Sheriff's Office News

18 Arrested During Pro-Active Human Trafficking Operation

Tigard Tualatin School Bus Driver Arrested for Multiple Sex Crimes

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.

The inter-agency Washington County Major Crimes Team continues to investigate the fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred north of Sherwood on January 12, 2018.

An 18-year-old Cornelius man was arrested after he stole two puppies and later abandoned them. Both puppies were returned to their owners after being spotted at separate locations by alert community members.