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Man Dies After Falling From Tree Outside of City of Banks

On Friday, February 15, 2019, at 6 p.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a single vehicle crash at NW Bronson Road and NW Roseburg Terrace in the community of Bethany.  A witness reported seeing a car leave the road and hit a tree.  Responding emergency crews had to extricate the driver, 27-year-old Zachary Benjamin of Hillsboro.  Mr. Benjamin was taken to a Portland hospital with life-threatening injuries.  On Sunday, February 17, Mr. Benjamin died at the hospital.

A male was found unconscious under a large tree limb behind a residence in the Garden Home neighborhood. He was transported to OHSU and<br />later died from his injuries.

Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an early morning crash where a vehicle left the roadway and rolled after passing another vehicle.  The vehicle was occupied only by the driver who did not survive his injuries.  There were no other injuries in this crash.

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at approximately 9:31 p.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash along NW Jackson School Road near the City of North Plains.

This morning, deputies responded a roll-over crash on Highway 26 near Maller Road. The single occupant of the car died at the scene. There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 22, 2019, Washington County Sheriff’s detectives were notified that Josiah Rosales, 29 of Aloha, cut off his court-ordered ankle monitor.

A man accidentally shot and killed himself while duck hunting. The man was trying to pull his shotgun toward himself and mistakenly fired the gun, hitting himself in the under arm.

Benjamin J. Barber, 31, was sentenced this morning in Washington County Circuit Court in what is believed to be the state’s first prosecution and conviction under Oregon’s Unlawful Dissemination of an Intimate Image statute.

On December 16, 2020, at 11:21 p.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a burglary call at a home in the community of Aloha, near the intersection of SW Willow Creek Court and SW Willow Creek Drive. The residents said they heard knocking at their front door and then realized someone had forced their way inside. The person was wearing a black and red mask, holding a flashlight and a shovel, and identified themselves as a federal agent. Shortly after, the suspect fled on foot but left the shovel they were holding in the home’s front yard.

Man Found Dead Under Small Farm Tractor in rural Washington County

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.

Aloha man indicted for invasion of personal privacy

Deputies responded to an assault in the community of Aloha and discovered a person in the street who had been shot. Deputies and a K-9 were unable to locate the suspect following an extensive search. The victim was transported to an area hospital.

Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.  The rider was listed in serious condition at the hospital.

Man Crashes and Inures Two After Being Reported as Driving Recklessly Four Times in an Hour 

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.

Over the past several months, two detectives from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit have been investigating 26-year-old Lafayette A. Castillo of Beaverton.  Detectives learned Mr. Castillo used Snapchat and Instagram to pose as a high school student so he could talk with children online. He then met children in person and sexually assaulted them.

A man unintentionally shot his 16-year-old son while retrieving a handgun. The son was transported to a local hospital and is expected to survive.

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