<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Saturday,  November 16 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest

Courts & Crime

Vancouver resident Kylie Diaz signs up for public safety testing at Wednesday evening’s corrections open house hosted by the Clark County Jail Services Department. Diaz was one of about 15 women at the open house.

Clark County Jail Services Department promotes careers

Vancouver resident Kylie Diaz signs up for public safety testing at Wednesday evening’s corrections open house hosted by the Clark County Jail Services Department. Diaz was one of about 15 women at the open house.

April 20, 2023, 7:54pm Clark County News

Clark County’s new Jail Services Department, which took over management of the county’s jail on Jan. 1, is embracing creative ways to find new employees. Read story

The casket of Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart sits at the front of a chapel Wednesday, April 19, 2023, during the funeral at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The Vancouver mother and daughter were reported missing on March 12, having last been seen with Melendez’s former boyfriend Kirkland Warren. Authorities found their bodies March 22 in a rural area east of Washougal. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office determined both died from gunshot wounds to the head. Warren, being held without bail, has pled not guilty to aggravated murder charges.

Friends, family mourn slain Vancouver mother and daughter

The casket of Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart sits at the front of a chapel Wednesday, April 19, 2023, during the funeral at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The Vancouver mother and daughter were reported missing on March 12, having last been seen with Melendez’s former boyfriend Kirkland Warren. Authorities found their bodies March 22 in a rural area east of Washougal. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office determined both died from gunshot wounds to the head. Warren, being held without bail, has pled not guilty to aggravated murder charges.

April 19, 2023, 6:50pm Clark County News

Family and friends filled Evergreen Memorial Gardens Wednesday to memorialize slain Vancouver mother and daughter Meshay “Karmen” Melendez and Layla Stewart. Read story

Joanna Speaks, 32, of Oregon, who the Clark County Medical Examiner's office identified as the person found dead April 8 at an abandoned property in Ridgefield. The Clark County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to contact the agency.

Oregon woman found dead near Ridgefield was homicide victim

Joanna Speaks, 32, of Oregon, who the Clark County Medical Examiner's office identified as the person found dead April 8 at an abandoned property in Ridgefield. The Clark County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to contact the agency.

April 19, 2023, 11:35am Clark County News

The Oregon woman whose body was found at an abandoned property in Ridgefield died from blunt head and neck injuries, the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday. Read story

Photo contributed by the Clark County Sheriff's Office
The gun Clark County sheriff's detectives say Jonathan Sisovan, of Parkland, used to rob a person of their vehicle Sunday. Sisovan was arrested Tuesday in connection with the carjacking.

Clark County test drive turns into carjacking; man arrested

Photo contributed by the Clark County Sheriff's Office
The gun Clark County sheriff's detectives say Jonathan Sisovan, of Parkland, used to rob a person of their vehicle Sunday. Sisovan was arrested Tuesday in connection with the carjacking.

April 19, 2023, 11:31am Clark County News

Clark County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 20-year-old Pierce County man Tuesday in connection with a test drive turned armed carjacking. Read story

Deliah Charlson, 17, was reported missing Sunday.

Vancouver police look for vehicle of interest in teen’s case

Deliah Charlson, 17, was reported missing Sunday.

April 19, 2023, 7:15am Clark County News

The Vancouver Police Department is continuing to investigate the Sunday disappearance and possible abduction of a 17-year-old Vancouver girl who was found later that day in Portland, according to a statement from the agency. Read story

Presley Daniel Mileck, 52, made a first appearance June 16, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder. Mileck was sentenced to 7 1/2  years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his neighbor during a confrontation over a noisy engine.

Battle Ground man gets 7½ years in June 2021 shooting death over loud car noises

Presley Daniel Mileck, 52, made a first appearance June 16, 2021, in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder. Mileck was sentenced to 7 1/2  years in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his neighbor during a confrontation over a noisy engine.

April 18, 2023, 2:48pm Clark County News

A Battle Ground man was sentenced Tuesday to 7½ years in prison for fatally shooting a man in June 2021 after confronting him over loud car noises in his neighborhood. Read story

Joanna Speaks

Oregon woman ID’d as body found on abandoned Ridgefield property

Joanna Speaks

April 18, 2023, 10:52am Clark County News

An Oregon woman has been identified as the person found dead earlier this month at an abandoned property in Ridgefield, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office. Read story

Clark County Sheriff John Horch talks with the media after taking the oath of office at the Clark County Public Service Center on Thursday morning, Dec. 22, 2022.

Clark County Sheriff Horch: Police pursuit bill ‘a large step in the right direction’

Clark County Sheriff John Horch talks with the media after taking the oath of office at the Clark County Public Service Center on Thursday morning, Dec. 22, 2022.

April 18, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

When Senate Bill 5352 was passed by the state House of Representatives last week, Republican lawmakers were quick to criticize the bill for not going far enough to restore law enforcement’s ability to capture suspected criminals and to correct the mistakes of police reform bills passed in 2021. Read story

The city of Vancouver's Community Court hearings will occur weekly at Recovery Café in Vancouver.

Vancouver launches solutions-based Community Court

The city of Vancouver's Community Court hearings will occur weekly at Recovery Café in Vancouver.

April 17, 2023, 2:51pm Clark County News

Vancouver launched a Community Court program Monday aimed at connecting offenders with resources to steer them away from the criminal justice system. Read story

Kirkland Warren makes a first appearance on suspicion of murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay Melendez, and her daughter, Layla Stewart, as Judge Suzan Clark looks on at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, April 3, 2023.

Warren pleads not guilty in shooting deaths of Meshay Melendez, daughter Layla Stewart

Kirkland Warren makes a first appearance on suspicion of murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay Melendez, and her daughter, Layla Stewart, as Judge Suzan Clark looks on at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday afternoon, April 3, 2023.

April 17, 2023, 9:39am Clark County News

Kirkland Warren pleaded not guilty Monday to aggravated murder charges in connection with the fatal shootings of his former girlfriend, Meshay “Karmen” Melendez, and her daughter, Layla Stewart. Read story