counts.
Brennan M. Holshu, 33, of 752 Covey Court, Belpre, was indicted on one count of first-degree felony aggravated trafficking in drugs. He was arrested after reportedly being found in the 700 block of Second Street, Marietta, in October 2019 with more than five times the bulk amount for methamphetamine.
MARIETTA The Washington County Sheriff’s Office released the following reports: A deputy began an investigation Friday into a burglary in Belpre Township. The uncharged suspect returned the items and the victim then refused to file charges. A deputy was dispatched Friday to a report of an intoxicated driver on Ohio 7 heading to Marietta. The deputy observed a vehicle matching the description given and began to follow the vehicle. The vehicle continued crossing into the passing lane and swerving across the fog line prior to the stop. The deputy utilized his overhead lights and siren in which the driver of the vehicle continued driving. The deputy then pulled alongside the vehicle and identified the driver as Scott Carpenter and motioned for him to pull over, which he did. Contact was made with Carpenter and an odor of alcohol was detected on his person and his eyes were glazed. Carpenter’s speech was slurred and after exiting the vehicle he was unsteady on his feet. Carp
Oregon House panel finishes 10 bills to overhaul policing April 07 2021
Democratic governor and House GOP leader praise work, but member says we have more work to do.
Ten bills to overhaul Oregon policing practices got a bipartisan seal of approval from Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and House Republican Leader Christine Drazan.
All of them spoke before the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve amended versions of the bills, half of which go to a vote of the full House and half to the Legislature s joint budget panel because of their price-tag implications for state agencies. A few bills are pending, although they may not reach a committee vote.