Steven Dubois
The Associated Press
Oregon, United States
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FBI agent found not guilty of lying about gunshots
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A jury found an FBI agent not guilty Friday of obstructing an investigation into who fired two errant shots at a key figure in a group that seized an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016. W. Joseph Astarita, 41, displayed a slight smile when the jury returned its verdict after less than a day of deliberations. He left the courthouse without comment. Astarita was charged with… → Read More
FBI agent found not guilty of lying about gunshots
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A jury found an FBI agent not guilty Friday of obstructing an investigation into who fired two errant shots at a key figure in a group that seized an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016. W. Joseph Astarita, 41, displayed a slight smile when the jury returned its verdict after less than a day of deliberations. He left the courthouse without comment. Astarita was charged with… → Read More
Conservation groups sue Oregon to help protect tiny seabird
Conservation groups sued the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday for failing to strengthen protections for the marbled murrelet, tiny seabirds that venture inland to raise their young and depend on old-growth forests for nesting. The groups petitioned the... → Read More
Defense: If FBI agent had fired, he wouldn't have missed
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - FBI special agent W. Joseph Astarita is one of the FBI's best shooters, and he knows when to shoot and when not to shoot, his defense attorney told jurors Wednesday. Standing within easy striking distance of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, a militia leader who had come close to killing his fellow agent, Astarita decided to hold fire, the attorney, Robert Cary, said during his… → Read More
8 detained, officers to reopen immigration office in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Federal law enforcement officers detained eight protesters Thursday while trying to reopen a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, that has been closed because of a round-the-clock demonstration. Officers moved in at sunrise and were able to unblock the entrance to the facility that has been shut down for more than a week, Rob Sperling said,… → Read More
Police: Oregon toddler dies after being left in hot car
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A toddler in Oregon died after being left alone in a hot car while her mother went to work as a family nurse practitioner, authorities said Friday. Nicole Engler, 38, of Roseburg told investigators she thought she had taken her 21-month-old daughter Remington to daycare before heading to work, court documents say. Instead, she completed her shift at 4 p.m. and found the… → Read More
Oregon gun-storage proposal won't make November ballot
Oregonians will not be voting this fall on a proposal to require safe gun storage. → Read More
2 arrested in Oregon homicide
PORTLAND — Police arrested an Oregon man accused of fatally shooting a friend in retaliation for a gun deal in which he was robbed. → Read More
SUV driver arraigned in crash that injured 3 pedestrians
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A driver suspected of intentionally ramming his SUV into three women on a Portland, Oregon, sidewalk told jailhouse officials he has been living in his car for the past year, regularly uses marijuana for pain relief and does not know the victims. According to court documents, Greg Porter also told jailers in Friday's booking interview that he has a ninth-grade education and… → Read More
Man arrested after driver rams into 3 on Oregon sidewalk
Authorities say a driver rammed into three women walking on a sidewalk Friday in downtown Portland, critically injuring one of them, before speeding away and getting arrested within hours of the crash. → Read More
Driver rams into women on sidewalk, hurting 3, before arrest
A driver rammed into three women walking on a sidewalk Friday in downtown Portland, critically injuring one of them. → Read More
Police: Man detained in Portland, Oregon hit-and-run
A hit-and-run driver struck three women walking on a sidewalk in downtown Portland, seriously injuring two of them, and police said Friday they had taken a man into custody within hours of the... → Read More
Driver rams into 3 on Portland, Oregon, sidewalk; 1 critical
A driver rammed into three women walking on a sidewalk Friday in downtown Portland, critically injuring one of them, before speeding away and getting arrested within hours of the crash,... → Read More
Police got 911 calls before man killed at homeless shelter
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - David Abbs was sitting in his wheelchair inside a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter when a shirtless man burst in, grabbed a jacket from a donation bin and dashed outside. The man ran back in and tried to cut himself with a knife before officers fired bean bag rounds at him, Abbs recalled Monday. Moments later, police shot John Elifritz dead as stunned witnesses looked on.… → Read More
Witness: Police shot bean bags before killing man at shelter
A man says police fired bean bag rounds at a carjacking suspect before shooting and killing him in a Portland homeless shelter. → Read More
Oregon court says jurors shouldn't have heard N-word in case
The Oregon Appeals Court has overturned the assault conviction of a man accused of stabbing another man at a light-rail platform. → Read More
Court OKs boosting water spill to aid fish at Northwest dams
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday affirmed an order to spill more water over Columbia and Snake river dams to help protect salmon and steelhead and aid their migration to the sea. The decision came after U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon of Oregon ruled last spring that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must spill more water through spillways rather than turbines that… → Read More
3 kids sought after cliff crash kills parents, 3 siblings
Searchers scoured the Northern California coast Wednesday for three missing children of a couple who were killed along with three of their other children when their SUV plunged off scenic... → Read More
Oregon man admits to using UK passport with dead baby's name
Timothy Matthews used it to enter Mexico and other countries before his fraud was detected in 2012 → Read More
Prosecutor says attack on Afghan man was driven by bias
An Oregon prosecutor says bias motivated a man to deliberately ram his car into an Afghan man who had served as a U.S. military interpreter, severely injuring him. The FBI said Tuesday it is looking into the case. Lincoln County Deputy District Attorney R. Lynn Howard made the assertion in... → Read More