Portland Criminal Justice

A Georgia waitress didn’t take kindly to a man grabbing her butt as he walked by so she grabbed him and threw him down! The man was arrested and charged with sexual…

Daryl Turner has had some sharp words for Mayor Ted Wheeler. As Portland Police chief Danielle Outlaw initiates an investigation into whether Portland Police disproportionately arrest and target homeless people, Turner has…

Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Brandon Browner was jailed in Los Angeles and charged with attempted murder, burglary, robbery, false imprisonment, and child endangerment after breaking into to his ex’s home, beating her,…

For people who are on probation, there are a certain number of rules that you must abide by. If you violate any of those rules and commit a probation violation, you could…

In case you haven’t been following some of the more esoteric news in national criminal justice, you should know that the owners of mugshots.com have been arrested. In May 2018, Sahar Sarid,…

James Holmes, who killed 12 people with an AR-15 during a premier of “The Dark Knight Rises,” has had his psychological evaluations unsealed by order of the court he was convicted in….

In Oregon, if you commit a felony, but have a mental condition that absolves you of criminal liability, you may be found guilty except for insanity. Individuals who are found guilty except…

One of the common yet lesser known tactics used by law enforcement to stop fleeing vehicles is a tactic known as Pursuit Intervention Technique, or PIT. PIT was developed from the “bump-and-run”…

June 29, 2018 – The Portland State University Police have shot and killed an armed bystander during an altercation at the Cheerful Tortoise at 1:30 am Friday. Early reports suggested that the…