Sheriff's Office News

Seven local law enforcement agencies from across the Portland metro area conducted a joint mission to proactively combat human trafficking in the region, resulting in 37 individuals being charged for prostitution-related crimes.

Deputies arrested a man and woman after a pursuit with a stolen car. The man driving was wearing a wig in a failed attempt to disguise himself and tried to flee on foot before a K-9 chased him down and deputies tased him. Deputies arrested the woman in the car as well.

During a two-week statewide traffic safety enforcement mission, members from the Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety Unit conducted 504 traffic stops. Of those stops, 350 citations were issued, 150 warnings given, and four stops cleared “other.”

Between Friday, May 25 and Monday, May 28, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 18 impaired drivers. Deputies would like to remind the public that impaired driving is a preventable offense and to always designate a sober driver.

Deputies need the public’s help as they investigate an animal cruelty case in Rock Creek where a cat was intentionally killed and dismembered.

After responding to a commercial alarm, deputies serving the City of Cornelius arrested two men for attempting to steal over $10,000 in Honda generators.

The suspect from a May 11 shooting in the Sexton Mountain neighborhood was arrested yesterday afternoon in Vancouver, Washington.

A Banks man was transported by air ambulance to a local trauma center after he crashed his off-road vehicle and it came to rest on top of him. He suffered life-threatening injuries.

The suspect of a violent assault was safety taken into custody after a five hour standoff in Aloha. The 62-year-old victim, a roommate of the suspect, is listed in critical condition.

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.