Police ID 45-year-old man killed in SE Portland bar shooting
Police identified the man killed in a shooting in a Southeast Portland bar early Thursday morning as 45-year-old Garvin Franklin Jr. Brandon Lewis, 37, is accused of second-degree murder, second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting, which took place around 2 a.m. at Buddy’s Lounge on Southeast...
Literal ‘Trail Of Cash’ Leads Police To Robbery Suspects In Oregon
Investigators in Oregon followed the money, literally, to suspects accused of robbing a Portland-area bar late Sunday night. The Gresham Police Department said officers responded shortly before midnight Sunday to a report of an armed robbery at the Rockwood Lounge on the 2400 block of SE 182nd Avenue in the...
Portland to resume issuing homeless camping citations
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Portland will soon resume issuing citations for camping, a spokesperson for Mayor Keith Wilson confirmed Wednesday afternoon. “We cannot arrest our way out of homelessness, nor should we,” Mayor Wilson said in an email to KOIN News. “We must, however, return to enforcing our...
TriMet seeks rider input on upcoming ‘dramatic’ service cuts
PORTLAND, Ore. — TriMet is asking riders for input to help shape two rounds of large-scale service cuts planned for November 2026 and December 2027 as the agency works to close a $300 million budget gap. An online survey available through Oct. 31 asks riders to rank different service reduction scenarios in order of...
Mail theft suspect in Portland made daring 13th-floor balcony escape, later arrested
A 42-year-old man accused of mail theft tried to escape arrest by swinging off the 13th floor of his Pearl District apartment onto a stranger’s balcony a floor below, then escaping through that unit, down the stairs and out of the building, a federal prosecutor said. Postal inspectors found...
City’s Shelters Face $11 Million Funding Shortfall
The city of Portland faces an unexpected $11 million shortfall in its homeless shelter budget after anticipated state funding never materialized. The dour news was delivered in a letter to members of the Portland City Council on Tuesday from City Administrator Mike Jordan. Jordan wrote that the state funding, which...
Speed cameras across Portland have been shut off for months. Here’s why
Since the end of July, the 32 speed enforcement cameras across Portland haven’t snapped a single photo of a speeding car. The reason: All the cameras have been switched off as part of what the Portland Bureau of Transportation is calling a necessary step in upgrading and refreshing the traffic safety system, as first...
Dismembered remains exhumed in Oregon’s oldest unidentified person cold case
CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (TCN) -- Investigators are working to identify a victim whose remains were found nearly 80 years ago. According to a news release from the Oregon State Police, the partial remains of a woman were discovered in a burlap sack in the Willamette River in April 1946. Authorities located additional...
2 arrested at ‘Portland in Solidarity with Eugene’ ICE protest
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two men were arrested and charged with misdemeanor offenses following a demonstration outside the Federal Building in Eugene on Tuesday night. At an event billed as “Portland in Solidarity with Eugene,” protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon in front of the Federal Building at 211 East 7th...
Two Honduran men charged with fentanyl trafficking in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two Honduran men who have been unlawfully living in Oregon appeared in federal court on Monday, where they are facing drug trafficking charges. Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, 28, and Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado, 19, were each detained on Sept. 18 in separate cases. Both are charged with...
