A sign noting that Banks is served by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on NW Banks Rd. Photo: Chas Hundley Theft – NW Main St – Two days in a row, an unknown female ran out of the In and Out Market without paying for several items. Telephonic Harassment –[Read More…]
Crime
Banks August 2020 Police Log
A sign noting that Banks is served by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on NW Banks Rd. Photo: Chas Hundley NW Commerce St: Disturbance – 16yo juvenile was pushing his mother. 18yo brother got involved and defended his mother, pushing his younger brotheaway. Although no charges were filed that night,[Read More…]
Sheriff’s office seeks public assistance in Saturday Cornelius shooting
Jordan Curry Brown mugshot from an April 2019 arrest. Photo: WCSO UPDATE: According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Brown turned himself in to deputies Sunday night. He was booked into the Washington County Jail on charges of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Attempted Assault in the First Degree,[Read More…]
Washington County Sheriff’s Office seeks armed kidnapping suspects
Left: Nicholas San Nicolas, Right: The stolen Nissan. Photo: WCSO The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is seeking two suspects after an alleged armed kidnapping in Aloha Thursday afternoon left one person in the hospital with injuries that are not life threatening, according to the Sheriff’s Office. In a press release,[Read More…]
Banks July 2020 Police Log
A sign noting that Banks is served by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on NW Banks Rd. Photo: Chas Hundley The following is written by deputy Frank Ward with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the agency that is contracted to provide police services in Banks. Suspicious Person – Jim’s Thriftway[Read More…]
One year after shooting, Wash. Co. Sheriff’s Officer Cpl. Braun shares recovery update
Joy Braun, Jeremy Braun, and Sheriff Pat Garrett on Thursday, February 6, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post HILLSBORO – One year ago today, law enforcement agencies descended on a home near Hagg Lake on reports of theft of a firearm. In the ensuing gunfight, two Washington County Sheriff’s Officers were[Read More…]
Inmate who escaped work crew in June back in custody
South Fork Forest Camp entrance in November 2017. Photo: Chas Hundley Brandon Sykes, 35, the inmate who walked away from a South Fork Forest Camp work crew on Monday, June 22 is back in custody. According to a media release from the Oregon Department of Corrections and another from the Tillamook County[Read More…]
Police seek help in rash of poaching cases southwest of Vernonia
A .308 caliber bullet casing found in the area. Photo: OSP COLUMBIA COUNTY – Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers say they responded to reports of a partially wasted spike elk discovered on Weyerhaeuser property off of Clear Creek Road near Timber Road in Columbia County on June 28. The location[Read More…]
Banks June 2020 Police Log
A sign noting that Banks is served by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on NW Banks Rd. Photo: Chas Hundley The following is written by deputy Ryan Pope with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the agency that is contracted to provide police services in Banks. *Deputy Frank Ward has returned[Read More…]
Deputies search for suspected driver of stolen vehicle near Shearer Hill Road
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office near Hillside. Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSIDE – According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the suspected driver of a Dodge Challenger stolen out of Forest Grove is on the run in the NW Shearer Hill Road area south of Highway 6 after smashing[Read More…]
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