Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with beaverton www.salem-news.com 2010 On Monday at 6:30 p.m., the Beaverton Police Department was called to a report of harassment. When officers arrived a young lady explained she had been grabbed from behind by a subject on a bike. The 29 year old victim told police she had been jogging westbound on the south side of S.W. Walker Road, roughly 200 yards east of S.W. 150th Avenue. She said a male bicyclist road up from behind, grabbing her in between her legs and then her breasts, all outside of her clothing. http://salem-news.com/articles/november232010/beaverton-jogger-incident.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november232010/beaverton-jogger-incident.php Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:10:00 PST A fast moving fire raced through a Beaverton home this afternoon, injuring a woman and toddler who were home at the time of the fire. A neighbor called 9-1-1 at 2:35 pm reporting flames coming from the windows of a home located in the 6800 block of SW 169th Place in Beaverton. http://salem-news.com/articles/november152010/beaverton-fire.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november152010/beaverton-fire.php Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:38:00 PST Pause to consider these statistics: Beaverton has more than 1,290 foreclosed homes, which equates to nearly one in every 36 homes. Last year in the Beaverton School District, there were 1,580 homeless students and currently 37.1% of Beaverton's students are on free and reduced lunch benefits. In Washington County, one in every 382 people is homeless. http://salem-news.com/articles/november122010/beaverton-homeless-awareness.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november122010/beaverton-homeless-awareness.php Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:29:00 PST Mayor Denny Doyle will be presenting ceremonial checks to several community banks this Friday at 7:30 a.m. at the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce (12655 SW Center Street). As part of the Mayor's 10 Point Plan for 2010, Mayor Doyle pledged to place a portion of the City's investment portfolio in local banks. The City is currently on target to meet that pledge. By the end of November, the City will have deposited $240,000 into each of the seven local financial institutions, for a total of $1.7 million deposited in our local community. http://salem-news.com/articles/november042010/beaverton-local-investment.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november042010/beaverton-local-investment.php Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:32:00 PDT Several communities throughout Oregon will once again host Special Olympics Oregon Fall Regional Games on consecutive weekends in Late October and November. More than 2,000 athletes will compete in one of 10 competitions in seven cities. Hundreds of coaches, volunteers and families will join in to support competitors. The Fall Regional Games, presented by Les Schwab Tire Centers, officially begins Sunday, October 31 with a bowling competition at Lakeshore Lanes in Albany. Regional competitions continue the following weekend with Corvallis hosting aquatics on Saturday, November 6 and soccer and volleyball on Sunday, November 7. Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham will also host aquatics on November 7. November 13 & 14 will conclude the fall season with bowling competitions in Beaverton, Bend, Hermiston, Medford and Portland. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262010/special-olympics-oregon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262010/special-olympics-oregon.php Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:41:00 PDT At 1:46am, Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies received a call from a homeowner who reported that a car had struck the front of their house and caused significant damage. Additionally, they reported that the driver of the vehicle was out of the car and unconscious. The house was occupied at the time of the crash, but no one inside was hurt. Deputies responded to the scene of the crash and located 26-year-old Patrick Bennett of Beaverton. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/beaverton-duii-house-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232010/beaverton-duii-house-crash.php Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:45:00 PDT On October 14, 2010, at 11:20 a.m. the Beaverton Police Department received a call of a roll over crash on Highway 26, east of the 185th Avenue exit. Witnesses said a car was entering the highway at a high rate of speed when it ran into a large truck, causing the truck to roll. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-rollover-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-rollover-crash.php Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:20:00 PDT On Tuesday the Beaverton Police Department dedicated extra manpower to arresting persons with outstanding family violence warrants. While domestic violence situations are of major concern to police officers who must deal with them on a regular basis, this concentrated effort was aimed specifically at seeking out persons with outstanding warrants stemming from such repeated violence. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-family-violence.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-family-violence.php Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:17:00 PDT On October 14, 2010, shortly before 2:00 p.m., the Beaverton Police Department received a call of shots fired at 5921 S.W. 141st Avenue. Witnesses reported having seen two males in the apartment complex parking lot with a gun. The suspects fled before police arrived. As officer's approached the area of S.W. 141st Avenue they saw the suspect's car driving away, northbound on S.W. 141st Avenue. A short, low speed pursuit ensued but ended within ten blocks of the original scene. http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-robbery-arrests.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october142010/beaverton-robbery-arrests.php Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:25:00 PDT A trio of successful Beaverton-based companies, GemStone Systems, Decarli and Voxtel, Inc., will receive Beaverton 4 Business awards from Mayor Denny Doyle and City Council at the Beaverton City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 12 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall (4755 SW Griffith Drive). Launched in October 2009, Beaverton 4 Business is a program conducted in partnership with the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce that publicly recognizes the significant achievements of businesses either headquartered or with operations in Beaverton. