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During enhanced patrols in the month of April, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 73 impaired drivers. That equates to an average of nearly two and a half DUII arrests each day.

The Washington County Crisis Negotiation Unit was awarded first place at the 5th annual Hostage Negotiation Team Competition in Reno, Nevada. This is the fourth consecutive year the team has taken first place at this event.

Two men were seriously injured after their plane crashed into an orchard outside of Hillsboro. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

The Sheriff’s Office and Portland Police Bureau are seeking information regarding the suspects in multiple thefts from vehicles and fraudulent credit card transactions around Beaverton and Portland.

During a two-day proactive enforcement mission, members of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Team arrested 17 individuals for outstanding warrants and being out of compliance on sex offender registration.

A residence on Southwest Farmington Road in Aloha was shot at multiple times overnight. The Washington County Inter-Agency Gang Enforcement Team is investigating.

A 28-year-old Sandy woman led deputies on a pursuit after crashing a stolen vehicle into a patrol car. Deputies arrested her, and later her boyfriend, for various crimes and outstanding warrants.

A man was located by the WCSO K-9 team after he fled on foot from a crash scene and tried to hide. He was arrested and charged with multiple crimes.

“Jedi,” the Yorkshire Terrier puppy who was stolen along with his owner’s car on Monday, was recovered today in Clackamas by a resident who recognized him from media reports.

Deputies located a vehicle suspected of burglarizing Hillsboro businesses overnight. The driver was arrested after leading deputies on a pursuit into Cornelius in a stolen vehicle.

In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office and WCSO invites employees, the public and media to join Washington County Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) members at a special event happening this Friday, April 6 at 10 a.m. on the east side steps of the Washington County Courthouse

During enhanced patrols in the month of March, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 82 impaired drivers - an average of over two and a half DUII arrests each day.

Deputies are looking for additional victims who may have bought fake diamonds, gems and gold jewelry.

Deputies arrested two football players from Pacific University after they robbed a man off-campus.

An anonymous community member reported that the stabbing suspect from Fred Meyer in Cornelius, Samuel Lund, was at a residence in Hillsboro. Hillsboro Police responded and took him into custody.

Michael Troxell pled guilty to killing Abdul Jamil Kamawal in February 2016. He was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.

Deputies arrested one man for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) after injuring one person following a crash in Aloha. A second person was also arrested for DUII after he drove through the crash scene.

An alert Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District employee located the iPads that were stolen when three classroom portables were burglarized at Westview High School, resulting in the theft of over $15,000 from 39 iPads and two projectors.

Deputies responded to a burglary of a home under construction in Bethany. The suspects were captured in a stolen car with apparent stolen property.

Detectives arrested Zachery Wayne Summers on charges of burglary in the first degree, unlawful use of a weapon, menacing, and assault in the fourth degree, after he broke into a Cooper Mountain home and fought with the homeowner the previous day.