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History
From murders to bank robberies, we take a peek at the state's grisly past.
12/21/2018 By Allison Place
Crime
Back in 1923, three brothers staged a not-so-great train robbery.
12/21/2018 By Michelle Harris
PDX Index
Here's a look at the numbers.
11/20/2018 By James Stevens
Trophy Case
Involving a waterlogged bronze babe and a full-on police investigation.
08/14/2018 By Alena Willbur
Books
Paul Collins's new book, Blood and Ivy, exhumes a once-infamous doctor-on-doctor crime.
07/20/2018 By Catherine Johnson
Television
New true crime series Evidence of Innocence tells an all-too-common story.
06/08/2018 By Talullah Plummer-Blanco
Dark Waters
In To the Bridge, Portland author Nancy Rommelmann attempts to comprehend an incomprehensible crime.
05/22/2018 By Fiona McCann
The Oregon Woman: No Shelter
A dispatch from Cave Junction.
04/24/2018 By Gosia Wozniacka
Art theft
A thief stole a work of art from the bathroom of Pip’s Original Doughnuts. The rub? They left a forged replica in its place.
10/25/2017 By Fiona McCann
True Crime
From Native American trail to car mall, the Burnside-Sandy axis has seen a crime-stained past.
12/20/2016 By Marty Patail
Skull Games
Make no mistake: we’re part of the world’s poaching and smuggling epidemic. Meet the Portland investigator battling it.
11/14/2016 By Ramona DeNies
HISTORY
A new book on local crime and vice makes Portland's modern-day "scandals" seem quaint.
02/01/2016 By Marty Patail
FASHION NEWS
Sarah Bibb of Folly reached out to the community to help her catch a shoplifter—and the viral efforts worked.
06/09/2015 By Eden Dawn
Feature
Portland's top federal prosecutor goes after sex traffickers
10/11/2012 By Nigel Duara
CRIME
As a teenager, David Pedersen went to prison after robbing two coffee stands. At 30, he got out—and went on a killing spree. This story examines his history in Oregon’s courts and prisons.
05/24/2012 By Alison Barnwell
Q & A
The city’s top cop on gang violence, a diminished budget, and the status of her ego.
05/19/2009 By Ted Katauskas