Date: 02/16/2015 03:59 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Legal experts say the subpoena used in the grand jury investigation of Oregon’s fallen governor and his fiancée suggests that authorities are looking into possible violations of public corruption laws. The experts say officials appear to also be investigating financial crimes, including wire or mail fraud, bribery and tax evasion.
COLTON, Ore. (AP) – The Clackamas County sheriff’s office says deputies shot and killed a man who charged at them with a hatchet. KGW reports that the man was shot in Colton yesterday. The sheriff’s office says deputies responded after receiving a 911 call about a stabbing. A sheriff’s spokesman says the stabbing report was false. Deputies say the man did not listen to their commands to drop the weapon.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An assistant fire marshal in Portland has been reprimanded for tipping off a swingers’ club that no fire inspectors would be working on the night of an unpermitted party there. The Fire Marshal’s Office on June 27 denied the downtown club a permit for a party the next night. Doug Jones spoke with the club manager and told him no fire inspectors would be working that night. A fire inspector showed up unannounced.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – A pilot escaped injury when a single-engine plane crashed into a field about 10 miles east of Klamath Falls. Klamath County Sheriff Frank Skrah tells the Herald and News that the plane apparently ran out of gas Friday afternoon. The sheriff says the plane wasn’t damaged.
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