Examiner s office: Teen died of starvation, neglect
April 12, 2021
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) A teenager in Vancouver, Washington died of starvation and neglect, according to the county medical examiner.
Vancouver police have been investigating the circumstances since Karreon R. Franks, 15, died at a local hospital in late November, The Columbian reported. No arrests or criminal accusations have been made in the case.
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday confirmed his death has been ruled a homicide. The boy’s death was announced by the medical examiner in February, but at that time the manner and cause of death had not been determined.
Woman gets probation for unlawful sale of pangolin scales
April 13, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A woman who illegally imported pangolin scales and sold them to an undercover officer from her Southeast Portland store was sentenced Monday to three years of federal probation.
Agnes Yu, 53, who has owned Wing Ming Herbs with her husband for about 20 years, said the scales are believed to have medicinal properties and used to help promote the production of breast milk.
Yu admitted to ordering the scales from an importer in San Francisco and selling 30 grams of the scales to the officer for $165 in 2017, according to a prosecutor.
FEMA trailers being used for Oregon wildfire survivors
April 12, 2021
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) Federal officials say that trailers at an industrial site in southwest Oregon, which were rumored to house unaccompanied immigrant children, are actually for survivors of the September 2020 wildfires.
The Mail Tribune reported on Sunday that the rumors spurred people with guns to show up at the site to protest the presence of the trailers. Officials say the group did not brandish their weapons in a threatening manner and no one was hurt.
“Those rumors are false. We are not utilizing the manufactured home units or any of the travel trailers to house unaccompanied immigrants or individuals who are crossing the border in the south, the north or any other border,” said Toney Raines, the Federal Emergency Management Agency s coordinating officer for the state of Oregon.
Feds: Portland non-compliant with excessive force agreement
April 5, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice have issued the city of Portland a formal notice of non-compliance with its settlement agreement over police excessive use of force.
It’s the first time the DOJ has taken that step since U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon approved the agreement seven years ago. The notice issued Friday is the first step toward probable mediation with the city over an impasse on stalled police reforms, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
Federal lawyers last month said they had asked Portland police to create a plan on how they’ll properly report, analyze and investigate officers’ use of force, but the city contends a correction plan isn’t required under the settlement.