Court Records: Sept. 16, 2025
CIVIL FILINGS Synchrony Bank vs. Minnie Nelson: Granted $5,094.42 judgment. Crown Asset Management, LLC vs. Devyn Haggith: Granted $4,210.89 judgment. TD Bank USA, N.A. vs. Sarah M. Hoey: Granted $7,522.74 ...
A sobering message: Sheriff hopes public health campaign makes difference
Yamhill County residents have been seeing a lot of Sheriff Sam Elliott lately. He’s the face of a new Yamhill County Health and Human Services awareness campaign intended to curb driving under the ...
Lafayette man indicted on brandishing gun
A grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 4 charging a Lafayette man for allegedly brandishing a firearm at four McMinnville youths on Sept. 2, as they were on walking to school. Jessy James Feltus, ...
Muni court sees success with specialty programs
McMinnville Municipal Court has seen improvements to staffing and inmate access and introduced specialty courts in the last year, but staff needs more time for trials than the current four days per year, ...
Arrests & Citations: Sept. 12, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Mathew Everett Maul, 37, Portland, Sept. 9, Washington County hold, Multnomah County hold, probation violation; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. Robert ...
Amity man pleads guilty to sex crimes against six girls
William James Beam, 27, of Amity pleaded guilty to rape, sodomy and sexual abuse charges involving six minor victims over a four-year period on Tuesday, Sept. 9, and was sentenced to 18 months in jail. Following ...
Juveniles charged with setting fire to historic Newberg trestle
Two juveniles have been charged with a train trestle fire in Newberg that caused an estimated $260,000 in damage in the early hours of July 29. Newberg-Dundee police officers and the Tualatin Valley Fire ...
Newberg man jailed, charged in fourth incident with neighbors
Mars Bringas, 68, of Newberg is back in jail on charges of harassment and contempt of court after a fourth alleged incident with his neighbor. On Feb. 25, he was convicted of disorderly conduct and violating ...
Arrests & Citations: Sept. 8, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Charlie Gail Coy, 40, Dayton, Sept. 4, first-degree encouraging child sex abuse/four counts; booked into the Yamhill County Jail without bail. Richard Kevin Sossong, ...
Dayton man charged with encouraging child sex abuse
The Yamhill County Sheriff's Department arrested Charlie Gail Coy, 40, of Dayton on Sept. 4 on two charges of encouraging child sex abuse in the first-degree. It is alleged Coy was in possession of two ...
Sex abuse trial scheduled for the end of September
A McMinnville man indicted on sex charges against a minor is scheduled for a four-day trial starting Sept. 23. On Tuesday, Sept. 4, Jose Juan Guerrero Cruz, 41, was denied pre-trial release by Yamhill ...
Arrests & Citations: Sept. 5, 2025
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Angela Marie Castillo, 38, McMinnville, Aug. 28, second-degree trespass, unlawful possession of methamphetamine; booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail. John ...
Two charged with identity theft of senior couple
Kelly Keikiolani Cabebe, 42, of Sheridan and Benjamin Lee Stonebrink, 46, of Yamhill are being held on $100,000 bail after being charged with identity theft and fraud against a senior couple. The two ...
Graffiti cleanup program offered
Several local businesses have partnered with the McMinnville Police Department to assist victims of graffiti with clean up services. To participate in the program, the victim of the graffiti event must ...
Court Records: Sept. 3, 2025
CIVIL FILINGS Midland Funding LLC vs. Troy DeHart, Newberg: Renewal of $3,658.14 judgment. Second Round LP vs. Larry D. Adams and Susan H. Boyd, Newberg: Renewal of $24,390.13 judgment. Bank of America, ...
