Over and out(dated): ARPA funding to upgrade YCSO’s obsolete radio system
Communication issues have been a growing problem for Yamhill County Sheriff’s for several years, but a recent $650,000 allocation will fix some radio issues and the office is planning a long-term ...
Forest Grove man charged with third DUII
Andres Felipe Lucas, 28, of Forest Grove faces a variety of charges from a June 22 incident, including one count each of driving under the influence, driving while suspended, reckless driving, recklessly ...
Defense needs additional evidence for rape case
Jack Marion Matheny, 38, formerly of Willamina, has been indicted for an alleged rape of 5-year-old in 2014 at the Grand Ronde Reservation. The trial is set for Dec. 9, but on Nov. 22 at a status hearing, ...
Private Investigator compelled by court to turnout document
Johnny Eugene Johnson, 54, formerly of Yamhill County, is serving a 59-year sentence at the Department of Correction for three counts on sexual abuse. In the 2017 trial Johnson was acquitted for six counts ...
Court Records: Dec. 2, 2024
CIVIL FILINGS Synchrony Bank vs. John McCarthy, Newberg: Seeks $2,434.64 allegedly owed. Synchrony Bank vs. Donna Follett, Sheridan: Seeks $2,862.26 allegedly owed. Discover Bank vs. Abigail Killion, ...
Grand Ronde man arrested as felon with weapons
Oregon State Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Sunday, Nov 30, resulting in the arrest of a Grand Ronde man on a weapons charge. During the contact with Christopher Nolan Johnson, 53, ...
Arrests & Citations: December 2, 2024
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Kenneth Lamar Reynolds, 50, McMinnville, Nov. 27, failure to appear; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. Mercedes Love O’Keefe, 25, Willamina, ...
Newberg man charged with domestic assault against pregnant
Uriel Tenorio Gonzalez, 31, of Newberg faces five felony and two misdemeanors charges stemming from alleged domestic assaults against his pregnant girlfriend on Nov. 1 and Nov. 19. Gonzalez is charged ...
Sex offender receives new charges from Newberg case
Matthew Darren Zirbel, 23, of Molalla is charged with one count of sodomy in the first degree (a Class C felony) and two counts of sex abuse in the first degree stemming from a Jan. 29 incident with a ...
Arrests & Citations: Nov.29, 2024
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Evan Rue Baller, 42, Willamina, Nov. 25, criminal driving while suspended or revoked; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Joshua Charles Merkel, 43, ...
Oregon Supreme Court reverses civil forfeiture ruling
Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court released an opinion ruling that Yamhill County legally seized the property of a Yamhill woman who had been convicted of drug delivery. The precedent-setting ruling ...
Court Records: Nov. 25, 2024
CIVIL FILINGS Portfolio Recovery Associates vs. Paul Madden, Lafayette: Granted $1,403.12 judgment. CKS Prime Investments vs. Melanie Hermens, McMinnville: Granted $1,137.16 judgment. Atlantic Credit ...
Transient man burglary charges merged into one case
Aspen Eli Whiffen, 21, a transient, faces three counts of burglary in the second degree, two counts of criminal mischief, two counts of theft and two counts of criminal trespass after a with a string of ...
Gatley charged with more sex crimes against minor
A McMinnville man was arrested again for sexual abuse on Nov. 20 as the relationship with the same minor has continued since his Nov.12 sentence. Richard Zachariah Gately, 23, had pleaded guilty to two ...
Mac man charged with public indecency
Exzavier Paul Robert Sorensen, 18, of McMinnville is charged with public indecency, a misdemeanor, from a July 2 incident in the 1000 block of Northeast Noble Lane. It is alleged that Sorensen was seen ...