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112010/beaverton-4-business.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112010/beaverton-4-business.php Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:59:00 PDT During the early morning hours of October 9, 2010, Beaverton police were called to a sexual assault that had been witnessed by a third party. The witness called police immediately after observing Alonzo Odom, a 38 year old Beaverton resident, engaged in sexual activity with a 14 year old female. Odom fled from the location when he learned police had been called, causing police to begin an extensive search. However, within 45 minutes of receiving the initial call officers had located and arrested Odom. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112010/beaverton-arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112010/beaverton-arrest.php Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:48:00 PDT On October 3, 2010, at 4:38 a.m., Beaverton police officers were dispatched to an alarm at Richard's Deli, 3625 S.W. Hall Boulevard. The front doors were found ajar and the ATM machine missing. Upon review of the video tape, police found two suspects had pried the front doors open with a crow bar, pulled the ATM free from its floor bolts using a tow strap, drug it out of the store and loaded it onto the bed of a white pickup truck. The truck is possibly a mid 1980's, boxy style, with a black bed liner. http://salem-news.com/articles/october052010/beaverton-atm-robbery.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october052010/beaverton-atm-robbery.php Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:12:00 PDT Monday at 8:45 a.m. the Beaverton Police Department received a call from Sunset High School, where a student had reported to her school counselor that she had been receiving inappropriate text messages from a Navy Recruiter. The recruiter, 25-year old Phillip Marcel Chartier, works full time as a recruiter for the United States Navy. Local high schools are one of the many areas Navy recruiters encompass in hopes of enlisting young men and women. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192010/recruiter-arrested.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192010/recruiter-arrested.php Wed, 19 May 2010 15:13:00 PDT Beaverton Police were called out at 1:00 a.m. to an accident at the Sunset Tri-Met Max platform. It was reported a person had fallen onto the tracks and was injured, according to Detective Pam Yazzolino with Beaverton Police. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012010/tri-met.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012010/tri-met.php Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:39:00 PST Deputies say a driver suffered serious non-life threatening injuries early this morning when his vehicle, eastbound on Sunset Highway, slammed into the back of a parked semi truck. Sgt. Dave Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, says 44-year old driver, Arnufo Reyes Jr. of Beaverton, was driving his 2005 Mercedes C230 east on Highway 26, the Sunset Highway east of the Highway 6 intersection when the crash happened Sunday, November 1st, at 6:04 a.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012009/crash_mbz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012009/crash_mbz.php Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:58:00 PST Firefighters responded to reports of a fully-involved apartment fire just after 1:00 a.m. this morning, in the Hunt's Court complex in Beaverton on SW Farmington Road. Cassandra Ulven with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, says the incident commander, who arrived seconds before the first fire crews, feared the worst when he saw a wall of flames coming from the single-story complex. http://salem-news.com/articles/october042009/fire_bvrtn_10-4-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october042009/fire_bvrtn_10-4-09.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:50:00 PDT Beaverton Police say a lone male robbed a Chase Bank Wednesday by threatening a teller with a bomb. Detective Pam Yazzolino with Beaverton Police, says it happened inside the Fred Meyers at 11425 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway in Beaverton Wednesday at 12:39 p.m. and informed the teller that he had an explosive device in a black bag and demanded money. The building was initially evacuated as the suspect had purported to have a bag containing a bomb, which he left behind, Yazzolino said. http://salem-news.com/articles/october012009/bomb_bank_rob_10-1-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october012009/bomb_bank_rob_10-1-09.php Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:41:00 PDT Washington County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in locating a missing developmentally disabled woman from the community of Aloha. 26-year old Sparkle Thira Green left her adult foster care home last Tuesday, September 22nd, and went to her mother's house in NE Portland. She has not been seen or heard from since. Sparkle Green left her adult foster care home earlier this week and has not returned. She was last seen in Portland and may be downtown, according to Sgt. David Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/missing_woman_9-26-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/missing_woman_9-26-09.php Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:45:00 PDT 51-year old John Thomas Sparks, a road construction worker, was killed this afternoon in a work-related accident on SW 173rd near SW Walker Road in Beaverton at 3:47 p.m. "Officers arrived to learn that a road construction worker was killed when one of the dump trucks involved in the repaving backed over him. The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene." http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/road_fatality_9-26-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/road_fatality_9-26-09.php Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:12:00 PDT Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue aggressively attacked a mobile home