Conrad Wilson
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Kieran Ramsey, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Portland Field Office, announced this month that he was promoted to an assistant director position in Washington, D.C. to coordinate between the FBI and the broader intelligence community.
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Protesters injured by federal law enforcement officers in Portland during the summer of 2020 say they’re still seeking accountability for constitutional rights violations, according to a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. During July 2020, “the federal government unleashed unprecedented and sustained violence and intimidation on the people of Portland,” the lawsuit states.
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The latest audit of Measure 110 from the Oregon secretary of state's office notes challenges hiring qualified health care staff to do addiction treatment work that can quickly lead to burnout.
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Henry Konah Koffie sold a fentanyl derivative called furanyl fentanyl, a synthetic drug with no medical use. Between September 2015 and his arrest outside Philadelphia in July 2017, Koffie made 7,849 separate transactions, selling the drug in all 50 states.
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A Multnomah County grand jury has decided the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who in October tried to shut down an airplane's engines midflight during what appears to have been a drug-induced mental health crisis, should not face 83 counts of attempted murder. Instead, jurors opted this week to charge Joseph David Emerson with 83 misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person.
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A ruling by a federal judge targets those in custody without attorneys, leaving thousands of Oregonians charged with crimes to navigate legal hearings and the court system on their own.
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“The problem is institutional, and it is statewide,” U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote.
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The League of Oregon Cities has joined with police and prosecutors in calling on state lawmakers to re-criminalize drug possession when they convene in Salem starting in February.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Koteck named Mike Reese, a longtime leader in Portland-area law enforcement, to serve as the next director of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
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Tony Klein was convicted of sexually abusing numerous women while he was a nurse at Oregon's only prison for women.