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All tagged Indictment

Sep 17

Sep 17 'Squatter' charged with arson in 18,000-acre blaze near Dufur, at large after failing to show for court

Tom Peterson

Home Page, Wasco County, The Dalles

The 51-year-old man accused of starting the Larch Creek Fire near Dufur is currently wanted on an arrest warrant after he failed to show up at Wasco County Circuit Court on Monday, Sept. 16.

May 19

May 19 Local Man indicted on Manslaughter in death near TD High School in March

Tom Peterson

Home Page

Washington family seeks justice after finding strange circumstances surrounding the death of 29-year-old Alex Cagle who was found in a U-Haul rental pickup next to a combustion trash pump in a church parking lot in The Dalles on March 27. 60-year-old Joseph Carl Newman of The Dalles is now facing a second-degree manslaughter charge in connection with the death.