Law and Justice

Coos Bay Engages Law Firm To Deal With Cross Challenge

Rachael McDonald — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:10:48 +0000

Coos Bay is facing a challenge on the constitutionality of a cross in a city park. It's getting help from a Texas-based organization that fights for public religious displays.

Colorado DOC Murder Resonates With Local Public Officials

Patricia Murphy — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:05:18 +0000

The Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections was shot dead after answering the doorbell at his home Tuesday night. There have been no arrests yet in the death of Tom Clements. The case brings to mind an attack that took place just six months ago on Thurston County Court Judge Michael Brett Buckley.

Mohamud Jury Alternate Says Verdict No Surprise

April Baer — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:05:00 +0000

With sentencing ahead for the man convicted of Portland's holiday tree-lighting bomb plot, those who watched the trial are processing its outcome. One alternate juror says she was not surprised at the verdict.

Guilty Plea In Largest Public Embezzlement Case In Washington State’s History

Anna King — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:40:35 +0000

The state of Washington’s largest public sector embezzlement case ever moves forward Thursday with a guilty plea. A public works employee admits he took the money over more than 20 years in Franklin County in the southeast part of the state.

Wash. Court Finds Spittle-Covered Burger Could Produce “Emotional Distress”

Amy Radil — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:32:38 +0000

Under Washington law, is a consumer entitled to emotional distress damages when a fast-food employee spits in his or her hamburger, even though the consumer did not eat the hamburger? The Washington Supreme Court Thursday said the answer is possibly “yes.”

Mohamud Trial: Botched Recording Takes Center Stage In Court

April Baer — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:21:34 +0000

A botched recording took center stage Friday morning at the trial of an Oregonian accused of a 2010 bomb plot. An FBI agent testified why a key face-to-face encounter was not recorded.

Mohamud Trial: FBI Agents Detail Involvement In Alleged Bomb Plot

April Baer and April Baer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:20:50 +0000

Morning testimony in the trial of Mohamed Mohamud focused on some FBI agents involved in the case. Undercover agents worked with Mohamud on a plan to bomb Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square two years ago. The government says that while the device wasn't real, the threat posed by the defendant was.

FBI Employee Believed Mohamud Was Ready For Suicide Attack

April Baer — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:28 +0000

Tuesday prosecutors played video clips of undercover operatives working with Mohamed Mohamud. He's on trial for a plot to detonate a bomb in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square two years ago. The entire operation was an FBI sting.

Portland Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Abuse By Eugene Pastor

Rachel McDonald — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:10:05 +0000

A Portland man is suing the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for sexual abuse he claims he suffered at the hands of a now-deceased Eugene pastor.

Man Says He's Shocked His Neighbor Was A Shooter

Kristian Foden-Vencil — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:21:28 +0000

The man whom police believe killed two people and then turned his gun upon himself Tuesday has been identified at Jacob Tyler Roberts of southeast Portland.