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Investigators recovered 11 firearms, more than 2 pounds of methamphetamine, about 5,000 fentanyl pills, cocaine, crack cocaine, body armor, documents related to fraud and other items after serving a search warrant at a La Center residence Friday.

La Center home raided in firearms, drug trafficking investigation

Investigators recovered 11 firearms, more than 2 pounds of methamphetamine, about 5,000 fentanyl pills, cocaine, crack cocaine, body armor, documents related to fraud and other items after serving a search warrant at a La Center residence Friday.

April 14, 2023, 4:20pm Clark County News

Authorities arrested a man Friday at a residence in La Center in connection with a Vancouver firearms trafficking and drug distribution investigation. Read story

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2 men face allegations in Vancouver assault

The Clark County Courthouse (The Columbian files)

April 12, 2023, 5:01pm Clark County News

Two men are facing assault allegations after Vancouver police say one brought the other to his former wife’s house and strangled her while the friend severely beat her boyfriend. Read story

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Police investigate drive-by shooting at apartment complex in east Vancouver

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April 5, 2023, 3:43pm Clark County News

Vancouver police are investigating a drive-by shooting early Wednesday morning at an east Vancouver apartment complex. 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.

Prosecutors will charge Warren with aggravated murder in shooting deaths of Meshay Melendez, daughter Laylavideo icon

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 3, 2023, 4:52pm Clark County News Free

Clark County prosecutors say they plan to charge a Vancouver man accused in the slaying of his former girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter with aggravated first-degree murder. If convicted, he would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Read story

Janice Meyers

Police locate missing elderly woman

Janice Meyers

April 1, 2023, 10:21am Clark County News Free

UPDATE: Myers was spotted at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center with a man, identified as Steven Wonser, 72, who's also known as Stephen Bailey. Clark County sheriff's deputies responded and arrested Wonser on a felony warrant out of Oregon for unlawful possession of a weapon, and Myers was taken into… Read story

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no-contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Warren facing first-degree murder in shooting deaths of Meshay Melendez, daughter Layla 

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appeared Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no-contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm.

March 31, 2023, 3:06pm Clark County News Free

The Vancouver Police Department announced Friday that Kirkland C. Warren is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his former girlfriend, Meshay “Karmen” Melendez, and her 7-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart. Read story

Austin A. Bell, 21, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on a warrant for charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He's charged as an accomplice in a March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver.

Second suspect in fatal shooting outside Vancouver Safeway held on $1M bail

Austin A. Bell, 21, appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on a warrant for charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault and drive-by shooting. He's charged as an accomplice in a March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver.

March 27, 2023, 12:20pm Clark County News

A judge ordered a Portland man be held on $1 million bail in connection with the March 11 fatal shooting outside a Safeway on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver. Read story

Meshay "Karmen" Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart, 7

Records detail timeline in disappearance, death of Meshay Melendez, daughter Layla

Meshay "Karmen" Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart, 7

March 23, 2023, 1:14pm Clark County News

The following information comes from court records filed in Clark County Superior and District Courts and Jefferson County Circuit Court in Arkansas, as well as police news releases. None of the allegations or charges have been proven in a court of law; all cases are pending. Read story

Law enforcement officials work at the scene along Wooding Road east of Washougal on Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2023. Authorities found two bodies believed to be those of a missing Vancouver woman and her 7-year-old daughter in a brushy area farther down Wooding Road.

Police: Bodies of missing mother, daughter found near Washougalvideo icon

Law enforcement officials work at the scene along Wooding Road east of Washougal on Wednesday afternoon, March 22, 2023. Authorities found two bodies believed to be those of a missing Vancouver woman and her 7-year-old daughter in a brushy area farther down Wooding Road.

March 22, 2023, 6:00pm Clark County News Free

Authorities found two bodies believed to be those of a missing Vancouver woman and her 7-year-old daughter in a rural area east of Washougal, police announced Wednesday.  Read story

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm. The victim in the case and her 7-year-old daughter remain missing.

Bail set at $1M for Vancouver man suspected of shooting at home of girlfriend, now missing

Kirkland C. Warren, 27, appears Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of tampering with a witness, violating a no contact order and unlawful possession of a firearm. The victim in the case and her 7-year-old daughter remain missing.

March 21, 2023, 12:33pm Clark County News

A judge set bail at $1 million Tuesday for a Vancouver man accused of shooting at his girlfriend’s apartment and ordered he wear a GPS ankle device if he posts bail, pending new charges in the case. The victim and her 7-year-old daughter remain missing. Read story