News Ronald Marcus Leistiko of Tigard became known as "the Craigslist rapist" during his widely covered 2008 serial rape trial in Washington County Circuit Court. A jury convicted Leistiko that year of 15 criminal counts including strangulation, kidnapping, assault, stalking, harassment and and furnishing alcohol to a minor.His convictions also included two counts of first-degree rape, although he was acquitted ...   More

News Over the past two weeks, readers of The Oregonian have witnessed an extraordinary episode in the newspaper’s 162-year history. On March 10, Bob Caldwell, a respected Oregon journalist and longti   More

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News "I really hope you prove us wrong,” Brian Wong of the Montavilla neighborhood told former Mayor Tom Potter in September 2008. Wong was referring to Potter's then-controversial plan to curb prostitution along 82nd Avenue by steering sex workers toward treatment -- instead of imposing a prostitution-free zone. “I know that Prostitution Free Zones (PFZs) are a popular measure to ...   More