Date: 09/11/2012 10:29 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Washington County sheriff’s deputies have shot three men since June while conducting welfare checks. In the latest shooting Sunday a Bethany man was critically wounded after threatening deputies with a knife. Deputies killed two armed Aloha men in June and July. Sgt. Bob Ray told KATU that deputies are trained to defuse a situation but sometimes they have to react to protect themselves or others.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Eugene man could face the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder in the death of his father and his father’s domestic partner. Johan Stevon Gillette did not enter a plea at his arraignment yesterday and is expected back in Lane County courtroom next week. He’s accused of killing 73-year-old James Gillette and 71-year-old Anne Dhu McLucas on Friday on family property.
RIDDLE, Ore. (AP) – State Police say a Riddle man has been arrested after an investigation of the fatal shooting of a bull elk during bow hunting season. Troopers said they got a tip about a rifle shot near Riddle on the opening day in August of bow hunting season for elk and deer in the Douglas County area. Forty-two-year-old Jim Martin was arrested on multiple charges.
EDDYVILLE, Ore. (AP) – Bridge supports were demolished yesterday near Eddyville in the latest development in the over-budget, behind-schedule project to realign about six miles of Highway 20 through the Coast Range. The state is demolishing four bridges that are unstable because of landslides.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
