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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.

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Deputies were dispatched to SW 185th Avenue and SW Farmington Road in Aloha after a teenage girl reported that two men in a white work van followed her as she walked home from the Albertsons store.

Deputies need the public’s help in recovering a Portland Timbers championship ring that was stolen from a home in Bethany sometime within the past two months.

During the investigation that followed last week’s shooting in Bethany, WCSO detectives assigned to the Violent Crimes Unit identified 17-year-old Jeffrey D. Terrell of Springfield as the suspect.

Three classroom portables were burglarized at Westview High School over the weekend, resulting in the theft of over $15,000 in iPads and two projectors.

For nearly two decades, Washington County Sheriff’s Office detectives assigned to the Child Abuse Unit have presented their “Protecting Your Children” class in the community and throughout the state. The class has been taught to school groups, neighborhood organizations, churches, foster parent training classes, the WCSO Community Academy, professional associations, etc.

An Aloha man is in custody after the body of a 28-year-old woman was found inside a vehicle. 35-year-old Jeremiah Johnston was arrested and lodged at the Washington County Jail on charges of homicide and abuse of a corpse. He is being held without bail.