Portland man posts bail following sex case charges
Robert Zane Matthew Quiett, 21, of Portland posted bail after being booked on first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse charges on July 11 at the Yamhill County Circuit Court. On June 26, a grand ...
Sex abuser changes plea, trial canceled
Justin Gabriel Kilmer, 19, of McMinnville pleaded guilty on July 10 to first-degree rape, a Measure 11 Class A felony, and strangulation, a Class C felony. The charges stem from incidents between Aug. ...
Racing the clock to save lives
Sergeant Will Lavish, with the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, chased down an active shooter to a parking garage on July 15. Eleven people were injured by three active shooters at the airport and ...
Court Records: July 16, 2025
CIVIL FILINGS Discover Bank vs. Richard L. Mode, Grand Ronde: Renewal of $1,712.05 judgment. Discover Bank vs. Nancy E. Sorensen, Sheridan: Renewal of $2,213.22 judgment. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. ...
Real estate office break-in suspect remains in custody
Release was denied on Friday, July 11, for break-in suspect Travis Kenyon Cooper, 28, of McMinnville. Cooper was arrested Sunday, July 6, after a short standoff with police at the realty office of Beth ...
Newberg man sentenced for menacing, again
A Newberg man will serve 60 days in the Yamhill County Jail following conviction on two counts of menacing and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Mars Bringas, 68, was on probation at the time for ...
Mac PD arrests hit-and-run suspect at airport
A Portland man faces charges of reckless driving, reckless endangering two people and failure to perform duties of a driver and second-degree burglary, after he allegedly crashed into a building near the ...
Deputies share concerns at youth safety town hall
Despite a short list of Lafayette residents attending the July 10 youth safety town hall, the conversation was productive, discussing community concerns and solutions to safeguard Lafayette youth and the ...
Arrests & Citations: July 14, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Ronald Gordon Griffin Jr., 42, McMinnville, July 8, parole violation; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Antonio Marcos Morales, 37, McMinnville, ...
Woodburn man to enter plea in shooting case
In April, Cesar Flores, 42, of Woodburn, was indicted on three Measure 11 crimes, including second-degree attempted murder with a firearm, related to an early-morning March 27 shooting in Grand Ronde. Flores ...
Amity man pleads not guilty to 20 counts of sex charges involving six minor victims
William James Beam, 27, of Amity, pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of sex assault related charges on Thursday, July 10. Beam was originally indicted Feb. 28 on four counts of rape (one in the first degree ...
Gebrayel wins property dispute appeal from beyond the grave
The Oregon Court of Appeal last week sided with the late George Gebrayel and Esquire Investments, Inc. in a long-running neighbor dispute about if a gate was placed on a public or private road near Beaver ...
Arrests & Citations: July 11, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Jack Marion Matheny, 38, Independence, July 7, failure to appear; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $50,000 bail. Mariah Kelly Dixon, 35, Portland, July 7, ...
$1 million bail held for Texas man accused of sex crimes
A Texas man indicted on numerous sex crimes alleged to have been committed against pre-teen relatives was denied his request for a reduction of bail at a Thursday, July 3 pre-trial release hearing. Kris ...
Third-party release denied for man accused of rape
Jackson Kelly Collins, 20, of McMinnville has been charged with first-degree rape stemming from an alleged June 4 incident. The victim awoke around 1:30 a.m. in her Newberg home in a state of undress ...
