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Portland sex attack suspect's 12 deportations inflame immigration debate

Portland sex attack suspect's 12 deportations inflame immigration debate

oregonlive.com — Sergio Martinez returned to Portland after nearly a decade's absence. But he'd been busy in the meantime: Deported 12 times. Convicted three times for illegal re-entry. A rap sheet of crimes from burglary to theft in three states. Immigration agents noticed his name on a Multnomah County list of jail inmates last December.
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LaVoy Finicum shooting: Indictment of agent 'devastating' for FBI

LaVoy Finicum shooting: Indictment of agent 'devastating' for FBI

oregonlive.com — The indictment of W. Joseph Astarita, 40, of New York casts a shadow on the highly trained FBI Hostage Rescue Team, and will fuel Finicum supporters and others fighting government control of public land. "I'm thrilled that the grand jury came back with this finding,'' Finicum's widow Jeanette Finicum said.
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LaVoy Finicum shooting: Prosecutors seeking missing shell casings, metal fragment from Ryan Bundy...

LaVoy Finicum shooting: Prosecutors seeking missing shell casings, metal fragment from Ryan Bundy...

oregonlive.com — The case against an FBI agent charged with lying about firing two shots at Oregon standoff spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum most likely will turn on expert testimony about the validity of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office investigation, a defense lawyer said Thursday. No one reported that they saw or heard agent W.
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Portland MAX hero's last words: 'Tell everyone on this train I love them'

Portland MAX hero's last words: 'Tell everyone on this train I love them'

oregonlive.com — Even with headphones on, Rachel Macy said, she heard a man shouting and spewing foul language as soon as he boarded the eastbound MAX Green Line train Friday night at Lloyd Center. "He was just being really belligerent and loud,'' she said.
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Two convicted and two acquitted of conspiracy in Oregon occupation trial

Two convicted and two acquitted of conspiracy in Oregon occupation trial

oregonlive.com — A federal jury Friday delivered a split verdict in the second Oregon standoff trial, finding two defendants guilty of conspiracy in the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge but acquitting two others of the same charge.
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Oregon standoff prosecutors failed to prove 'intent' to impede federal workers

Oregon standoff prosecutors failed to prove 'intent' to impede federal workers

oregonlive.com — Juror 4 vigorously defends the across-the-board acquittals of Ammon Bundy and his six co-defendants, calling the rulings a "statement'' about the prosecution's failure to prove the fundamental elements of a conspiracy charge.
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Chief federal judge moves to prevent Marcus Mumford from practicing in federal court in OR

Chief federal judge moves to prevent Marcus Mumford from practicing in federal court in OR

oregonlive.com — Mumford represented Ammon Bundy during a federal trial in Portland last fall. Oregon's Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman is seeking to revoke Mumford's ability to practice law in any federal court in the Oregon and is giving Mumford until May 4 to argue why he should not.
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