Sheriff's Office News

Today at 2:49 p.m., Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a pipe bomb found in a field in rural Washington County. The Portland Bomb Squad responded and detonated the device.

Sheriff’s Detectives recovered four stolen vehicles and arrested three people. The arrests were made in a rural forested area in western Washington County where the stolen vehicles were recovered.

Washington County Sheriff's Office in partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is hosting a free drug turn in event on Saturday April 27, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Aloha Market Centre.

On April 10, 2013, Washington County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Tony Hall-Rivas, 47, at his residence, located at 47570 NW Sunset Highway in the community of Manning. Mr. Hall-Rivas is a suspect in multiple incidents where he trespassed into a barn and sexually abused a gelding horse.

April 4, 2013—Sheriff’s Deputies respond to a crash where an 11-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle while she was in her front yard. The girl did not survive her injuries.

Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a crash where the driver struck a girl on the sidewalk. After hitting the girl, the driver fled the scene on foot. Citizens caught the driver and detained him until deputies arrived. 

Yesterday at about 4:22 p.m., Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an assault call in the area of SW Johnson Street and SW 200th Court. When deputies arrived they contacted a 17-year-old male who was bleeding from the mouth and had a swollen eye.

A dog alerted his owner to an unattended two and half year old boy who wandered into a pond. His mother was arrested for Criminal Mistreatment and Animal Neglect.

On April 2, 2013 at about 10:00 p.m., Westside Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN) Detectives responded to 23 North Baldwin Street in Portland. They located a functioning methamphetamine (meth) lab in the residence.

Today a mini-van driven by a 71-year-old man drove through the front of a house. The driver was transported to the hospital and no one in the house was injured.