News At 6 pm on March 20, a knot of about two dozen black-clad activists approached a handful of Portland motorcycle cops who'd been tasked with halting the marchers before they occupied the Steel Brid ... More
"All Bets Are Off"
A small group of protesters is changing the rules of engagement, aggressively targeting cops and TV reporters.
News At 6 pm on March 20, a knot of about two dozen black-clad activists approached a handful of Portland motorcycle cops who'd been tasked with halting the marchers before they occupied the Steel Brid ... More
Counting Hawks (& Doves)
News With the daily statements from George, Colin, Tony and Hans, it's easy to forget that there's that group of folks on the Potomac known as Congress. You know, that second branch of government, whic ... More
Snitch-Slapped II
Portland's Russian "godfather" nabbed.
News Ilya Adamidov, once suspected by the FBI of being a kingpin for the Russian mafia in Portland, was indicted and arrested in Chicago last week on charges of bribing a government official.The news m ... More
Immergut Check
News It looks like Oregon's next U.S. Attorney will be a woman best known for snooping through Monica Lewinsky's underwear drawer.Karin Immergut, an assistant U.S. Attorney, is the favorite to succeed he ... More
PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 4
Why are we spending $46,000 a year to put a chronic shoplifter behind bars?
News Sidebar: 2002: Troy Ford's OdysseySidebar: The $231,640 Man At 5 feet, 5 inches and 135 pounds, with a slight, almost feminine build, Troy Lee Ford does not appear to be a menace to society. And, i ... More
Segways on the Sidewalk
Scooters: a menace to pedestrians or a cure for clogged streets?
News For the past several months, a handful of Portlanders have been zipping around the streets--and sidewalks--on Segways. Last week, a pedestrian group took the first step at slowing them down.Initia ... More
SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI.
News On Jan. 27, Prisoner #10468--040 is scheduled to walk out of a federal prison in Eloy, Ariz., a free man.Misko Jovanovic is the star of one of the more bizarre Portland crime stories in recent mem ... More
Uncouth at any Speed
State trooper says a Portland lawyer was belligerent and profane.
News The New Year brought good news and bad for Allan Knappenberger, the Portland divorce lawyer who has generated more than 100 bar complaints ("SOB, Esq.," WW, March 22, 2000).The disorderly conduct ... More
The Man Behind the Sheriff
News Bernie Giusto is known as a guy who gets his way. If he's unhappy (or bored) with your end of the conversation, he'll loudly rap his finger ring on the table--knock knock knock!--to urge you to ... More
Noelle's Legal Leftovers
News When incoming Multnomah County Sheriff Bernie Giusto takes over his new digs in January, he'll inherit a legal mess, including a federal probe and a trio of lawsuits.WW has learned that a two-year ... More
Top Articles from Nick Budnick
Leif's Auto Body Experience
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
Under the hood of a Portland collision-repair business. The Murder that WOULD NOT DIE
Columnist Phil Stanford is obsessed with a decade-old conspiracy theory. What if he's right? "Dirty old [money] man"
GOP bankroller Loren Parks hit with sexual-harassment charges. True Lies?
Polygraph expert questions Francke investigation tactics. Randy Richardson was a hotshot criminal- defense lawyer. Now he needs one.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The city wants to rein in officers like Lt. Todd Wyatt. The Rapper and His Rapsheet
Keary Watson says he's shaken his tawdry past. Portland cops sure hope so. SNITCH-SLAPPED
How a Serbian con artist scammed Portland's Russian "godfather" and the FBI. Kindred Killing
Police are investigating the murder of a black man as a potential hate crime. Swimming with Sharks
How a brutal drug trafficker convinced local prosecutors that someone else murdered Vincent Pawloski and Jodie Schneider.
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