US Attorneys Office joins in recognizing missing and murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, May 5

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US Attorneys Office joins in recognizing missing and murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, May 5

PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2023, as National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. Responding to unacceptable levels of violence that have caused a crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) is a priority for the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice.

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Reclamation files surprise complaints against KDD

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Reclamation files surprise complaints against KDD

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The day after our country celebrated its independence, and just three days after water in KDD’s North Canal was used to fight a wildfire in a nearby Midland neighborhood, the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation, filed a complaint against the district alleging there is no “Project Supply” available for the district and further alleging the district is making “unauthorized diversions” in breach of its contract.”

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Leader of Klamath Falls drug trafficking ring indicted in Federal Court

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Leader of Klamath Falls drug trafficking ring indicted in Federal Court

MEDFORD, Ore. - A federal grand jury in Medford has returned an indictment charging the leader and multiple associates of a Klamath Falls, Oregon area drug trafficking ring with conspiring with one another to transport large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl from California to Oregon for distribution and sale in and around Klamath Falls.

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Former KFPD Officer pleads guilty for stealing meth and fentanyl from evidence room

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Former KFPD Officer pleads guilty for stealing meth and fentanyl from evidence room

MEDFORD, Ore. - A former Klamath Falls police officer pleaded guilty today [8/24/21] in federal court after stealing methamphetamine and fentanyl from an evidence room.

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Bentz appointed to House Judiciary Committee

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Bentz appointed to House Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, DC – Today [1/27/2021], Congressman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over a wide array of matters relating to the administration of justice in federal courts, civil liberties, oversight of the United States Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, legal and regulatory reform, innovation, competition and anti-trust laws, terrorism and crime, and immigration reform.

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Five charged for distribution of meth and heroin manufactured in Mexico then sold in Klamath Falls

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Five charged for distribution of meth and heroin manufactured in Mexico then sold in Klamath Falls

MEDFORD, Ore.—Five people have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin manufactured in Mexico and distributed in and around Klamath Falls, Oregon, announced Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.

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Klamath Tribes receive Justice Department grant of $396k supporting crime victims

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Klamath Tribes receive Justice Department grant of $396k supporting crime victims

WASHINGTON— The Office of Justice Programs’ Office for Victims of Crime today awarded more than $8 million to support crime victims in Native American communities in six states: Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. The group of 13 awards is the third in a series of grants being made by OVC to American Indian and Alaska Native communities. OVC has now awarded more than $17 million of nearly $100 million to support tribal victim service programs.

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