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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Klamath County District Attorney’s Office announced that on August 22, 2023, Halie Harkins received a mandatory minimum 25-year to life prison sentence for shooting and killing Tyler Bates and injuring two other victims.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - On Friday, Governor Tina Kotek announced that she is accepting additional applications for the position of Klamath County District Attorney.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - April is “National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Tuesday afternoon a new Child Witness Room was dedicated at the Klamath County Courthouse.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Tuesday, the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office announced that Scott Loraditch received a 3½-year prison sentence for viewing child sex abuse material (CSAM). He pleaded guilty to 4 counts of Encouraging Child Sex Abuse in the Second Degree.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Today [2/2/23], the Klamath County District Attorney’s Office announced that 37-year-old Thomas Ortiz received a 32-year prison sentence for raping a child and committing numerous other sex crimes against a child over a period of several years beginning when she was approximately eight years old.
Read MoreSALEM, 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 September 19, 2022, Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET), the Klamath Falls Police Department, the Oregon State Police, and the Klamath County Parole and Probation Department served a search warrant on Gatewood Drive in Klamath Falls.
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 MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 5:55 PM, Klamath County 911 received a report a female had just been shot at 12009 Clovis Drive.
Read MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - On Sunday, August 7, 2022, at approximately 1:15 AM deputies from the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 100 block of S. Lalo Avenue in Chiloquin on a report of shots heard. Upon arrival, deputies discovered two victims.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A Klamath Falls man is shot by police after charging at them with a knife during a response to a fight at the White House Apartments. The Klamath County Major Crime Team investigates.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On Monday, May 16, 2022, at approximately 4:25 pm, a Klamath Falls Police Officer stopped a motor vehicle, operated by Garrett Turnham, age 35, in the parking lot of Dickey’s Mini Store in Klamath Falls, Oregon. During the traffic stop, the Klamath Falls Police Officer was informed Mr. Turnham had a felony warrant for his arrest.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - On February 24, 2022, the Honorable Judge Marci Adkisson sentenced Kenneth Charles Juttner to 350-months in the care, custody, and control of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), based on his pleas of guilty to four counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree.
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 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. - 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 MoreCHILOQUIN, Ore. - At approximately 10:00 PM, Friday, October 22, 2021, deputies from the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office were along with EMS from Chiloquin Fire and Rescue were dispatched to the 300 block of Wasco Av. in Chiloquin. Upon arrival, first responders began CPR on Gabriel Moreno, 22 of Chiloquin.
Read MoreBEATTY, Ore. - On August 30, 2021, Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET) obtained two search warrants for several large illegal marijuana growing operations in Beatty, Oregon. These two warrants were served simultaneously by members of BINET, Klamath County Sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police, and the Klamath Falls Police Department.
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.
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