fire in Beaverton that was threatening to spread to surrounding structures early this morning. Although firefighters were able to knock the fire down quickly, firefighters discovered one person inside the home who was deceased. Firefighters were called to the Mobile Home Corral at 3737 SW 117th Avenue in Beaverton at 3:45 this morning. The first arriving engine found a mobile home fully involved in flames. http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/fire_fatality_9-26-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262009/fire_fatality_9-26-09.php Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:22:00 PDT Beaverton Police were called to the report of a stabbing on SW Hall Boulevard near SW Colony Lane August 31, 2009. Three suspects had reportedly attacked an 18-year old male with a knife. http://salem-news.com/articles/september142009/bvrtn_homicide_arrest_9-14-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september142009/bvrtn_homicide_arrest_9-14-09.php Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:00 PDT On Monday, August 17th, at 9:00 am the Beaverton Police Department received a call of a missing woman. Mr. Steven Moeller reported that his wife, 50-year old Jill Arlene Moeller, had left for work at 7:30 am but never arrived. As of this morning at 8:45 a.m. she still has not been heard from. Mrs. Moeller is on medication for depression and mild symptoms of dementia. She does not have access to her medication, except at home. http://salem-news.com/articles/august192009/missing_woman_bvrtn_8-19-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august192009/missing_woman_bvrtn_8-19-09.php Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:35:00 PDT The Beaverton Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating 84 year old Elmer Wallace Nordness: "Wally" to his friends and family. He was last seen at this evening at approximately 8:30 pm. Mr. Nordness has taken his car and is believed to be driving around the Beaverton area. His car is described as a light tan, four door 1993 Buick LaSabre with Oregon license plate ZLG860. http://salem-news.com/articles/july222009/missing_man_7-22-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july222009/missing_man_7-22-09.php Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:43:00 PDT Beaverton Police Department, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in finding a wanted person. Det. Mike Purdy with Beaverton Police, says 67-year old Philip Leland Riley molested a boy at a local health club and is facing a lengthy sentence for this crime. http://salem-news.com/articles/july132009/wanted_sex_suspect_7-13-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july132009/wanted_sex_suspect_7-13-09.php Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:50:00 PDT One door closes but there's hope another one will open. Tualatin Valley Housing Partners is closing its doors after 15 years of helping Oregon families find quality housing they can afford. The housing market bust, along with dried-up donations and rising unemployment, are being blamed for the demise of the nonprofit affordable housing agency. http://salem-news.com/articles/july092009/affoprdable_housing_7-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july092009/affoprdable_housing_7-9-09.php Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:23:00 PDT Tigard Police Investigators have released a composite sketch of a suspect who robbed and beat a woman in Tigard Monday morning. The incident occurred in a medical plaza parking structure located at 13240 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard. Jim Wolf, Public Information Officer with the Tigard Police Department, says the 42-year old Beaverton woman was hospitalized overnight Monday as result of injuries sustained from her attacker. http://salem-news.com/articles/june242009/tigard_assault_6-24-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june242009/tigard_assault_6-24-09.php Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:14:00 PDT I was recently told about a situation in south Beaverton where a man in a vehicle drove up to a young high school student and asked her if she would get into the car. She handled herself very appropriately and knew how to handle the situation. The end result was a text book happy ending. But, that had me thinking, have we reminded our children about what to do if they were approached by a stranger or home alone? Do our younger children understand who a stranger would be? http://salem-news.com/articles/june052009/child_safety_6-5-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june052009/child_safety_6-5-09.php Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:05:00 PDT Beaverton Police say they received information this morning at 8:15 a.m. from a Florida agency stating they believed a woman they were seeking on a nationwide warrant had been located in the Beaverton area. Detective Pam Yazzolino with Beaverton P.D. says a new break would ultimately be just what the Florida authorities were looking for. http://salem-news.com/articles/june042009/rambo_arrest_6-4-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june042009/rambo_arrest_6-4-09.php Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:19:00 PDT Rodolfo Hernandez Cruz was accused of a viscous assault on his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy on New Year's Eve 2009. He has since been convicted of his crimes and is awaiting sentencing. Beaverton Police explain that on January 1st 2009 at 5:14 a.m. they received a call from residents at the Conestoga Park Apartments reporting an assault occurring now, with a weapon. They explained that a man was attacking a woman with a knife. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142009/att_mrdr_5-14-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142009/att_mrdr_5-14-09.php Thu, 14 May 2009 14:35:00 PDT Deputies in Washington County were called to the Azteca Restaurant in Beaverton early this morning on a fight involving patrons and security. Seven people were arrested and two were taken to area hospitals, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. David Thompson. He says that the report came in at 2:19 a.m. about a large group of people fighting at the Azteca restaurant on SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032009/bar_fight_5-3-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032009/bar_fight_5-3-09.php Sun, 03 May 2009 13:24:00 PDT