Police, sheriff reiterate: No cooperation with ICE
Nearly 1,000 residents are asking McMinnville City Council to make an emergency declaration regarding 10 recent detainments in Yamhill County by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while city and ...
Texas man pleads guilty to sex charges
A Texas man was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 3, to 100 months at the Oregon Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to first-degree sodomy, first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse of a. Kris ...
Arrests & Citations: Dec. 5, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Jami Renee Hermens, 39, McMinnville, Nov. 25, possession of a burglary tool or theft device, post-prison supervision sanction; booked into the Yamhill County Jail ...
Co-defendant gets 90-month sentence in armed robbery case
Timothy Robert Linn, 41, of McMinnville, was sentenced on Wednesday, Nov. 26, to 90 months in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree robbery firearm, coercion and unlawful use of a weapon. Linn ...
Court Records: Dec. 3, 2025
CIVIL FILINGS Midland Credit Management, Inc. vs. Annette Johnson: Granted $1,057.50 judgment. Midland Credit Management, Inc. vs. Tanner Scheibner: Granted $2,688.93 judgment. LVNV Funding LLC vs. ...
One of two armed robbery defendants takes plea deal
One of two defendants in an armed robbery case set for trial next week pleaded guilty last week. Dennis Daniel Russell Jr., 37, of Dundee, pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of second-degree robbery ...
Mac man remains in custody on sexual abuse charges
McMinnville man Rory Dean Oliver Jr., 33, has been indicted on charges of incest and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. An Oct. 29 grand jury indictment includes first degree sodomy, two counts ...
Sentencing hearing set in Hotel Oregon theft case
A plea and sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a former McMenamins Hotel Oregon worker who allegedly made $6,000 in electronic payments from the company system to himself. According to a probable ...
An ‘atypical resolution’ results in probation sentence for Olague
During the sentencing hearing for Roberto Matias Olague Jr., 22, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, defense attorney Abraham Hanson said his client has a lot of incentive to prove the prosecution and court are not making ...
Arrests & Citations: Nov. 21, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Shawn Lee Smalley, 44, Sheridan, Nov. 13, interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer, fourth-degree assault, harassment, second-degree disorderly ...
Amity man captured by K-9, multiple cases referred to DA
Keith Edwin Becker, 36, of Amity faces additional charges of assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Becker had been a fugitive from the law since he failed to appear for sentencing on Oct. 23. At 8:15 ...
Becker taken into custody, charged after another alleged vehicle theft
An Amity man that allegedly evaded police on Nov. 4 was arrested by law enforcement on Sunday, Nov. 16, and charged with more felony counts related to vehicle theft. Before 5 a.m. Nov. 4, Keith Edwin ...
McMinnville man indicted on 3 counts of attempted murder of law enforcement, held without bail
Justice Allen Cochran, 24, of McMinnville has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted aggravated murder against police officers and unlawful use of a weapon against law enforcement related ...
'An amazing transformation' in recovery court
During his Adult Recovery Court graduation, Mathew Hlibichuk was described as an unlikely success. “It’s just really an amazing transformation from what on day one I saw on paper,” Yamhill ...
Training games: Apprehension K-9s stay sharp with weekly decoy hunts
Five-year-old Valkyrie “Valk,” a German Shepherd and Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office apprehension K-9, sits in a parking lot whimpering with excitement. Crouched behind Valk is her handler ...
