Updated: Mulino man shot and killed Thursday; three charged

A 19-year-old male was shot dead in a Mulino home early Thursday morning and it didn’t take police long to arrest the trio suspected of committing the crime.
By midday, the three suspects were in custody for the murder of David Stipe, who was killed at his mother’s home on 15282 S. Howards Mill Road.
“He was [...]

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Basketball players’ final hearing delayed, again

The five former Molalla High School basketball players facing felony sex abuse charges in Clatsop and Deschutes Counties are still awaiting final hearings, but a resolution to their case may come by the end of this month.
Joshua Haqq, John Berokoff, Cody Anderson and brothers Onisefor and Vlasy Kutsev are being charged for hazing incidents against [...]

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Molalla log truck loses its load, closes road

Just after 7 a.m. on Thursday, Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a fully-loaded log truck that had overturned and spilled its load of logs onto the highway at 32000 South Barlow Rd., just north of State Highway 211.
When they arrived, the deputies discovered that a 1999 Kenworth tractor, with an 80,000-pound [...]

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Clatsop County offers former Molalla basketball players plea deal

ASTORIA–Four families sat in silence punctuated by whispers for two hours in the Clatsop County Circuit Court this morning, while attorneys and defendants conferred in private.
The five former Molalla High School basketball players facing sex abuse charges in a hazing incident heard a plea bargain offer today that could remove the threat of lengthy prison [...]

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Virginia Winter says snow prevented her from removing horses

Molalla resident Virginia Winter, who was ordered Jan. 3 by the Clackamas County Circuit Court to have all horses removed from her property, told a judge today that the snow prevented her from doing so.

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Snow plows run into trouble on country roads

The snows of Sunday and Monday created a treacherous situation for commuters and snow plow drivers alike. A Clackamas County snow plow was towed from the side of Troutcreek Road, south of Molalla, where it slid off the road this morning.

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Fire burns up band equipment at rural shop

 
Flames caused about $100,000 in damages to a residential shop and utility space in the rural Molalla-Canby area this afternoon.

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Another vacant house burns in Molalla

A vacant house on South Wilhoit Road was substantially damaged in a fire this morning.
Molalla Fire District Chief Vince Stafford said the blaze probably started in the kitchen, but the cause had not been determined as of press time. The fire gutted the kitchen and living room area and ripped through the roof, but the [...]

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Burglary foiled by stay-at-home mom, suspect arrested

Molalla Police Department arrested a suspect in a failed burglary attempt this afternoon. Shawn Chapple, 40, confessed to using a metal plumbing fixture to smash the back window of a house on North Cole Street near Clark Park.
Unfortunately for him, the house was not empty.

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Stunt gets two men stuck in river, one arrested

Asked why he chose to drive a Jeep Cherokee into the Molalla River at Wagon Wheel Park this afternoon, Vitaly Chernov, 27, of Vancouver, Wash., said, “I tried to go to Russia.”
But where he will likely end up tonight is in the Clackamas County Jail on a reckless driving charge.

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Fatal crash closes Highway 213

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
Highway 213 is closed five miles south of Molalla while Oregon State Police investigate the scene of a fatal traffic accident that occurred at about 11 a.m.
According to Molalla Police Department Officer Scott Douglas, the 20-year-old female driver of a newer-model Chevrolet Cobalt was southbound on Highway 213, crossing the Marquam Creek [...]

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Virginia Winter told to get horses off her property

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer
A Clackamas County Circuit Court judge told Molalla resident Virginia Winter today that not only is she not allowed to own animals, she may not have any contact with them; and that includes keeping other people’s horses on her property.
Winter was convicted on nine counts of animal neglect in November 2006 after [...]

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Dan Jacober enters not-guilty plea

Molalla resident and Sherwood police sergeant Dan Jacober pleaded not-guilty today to a misdemeanor charge of prostitution in Multnomah County. Jacober was arrested in downtown Portland on Dec. 6 as part of a Portland Police Bureau prostitution decoy mission. He was put on paid leave from the Sherwood Police Department following his arrest.
A trial is [...]

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Update: Name released in fatal crash on Highway 213

Police have identified the man who died in this morning’s crash on Highway 213 as Mark Lester Salvetti, 26, of Molalla.
Highway 213 was closed until about 11 a.m. while Oregon State Police officers investigated at the scene, assisted by the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Molalla Police Department, Clackamas County Fire District and the Oregon Department of [...]

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Murder-suicide reported in Molalla

By Abby Sewell
Molalla Pioneer 
Just after midnight this morning, members of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office patrol responded to a report of a murder-suicide in Molalla.
CCSO investigators responded to the residence located on South Highway 213 just south of Barnards Road after a witness called 9-1-1. It was discovered that the husband and wife, ages 30 and [...]

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