Stories by Becca Robbins

Columbian staff reporter

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Police video shows Vadim Sashchenko, 43, pointing what appears to be a gun. Callers reported to emergency dispatchers that Sashchenko’s gun was a replica.

911 callers had reported gun carried by man fatally shot by Vancouver police officer was a replica

November 22, 2024, 4:42pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

Callers told emergency dispatchers the man a Vancouver police officer would later fatally shoot in downtown Vancouver had a replica gun. But investigators failed to tell the public the gun was a replica until weeks after the June 8 incident. Read story

Law enforcement officers respond Nov. 14 to the scene of a shooting in Camas.

Clark County deputy who shot Camas man involved in two previous law enforcement shootings

November 21, 2024, 2:19pm Courts & Crime Updated 1 day ago

The Clark County sheriff’s deputy who shot a Camas man Nov. 13 has fired his weapon in two previous law enforcement shootings, Columbian archives show. Read story

The Vancouver Police Department and Crime Stoppers of Oregon are seeking public’s help on identifying individuals who may have been involved in homicide of Courtney Clinton.

Vancouver officers investigate after Portland woman found dead in SUV; murder suspected but no suspect identified

November 20, 2024, 5:59pm Clark County News Updated 1 day ago

Three days before a Portland woman was found dead in her car, she had sent her location to a friend showing she was in the Van Mall neighborhood, miles from where she was later discovered. That was the last time the friend heard from her, court records say. Read story

Salvador Aguilar, 31, appears in May in Clark County Superior Court in connection with a stabbing at Clark College. He was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for stabbing a Clark College employee in the neck.

Man who stabbed a woman at Clark College sentenced to 10 years in prison

November 20, 2024, 11:19am Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for stabbing a Clark College employee in the neck in May while she sat outside a campus building. Read story

The Clark County Council is considering a levy lid lift in February to fund more deputies.

Clark County Council looks at levy lid lift to fund 30 new sheriff’s deputies

November 19, 2024, 1:07pm Clark County News

The Clark County Council is considering asking voters to approve a levy lid lift to fund 30 new sheriff’s deputies, on the heels of Vancouver voters rejecting a similar city levy this month. Read story

Cuts to domestic violence prosecution center because of Vancouver budget woes imperil public safety, say officials

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

November 18, 2024, 1:32pm Clark County News

As Vancouver prepares to make cuts to address a $43 million budget deficit, one cut officials are considering is to the area’s domestic violence prosecution center. The unit leader says the cuts could be a hit to public safety. Read story

Camas man, on a unicycle, pointed a gun at Clark County deputies before being shot, say court records

Patrick Wetzel, 41, appears Friday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree burglary, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment, aiming/discharging a firearm and protection order violation. He’s accused of violating a domestic violence no-contact order with his estranged wife and pointing a gun at law enforcement before a Clark County sheriff’s deputy shot him Wednesday night in Camas.

November 15, 2024, 4:26pm Clark County News

A man accused of violating a domestic violence no-contact order was riding a unicycle as law enforcement responded to his Camas house for reports of gunfire Wednesday night. He then pointed a gun at officers before he was shot by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy, court records state. Read story