A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO WASHINGTON COUNTY – 63 people were arrested by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office during a period of high visibility DUII enforcement patrols by local law enforcement agencies from December 13, 2019 to January 2, 2020. In a press release, the sheriff’s office[Read More…]
Crime
Oregon State Police asks for public help after two elk killed, left to waste in Tillamook State Forest
Photo from the scene courtesy OSP TILLAMOOK COUNTY – A bull elk and a cow elk were shot and left to waste in the Tillamook State Forest., and the Oregon State Police are asking for the public’s assistance to locate the person — or persons — responsible for the unlawful[Read More…]
Suspect in shooting of two Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked into jail
Dante James Halling. Photo: MCSO PORTLAND – Dante James Halling, 55, the suspected shooter involved in a gunfight that left Halling and two deputies with gunshot wounds was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on Friday, August 23, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Halling was arrested on warrants from[Read More…]
Names released of officers involved in Aug. 8 shooting near Hagg Lake
Deputy Chris Iverson, left, and Corporal Jeremy Braun, right, were both injured during a shootout with a theft suspect on Thursday, August 8. Photo: WCSO HAGG LAKE – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those injured and involved in the shootout with a suspect near Hagg[Read More…]
Suspect named in Hagg Lake shooting of two sheriff’s deputies
56-year-old Dante James Halling. Booking photo from a 2018 arrest at Multnomah County HAGG LAKE – While responding to reports of the theft of a long gun at a Hagg Lake area home at 2:16 p.m. on Thursday, August 8, two members of the Washington County Tactical Negotiation Team (TNT)[Read More…]
Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office seeks arson suspects in Cherry Grove fire
The home in Cherry Grove was a complete loss. Photo: Wash. Co. Sheriff’s Office CHERRY GROVE – A home was a complete loss in a fire on the morning of Monday, July 22 in rural Cherry Grove. Now the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says two white male teen suspects were[Read More…]
Driver arrested in Hillside hit and run
WIlliam Offinga’s booking photo from Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSIDE – A hit and run involving a cyclist and a driver who fled the scene in Hillside has resulted in the arrest of WIlliam Offinga, a Forest Grove-area resident on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16. Witnesses say that around[Read More…]
Washington Co. Sheriff’s Office seeks driver who fled scene after injuring cyclist in Hillside
The suspect vehicle. Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSIDE – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help them find a driver who witnesses say fled the scene after striking a bicyclist on NW Hillside Road on Saturday, May 11. According to a media release from the[Read More…]