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Kendra R. Meanus, 37, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree arson, possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest.

Woman accused of setting fire that damaged The Columbian’s building appears in court

Kendra R. Meanus, 37, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree arson, possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest.

April 16, 2024, 7:04pm Clark County News

A homeless woman is accused of setting a fire Saturday that damaged the exterior of The Columbian’s building in downtown Vancouver. Read story

Lyndsey D. Jones, 42, makes a first appearance Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of residential burglary. She is suspected of being involved in the Saturday carjacking spree that ended with Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies fatally shooting another suspect.

Woman suspected of role in carjacking spree that ended with Clark County sheriff’s deputies fatally shooting another suspect makes court appearance

Lyndsey D. Jones, 42, makes a first appearance Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of residential burglary. She is suspected of being involved in the Saturday carjacking spree that ended with Clark County sheriff&rsquo;s deputies fatally shooting another suspect.

April 15, 2024, 5:17pm Clark County News

A woman suspected of being involved in the Saturday carjacking spree that ended with Clark County sheriff’s deputies fatally shooting another suspect appeared Monday in court. Read story

Detectives executed a search warrant at the Vancouver hotel room of Samuel Aaron Leonard, 39, of New Port Richey, Fla., and located what appears to be a kidnappers kit which included heavy duty flex cuffs, handcuffs, duct tape, rubber gloves, face wrap/blindfold, lubricant, a sex toy, several large knives, a hatchet, and a .45 caliber handgun and ammunition.

Florida man gets 20 years in prison in sex abuse case involving Vancouver 14-year-old

Detectives executed a search warrant at the Vancouver hotel room of Samuel Aaron Leonard, 39, of New Port Richey, Fla., and located what appears to be a kidnappers kit which included heavy duty flex cuffs, handcuffs, duct tape, rubber gloves, face wrap/blindfold, lubricant, a sex toy, several large knives, a hatchet, and a .45 caliber handgun and ammunition.

April 15, 2024, 3:44pm Clark County News

A 42-year-old Florida man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing images of child sexual abuse and traveling across the country by bus to sexually abuse a 14-year-old Vancouver girl. Read story

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

Man arrested in Vancouver on Portland murder warrants

Police lights flash on the roof of a Vancouver police vehicle.

April 15, 2024, 1:47pm Clark County News

A man was arrested Friday in Vancouver in connection with an April 1 homicide in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood. Read story

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Vancouver man sentenced to a year and a day for WSU robbery

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April 15, 2024, 9:34am Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced to just over a year in prison for a robbery on Washington State University’s campus in July. Read story

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Man dead in shooting involving Clark County sheriff’s deputies in Salmon Creek

A Clark County Sheriff's Office vehicle.

April 13, 2024, 6:57pm Clark County News

A man was killed in a shooting involving deputies Saturday at the Salmon Creek American Legion on Northeast 20th Avenue, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said. Read story

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More transparency needed for WA police asset seizures, audit says

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April 12, 2024, 8:05am Courts & Crime

OLYMPIA — A new state audit says that Washington police agencies could be more transparent about the process of seizing assets like cars, cash or guns in the course of criminal investigations and clearer about how people can get that property back. Read story

Sophia Johnson reacts in November 2005 to a jury acquitting her of first-degree murder in the death of her mother-in-law. Sitting next to her is Therese Lavallee, her lawyer, who won the retrial of her murder conviction.

True crime podcast revisits murder of Brush Prairie woman, trials of daughter-in-law Sophia Johnson

Sophia Johnson reacts in November 2005 to a jury acquitting her of first-degree murder in the death of her mother-in-law. Sitting next to her is Therese Lavallee, her lawyer, who won the retrial of her murder conviction.

April 12, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

A Boston-based radio series is revisiting the 20-year-old unsolved case of a Brush Prairie woman found brutally bludgeoned to death in her home — and features the woman who was once convicted of her murder. Read story

Clark County Sheriff’s Office investigating armed robberies in Salmon Creek, Orchards

April 11, 2024, 5:40pm Clark County News

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating multiple armed robberies at stores in Salmon Creek and Orchards. Read story

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

Vancouver man, 18, gets 366 days in parking lot shooting that wounded one person

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

April 10, 2024, 4:12pm Clark County News

An 18-year-old Vancouver man was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for shooting at a large group of people and wounding a man during a June fight in the parking lot of the Clark County Family YMCA in east Vancouver. Read story