Photo from the scene from OSP BANKS – Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Troopers are seeking public help after a cow elk was killed and left to waste north of Banks on private forestland near NW Sellers Road and NW Davidson Road. According to a press release from the[Read More…]
Crime
Banks February 2020 Police Log
Deputy Ryan Pope (pictured) has been assigned to serve the city of Banks while Deputy Frank Ward remains away to recover from a head-on collision in April 2019. Photo: Chas Hundley The following is written by Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to serve the city of Banks. Deputy Ryan[Read More…]
Woman found guilty on multiple charges after Dec. 29 car chase in Banks
Jenkins. Photo: Washington County DA HILLSBORO – Aubri Rita Jenkins has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty on a series of charges stemming from a Sunday misadventure on December 29, 2019 in Banks and the surrounding areas, including nearly running over an Oregon State Trooper[Read More…]
Banks January 2020 Police Log
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office vehicle in front of the Banks city hall. Photo: Chas Hundley Criminal Mischief: Quail Hallow Apartments- Two teenage female “ex-friends” arguing over rumors. One used window paint to draw obscene photos on the other’s car windows. Clear exceptional Lost Property: Main Street- Vehicle plates reported missing.[Read More…]
Man charged with kidnapping two Banks women
A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Photo: WCSO WASHINGTON COUNTY – Two Banks women reportedly are safe after being kidnapped on Wednesday, January 29 at about 12:30 a.m. by a man they reportedly knew who offered them a ride home from an off-campus party of mainly Portland State University students.[Read More…]
Cpl. Jeremy Braun looks toward returning to work after being shot in line of duty
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett. Photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post HILLSBORO – “The valley of the shadow of death is very small, very narrow, and you have to go through it alone,” said Corporal Jeremy Braun of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. After being shot at close range[Read More…]
Kansas City man struck in hit-and-run near Forest Grove
Photo from the scene: Washington County Sheriff’s Office KANSAS CITY – An 81-year-old resident of the Kansas City community north of Forest Grove was struck by a blue car while checking his mailbox Saturday afternoon, deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office say. According to a press release from the[Read More…]
Banks December 2019 Police Log
Photo from the scene of a hit and run in Banks courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Office Welfare Check- Reports of two subjects “passed out” in a vehicle by Wetlands park. Medical disregarded police, who were unable to locate vehicle. Clear unable to locate Hit & Run- Vehicle mentioned in[Read More…]
More than 60 arrested during DUII holiday patrol period
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…]
Timber woman wanted by police after nearly running over state trooper in Banks
Photo from the scene courtesy of Washington County Sheriff’s Office BANKS – Police are looking for a Timber resident who, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, nearly ran over a state trooper in Banks, struck the state trooper’s vehicle, and then sped away toward Seaside before apparently abandoning her[Read More…]