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SALEM, Ore. - Governor Kotek announced today that she is inviting applications for the position of Klamath County District Attorney, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Eve Costello.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, Klamath County District Attorney, Eve Costello announced in a letter written to the citizens of Klamath County that she will be resigning her duties as DA on October 31, 2022. Costello cites her health as the reason for the resignation.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On August 4, 2022, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Klamath Falls Police Department responded to a call involving a brother chasing another brother with a knife. The victim had sustained wounds to the face. KFPD Officer Thun and Reserve Officer Austin Gilmore arrived on scene. Witnesses directed them to where the men had gone with Mathew Vaughn chasing his brother, James Vaughn.
Read MoreOn February 11, 2022, the honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Joseph Elmer Woods to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) for a period of 350 months, based on pleas to charges involving Wood’s sexual abuse of an unrelated, 9-yr old child. The court made the specific finding that Woods is a drug-dependent person and recommended that DOC offer treatment.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 11, 2022, the Honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Henry Antonio to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections for a total of 500-months. The sentence was rendered after a jury found Antonio guilty on four counts of Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree and four counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree.
Read MoreWARNING - THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS AND RECOUNTS GRAPHIC ACTS OF EXTREME VIOLENCE. READ WITH CAUTION
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 4, 2022 the Honorable Judge Alycia Kersey sentenced Harland Wright to the Oregon Department of Corrections for 550-months. The sentence was based on Wright’s role in a series of kidnappings and assaults in which Wright and another co-defendant terrorized and tortured several different victims, in several different episodes, over a three-month period.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A 43-year-old cold case regarding a double homicide in Klamath County has now been closed due to recently processed DNA evidence collected at the original crime scene in 1978.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On January 21, 2020, Steven Earl White fired multiple rounds at two deputies from the Klamath County Sheriffs Office. The deputies had been dispatched to White’s home due to his repeated calls to 911, which were peppered by irrational and illogical commentary.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On November 16, 2021, the Honorable Judge Marci Adkisson sentenced Thomas Grigsby to the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Correction for a period of 450-months, with post-prison supervision continuing for his entire life, based on his convictions for two counts of Sodomy in the 1st degree and four counts of Sex Abuse in the 1st Degree.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Thursday, June 24, 2021, at approximately 3:36 AM, Klamath County 911 received an emergency call reporting a shooting had occurred at 2860 Frontage Road in Klamath Falls, OR.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On March 30, 2021, the Honorable Judge Alicia Kersey sentenced Timothy McCarter to 72-months in the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections for his role in the death of Wildon Chadwell, and his plea of guilty to one count of Criminally Negligent Homicide.
Read MoreKlamath Falls News has received a letter written to the citizens of Klamath County by Eve Costello, Klamath County District Attorney. In her letter, DA Costello lists modifications to the public hours at the DA’s office, steps the DA’s office is doing to ensure public safety, and ensuring prosecution of criminal cases continue.
Read MoreOn June 18, 2019, Mr. Daniel Wessel, working for Rocky Mountain Construction as a flagger, was struck and killed by Ms. Zahra Gonzales who was driving through the construction zone. Ms. Zahra Gonzales pled guilty on January 31, 2020, to Manslaughter in the Second degree, with a stipulated sentence of 100 months in the Oregon Department of Correction.
Read MoreCommentary by, Eve Costello, Klamath County District Attorney
Hey all, it's been a year since it became legal in Oregon to harvest/salvage meat from deer and elk that are hit on the road. Over here on the East side, we have many who enjoy game meat and are saddened by the loss of animals due to road collisions. But, there are rules, rules and regulations, par for the course, by which you must abide (kind of like the Dude).
Read MoreOn October 11th, 2019 between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. in Room 214 of the Klamath County Building, the Klamath County District Attorney, Klamath Basin Behavioral Health, Oregon Recovers and all members of the Local Drug and Alcohol Policy Committee will present a Proclamation to the Board of County Commissioners that recognizes addiction as a public health crisis.
Read MoreAt approximately 2:00 AM on August 3, Klamath County 9-1-1 received a call from 1718 Wall Street in Klamath Falls. The reporting party was unable to provide significant details but indicated that someone was in need of medical attention.
EMTs and officers from the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to the call.
Read MoreOn June 18, 2019, Mr. Daniel Scott Wessel, while working as a flagger for Rocky Mountain Construction, was struck and killed by a motor vehicle driven by Zahra Gonzales. This crash was investigated by the Oregon State Police. Detective Tom Andreazzi and Trooper Justin Henrick, along with other OSP personnel, documented not only the crash itself, but the events leading up to this tragic death.
Read MoreOn January 25, 2018, Darold Landmark returned home to find blood on his porch and driveway and Benito Sanchez Davila, his roommate, missing. Klamath County Sheriff’s office responded and the Major Crime Team activated.
Read MoreOn August 2, 2018, Klamath Falls Police Department arrived at 465 Adams Street to a complaint that Brian Leroy Ross was threatening to blow up the neighborhood. Ross was agitated with individuals living on his property whom would not leave per his directive.
Read MoreIn a letter received from Klamath County District Attorney, Eve Costello, DA Costello States:
As was previously disclosed in a media release on October 5, 2018, Mr. Phillip Moskios Jr. died during a confrontation with law enforcement officers following a traffic stop. As is standard procedure, an agency not involved in the incident was…
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