Apr 29, 2021
A suspect is under arrest after attempting to force his way into multiple passing cars on Interstate-205.
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:45p.m., a North Precinct officer stopped a car for reckless driving in the area of Northeast Killingsworth Street and Northeast Sandy Boulevard. After pulling over, the driver tried to run away on foot, working his way down to Interstate-205 at Northeast Killingsworth Street. As officers pursued, the suspect ran out into the traffic, tried to flag down cars, then tried to open car doors as drivers slowed. He did this in both the northbound and southbound lanes. Officers believe he tried to get into as many as 8 vehicles before he was arrested. Only one of the potential victim drivers stopped to talk to officers.
Suspect arrested after trying to carjack multiple vehicles on I-205, police say
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A man was arrested in Northeast Portland on Wednesday night after he tried to carjack multiple vehicles on a busy freeway.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
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A man who fled from officers in Northeast Portland tried to carjack multiple moving vehicles on a busy freeway before he was arrested Wednesday night, police said.
Around 8:45 p.m., an officer spotted the suspect driving recklessly, approaching speeds of 70 mph, on Columbia Boulevard, police said. The officer was unable to pull over the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Corey Scroggins, but an air unit was called in and used to track the vehicle.
Apr 29, 2021
A suspect is under arrest after attempting to force his way into multiple passing cars on Interstate-205.
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:45p.m., a North Precinct officer stopped a car for reckless driving in the area of Northeast Killingsworth Street and Northeast Sandy Boulevard. After pulling over, the driver tried to run away on foot, working his way down to Interstate-205 at Northeast Killingsworth Street. As officers pursued, the suspect ran out into the traffic, tried to flag down cars, then tried to open car doors as drivers slowed. He did this in both the northbound and southbound lanes. Officers believe he tried to get into as many as 8 vehicles before he was arrested. Only one of the potential victim drivers stopped to talk to officers.
Crash closes southbound I-205 in Northeast Portland By Lizzy Acker, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND A crash closed Interstate 205 southbound Monday afternoon in Northeast Portland, causing traffic to back up to the Glenn Jackson Bridge across the Columbia River.
Footage showed a car on fire shortly before 3 p.m.
About 3:40 p.m., a Waze Twitter account for Portland traffic times said drivers on southbound I-205 in Portland could expect a 53 minute longer than usual wait.
Portland police said the crash, which occurred between the Northeast Killingsworth Street/Columbia Boulevard exit and the Northeast Prescott Street overpass, is currently under investigation.
No fatalities were reported.
Portland shootings continue as leaders struggle to slow surge
Police investigate two Monday shootings after staffing changes announced in response to increased gun violence.
Shootings continued in Portland late on Monday, Dec. 21, as city leaders struggled to slow the surge that began earlier this year.
Police responded to two shootings before midnight on Monday, including one incident where a person was wounded. The name of the victim was not immediately released and no suspect information was immediately available, either.
The most recent shootings occurred three days after Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a series of staffing changes and upcoming budget requests in response to the increase that has seen the number of shootings more than double this year compared to 2019. In his Friday, Dec. 18, announcement, Wheeler said that more detectives will be immediately assigned to investigate and follow up on shootings, and more outreach and hospital-based trauma responders will