Sheriff's Office News

On Thursday, November 8, four local law enforcement agencies from across the Portland metro area conducted a joint mission to proactively combat human trafficking and child luring in the region, resulting in 23 individuals being charged with commercial sexual solicitation or child luring crimes.

42-year-old Daniel Levitt of Portland was booked into the Washington County Jail on charges of mail theft, first-degree criminal mischief, attempt to elude, possession of burglary tools, third-degree theft, and a parole board felony warrant. He is being held without bail.

The man who was reported as missing endangered on Wednesday, John Jackson, was located around 10 p.m. yesterday evening by a family member. He was found to be in good health. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office wishes to thank the public and media for their assistance.

Deputies would like to notify the community of a report of Halloween candy that was reportedly laced with methamphetamine in Aloha.

Deputies arrested a Hillsboro man after fleeing from a vehicle crash. A Beaverton K-9 team tracked and located the suspect.

On October 15, a concerned family member contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Office regarding a relative who had not been seen for about a month. Detectives were assigned to investigate and are asking for the public’s help to locate her.

During a traffic stop, K-9 Taz alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle. A subsequent search resulted in the seizure of 27 pounds of methamphetamine and $6,700 in cash.

Between October 21 and October 25, deputies have responded to at least ten different incidents in which mailboxes were tampered with or broken into and mail was stolen from inside.

On Wednesday, October 17th, 2018, the Beaverton Police Department, Hillsboro Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, and Washington County Parole & Probation participated in the 16th annual National Family Violence Apprehension Detail.

Detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit arrested 40 year-old Geoffrey Germano, a teacher at Aloha High School, for downloading multiple files which were identified as child pornography.