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Officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of Maurice Xavier Haynes, 27, after he was erroneously released from the Clark County Jail after completing a local sentence. He should&rsquo;ve instead been transported to complete a 15-month prison sentence in Oregon.

Clark County Jail releases inmate who should have gone back to Oregon to serve sentence

Officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of Maurice Xavier Haynes, 27, after he was erroneously released from the Clark County Jail after completing a local sentence. He should&rsquo;ve instead been transported to complete a 15-month prison sentence in Oregon.

November 4, 2024, 1:33pm Clark County News

Clark County Jail staff erroneously released an inmate after he completed his local sentence when he should’ve instead been transported to Oregon to serve the remainder of a prison sentence there, county officials said Monday. Read story

Karen Baker, then 52, appears in August 2023 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. She pleaded guilty Friday, and a judge sentenced her to more than eight years in prison.

Longview woman sentenced to 8 years for driving drunk and killing a Vancouver woman when she crashed into her house

Karen Baker, then 52, appears in August 2023 in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. She pleaded guilty Friday, and a judge sentenced her to more than eight years in prison.

November 1, 2024, 5:12pm Clark County News

A judge sentenced a Longview woman Friday to more than eight years in prison for driving drunk in August 2023 and crashing into a west Vancouver house, killing a woman inside. Read story

Little remains of a 1992 Honda Accord that was involved in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver on northbound Interstate 5 near Mill Plain Boulevard early Feb. 3.

Portland woman sentenced to nearly 7 years for drunk-driving crash that killed a Vancouver man

Little remains of a 1992 Honda Accord that was involved in a head-on collision with a wrong-way driver on northbound Interstate 5 near Mill Plain Boulevard early Feb. 3.

October 31, 2024, 4:40pm Clark County News

A Portland woman was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for a February drunken-driving crash that killed a Vancouver man. Read story

Attorney Renee Rothauge, left, shows a video clip to jurors Monday during the wrongful death trial filed by the family of Effie Entezari, who was killed in 1989. She promised to show the jury evidence that the defendant in the suit, Viktor Pell, was responsible for Entezari&rsquo;s death, despite the woman&rsquo;s estranged husband being convicted of the crime and serving 16 years in prison.

Vancouver wrongful death trial: ‘You will be able to decide who really murdered Effie Entezari’

Attorney Renee Rothauge, left, shows a video clip to jurors Monday during the wrongful death trial filed by the family of Effie Entezari, who was killed in 1989. She promised to show the jury evidence that the defendant in the suit, Viktor Pell, was responsible for Entezari&rsquo;s death, despite the woman&rsquo;s estranged husband being convicted of the crime and serving 16 years in prison.

October 29, 2024, 11:10am Clark County News

Attorneys for a Vancouver woman who believes her father was wrongfully convicted in her mother’s 1989 fatal shooting began their case Monday against the man they believe is actually responsible. Read story

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

Clark County manager says Vancouver’s Prop. 4 would take millions out of county’s budget

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

October 24, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News

Local criminal justice officials sounded the alarm Tuesday at a Clark County Council work session over what the passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would add 80 new police officers, could mean for what they say is already a strained system. Read story

Arik J. Odegard, 53, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of three counts of first-degree assault. He is accused to shooting into a woman's SUV Sunday evening following a road rage incident.

Vancouver man faces charges in road rage incident, accused of shooting into woman’s SUV

Arik J. Odegard, 53, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of three counts of first-degree assault. He is accused to shooting into a woman's SUV Sunday evening following a road rage incident.

October 21, 2024, 5:02pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man is accused of shooting into a woman’s SUV — with her children inside — in northwest Vancouver following a road rage incident Sunday evening. Read story

Attorneys Angus Lee, clockwise from top left, and Amanda Migchelbrink join John Ley as they appear remotely at the Clark County Courthouse on Friday afternoon. Ley made an appearance during a hearing for voter fraud charges.

John Ley’s felony voter fraud trial moved to Feb. 24

Attorneys Angus Lee, clockwise from top left, and Amanda Migchelbrink join John Ley as they appear remotely at the Clark County Courthouse on Friday afternoon. Ley made an appearance during a hearing for voter fraud charges.

October 11, 2024, 4:29pm Clark County News

The outcome of 18th Legislative District candidate John Ley’s criminal trial, scheduled for Oct. 21, might have swayed voters before the Nov. 5 general election, but that trial date has been moved to Feb. 24. Read story

Jeremie R. Singer, 50, appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He's accused of shooting a man who'd been living in his house in the head following arguments about the man moving out.

Bail set at $1 million for Yacolt man accused of attempted murder

Jeremie R. Singer, 50, appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He's accused of shooting a man who'd been living in his house in the head following arguments about the man moving out.

October 9, 2024, 5:17pm Clark County News

A judge set bail at $1 million for a Yacolt man accused of shooting a housemate and tenant in the head following arguments about him moving out. Read story

A corrections officer pushes Kenneth Jay Moore, 53, into a courtroom for a hearing Aug. 23 in Clark County Superior Court. Moore was resentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for the 2017 killing of his mother at their Vancouver home. He was originally sentenced to 34 years in prison, but the Washington Court of Appeals found factors that a judge considered when he ordered the sentence were not properly proven to the jury that convicted him.

Vancouver man who killed his mother resentenced to 33 years in prison after appeal

A corrections officer pushes Kenneth Jay Moore, 53, into a courtroom for a hearing Aug. 23 in Clark County Superior Court. Moore was resentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for the 2017 killing of his mother at their Vancouver home. He was originally sentenced to 34 years in prison, but the Washington Court of Appeals found factors that a judge considered when he ordered the sentence were not properly proven to the jury that convicted him.

October 9, 2024, 1:51pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man who killed his mother and dismembered her body at their home in February 2017 was resentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison after winning part of his appeal. Read story

Lashay Gates, left, aunt of Layla Stewart, reads a victim impact statement as she joins her mom, Kristie Mays, grandmother of Layla Stewart, while Kirkland Warren is sentenced to life in prison for her death and the the deaths of her mom, Meshay Melendez, at the Clark County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 8, 2024.

Kirkland Warren gets life in prison in murders of Meshay Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart

Lashay Gates, left, aunt of Layla Stewart, reads a victim impact statement as she joins her mom, Kristie Mays, grandmother of Layla Stewart, while Kirkland Warren is sentenced to life in prison for her death and the the deaths of her mom, Meshay Melendez, at the Clark County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 8, 2024.

October 8, 2024, 5:30pm Clark County News

Although Kirkland Warren will serve a life sentence in prison, friends and family of the Vancouver mother and daughter he shot to death in March 2023 say they don’t feel justice was served. Read story