Portland police

Nearly three weeks after armed far-right and far-left protesters violently clashed in the streets of a diverse neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, the city’s mayor says the lack of police intervention was “not the right strategy.”

Over the past few days, Michael Rich has made multiple trips to the wall he curates on the side of Aura, a music venue on Center Street in Portland. Sometime between Thursday and Friday, it was one of the walls with murals in an alley behind Aura that was splattered with light pink paint and vandalized with homophobic and anti-Black…

Portland police say they have opened an investigation into what happened but that cannot fix damage to the artwork.

Roughly a month after a woman was punched in the face while walking alone at night in the West End part of Portland, Maine, another woman was attacked just blocks away. A 24-year-old woman was walking home from work around 10:25 p.m. Tuesday when a man, described as tall, thin and wearing a grey hoodie and ball cap, “ran up…

A woman was brutally attacked in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine, this week, leaving concern in the community. The woman was walking by herself on Gray Street and talking to her father on the phone around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night when a man tapped her on the shoulder and punched her in the face, according to police. “She…

Police are investigating random attacks against lone woman in the city’s West End.

City commissioners in Portland, Oregon have rejected a budget amendment that would have slashed another $18 million from the Portland Police Bureau and shifted the money to the city’s pandemic response.

Protesters in Oregon’s largest city have clashed again with federal agents outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building that has become a new focus of the demonstrations that have gripped Portland for months

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House are asking for federal inspectors general to investigate federal law enforcement involvement in trying to quell nightly protests in Portland, Oregon, and other cities

The school board in Portland has voted to remove school resource police officers from the city’s high schools amid protests nationwide and in Maine calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. The Portland Board of Education voted 7-2 in favor of the proposal after a seven hour meeting. Superintendent Xavier Botana recommended that the district end...

Another string of a dozen burglaries has hit small businesses in the area of Portland, Maine. This summer, police arrested at least one suspect for 15 burglaries. Now, there have been at least 15 more.

Two people have been arrested after 15 burglaries and attempted burglaries in Portland, Maine. The rash of burglaries started in July, with the latest at a construction site early Thursday morning. Portland Police arrested 42-year-old Danny Arnold at the scene of that burglary after he broke into and entered a work trailer at 100 Fore St.

In response to the hard seltzer craze that has taken the nation by storm, police in Portland, Maine, “cleared the air” and issued a warning to drinkers of one particular brand. The department took to Twitter Monday to address the phrase “ain’t no laws when you’re drinking claws,” which people often say when drinking White Claw hard seltzer.

A dozen restaurants and stores in Portland, Maine, have been targeted by thieves in the past two weeks, according to police. Among the victims that have either been robbed or nearly been broken into since July 28 are Maine Oyster Co., Maine Juice Co., Wallace James Clothing, and Little Tap House. The latest incident happened early Monday morning at the...

A rash of burglaries has hit restaurants and stores in the city of Portland. The Portland Press Herald reports that police have confirmed at least a half dozen break-ins since July 28.

A Maine addiction recovery advocate was arrested after an assault and a car crash. Portland Police say 27-year-old Jesse Harvey crashed into a car and failed a sobriety test, then the following the day, assaulted a nurse at a hospital while under the influence of drugs.

Portland police say a woman who left a suspicious package in the police station lobby has been charged with terrorizing. Parts of the Portland Police Department building were evacuated and dispatch was relocated when police discovered the suspicious package Friday morning.

The family of a 22-year-old man shot by a police officer in Portland, Maine, is suing him in a wrongful death case. In February 2017, Chance David Baker was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Portland strip mall by Sgt. Nicholas Goodman of the Portland Police Department.

The city of Portland, often in the spotlight for its liberal leanings, has been roiled by the revelation that a police lieutenant in charge of containing protests texted repeatedly with the leader of a far-right group involved in those demonstrations. The mayor asked the police chief Friday to investigate “disturbing” texts between Lt. Jeff Niiya, who is the head of...

A member of Portland’s city council said Thursday a newspaper’s report that the commander for the police rapid response team exchanged friendly text messages with a leader of far-right protests that have rocked the city confirms collusion exists between some police and right-wing extremists. “I am not shocked, and I am not surprised at today’s reporting of Lt. Jeff Niiya’s...