Date: 12/18/2014 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – President Barack Obama has granted clemency to two people from Oregon. Obama granted a pardon to David Mannix of Lafayette. He was sentenced in 1990 to 75 days confinement and reduction in rank for theft of military property. The president also reduced the sentence of Barbara Scrivner of Portland. She was sentenced in 1995 to 30 years in federal prison for a drug crime.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – At least three Oregonians have died in fires this week. In Klamath Falls, Fire Marshal Scott Rice tells KFLS radio David Michael Lyman and his dog were found dead as a result of a burning cigarette tossed into a trash container Monday night. A resident died Tuesday in an apartment complex fire in Norway. In Jefferson, authorities say a man’s body was found after a fire destroyed a duplex yesterday.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A defense lawyer says a 15-year-old boy who shot and killed his foster father and another man at a hunting cabin in northeastern Oregon never meant to kill anyone. Katie Berger said yesterday that the boy had the emotional maturity of a 9-year-old after years of abuse, foster care and juvenile treatment.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police say a third suspect has been arrested in their investigation of a shooting outside an alternative Portland High School that injured four people. The arrest came after a chase late Tuesday about 40 miles south of Portland. Police say the suspect is 16 years old. The shooting appears to be related to gang activity.
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