Latest Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Stories
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TLC's POLICE WOMEN are headed west! Returning for a second season, the popular series moves to Phoenix, Arizona, to showcase the nonstop action in one of America's largest counties -- all seen through the eyes of the POLICE WOMEN OF MARICOPA COUNTY. Premiering Thursday, February 25 at 9 PM ET/PT, this ten-part series follows four female deputies at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO). The show is a gritty, no-holds-barred glimpse into the...
Authorities in Oregon said a nude man who attacked an elderly woman in her home fled after the victim squeezed his crotch. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said police in Troutdale arrested Michael Dick, 46, after he allegedly entered the 88-year-old woman's home through an unlocked sliding door at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, The (Portland) Oregonian reported Wednesday. The victim told police that an attacker backed her into her living room and shoved her face-down into a chair. She said...
By John Futty, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jun. 23--Officer Jim Gilbert was two weeks removed from a 40-hour course on dealing with mentally ill people when he responded to a call about a teenage boy wandering in traffic. "I picked up indicators that the kid was trying to commit suicide," Gilbert recalled. The Columbus officer was able to subdue the 15-year-old and handcuff him but didn't take him to the Juvenile Detention Center. Gilbert took the boy to Netcare, a mental-health...
