John Nightbridge

Eight defendants have been convicted, while authorities say eight others remain wanted as a multiyear investigation continues. PORTLAND, OR — Thirty-two men have been charged in a continuing investigation into the sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of a girl in Portland from the time she was 13 until she was 17, Multnomah County prosecutors said. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced the expanded case Oct. 7, saying 26 men were recently indicted on …

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The pair admitted targeting gamblers leaving casinos, following them onto highways and stealing at least $274,600 in cash, chips and property. LOS ANGELES, CA — Two South Gate men who were accused of scouting casino winners and ambushing them after they left Los Angeles County card rooms have pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge, admitting their roles in 15 robberies and attempted robberies during a 2023 crime spree. Dereck Nathan Lopez, 22, and Juan …

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Police said an argument involving a couple escalated into assaults, damaged vehicles and gunfire near Selinsky Road. HOUSTON, TX — Two people were shot and a woman was assaulted after a dispute involving a couple, rammed vehicles and several groups of people escalated into gunfire in southeast Houston, according to police. Houston police said the confrontation unfolded in the 5400 block of Selinsky Road near Martin Luther King Boulevard late Friday and into early Saturday. …

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The delivery driver was unharmed, but the shooting prompted an hourslong SWAT response at a Monroe apartment complex. MONROE, WA — Police are searching for a man accused of firing through an apartment door at a UPS delivery driver Thursday, prompting an hourslong tactical response before officers entered the unit and discovered the suspected shooter was gone. The shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Terra Apartments in Monroe, according to police …

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Manuel Cabello was arrested at the Tamarac scene and charged with first-degree murder as homicide detectives investigate the killing. TAMARAC, FL — A South Florida man was arrested after Broward County deputies said his mother was stabbed to death inside a Tamarac home Friday evening, according to authorities and local reports. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at about 7:45 p.m. Friday to the 5300 block of Northwest 28th Avenue after receiving a report of a …

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Police found victims outside and inside a Perry Street home after responding to reports of gunfire Friday evening. ERIE, PA — Nine people, including two children, were reported dead after a shooting Friday evening at a home in Erie, where police responding to reports of gunfire found two women dead outside and additional victims inside the residence. Police were called to Perry Street around 5 p.m. Friday after witnesses reported seeing a man firing a …

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Genetic genealogy helped confirm the remains belonged to Mitchell John Pauli, who disappeared from the Buckeye area in the late 1970s. BUCKEYE, AZ — Human remains discovered in a remote Arizona park in 1982 have been identified as those of Mitchell John Pauli, a teenager believed to have disappeared at about age 14, ending a mystery that lasted more than four decades. The DNA Doe Project announced the identification Oct. 6 after working with the …

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Detroit police are reviewing surveillance video and searching for information about a shooting that left one victim dead and another hospitalized. DETROIT, MI — One man was killed and another was wounded Friday afternoon in a shooting at King Cole Foods near Woodward Avenue and Clairmount Street, according to Detroit police. Police said the shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. Oct. 9. Investigators found one man suffering from a gunshot wound in the vestibule of …

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The video shows federal agents approaching Oscar Belgal’s vehicle before the shooting, but police cameras did not capture the gunfire itself. NEW YORK CITY, NY — The New York Police Department released surveillance footage showing the moments leading up to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shooting a 28-year-old man during a federal operation in Marble Hill, adding new visual evidence to an encounter that has drawn protests and competing accounts from city and federal …

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