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Man arrested in August homicide of Vancouver woman

January 28, 2022, 7:50pm Clark County News Updated 9 hours ago

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Fairview, Ore., this week in connection with the August death of Stephanie Celeste Jones, according to Vancouver police. Read story

Police: Dad shoots man found in daughter’s east Vancouver bedroom

January 28, 2022, 5:30pm Clark County News

A man told police he shot his house guest Thursday night at an apartment complex in east Vancouver after finding him in his teenage daughter’s bedroom, according to the Vancouver… Read story

The Clark County Courthouse.

Vancouver man sentenced to 20 months in vehicular homicide case

The Clark County Courthouse.

January 28, 2022, 5:30pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison for vehicular homicide in a 2018 crash in Battle Ground that killed a Clark Pubic Utilities employee. Read story

Police tape blocks off the area where Vancouver police officers fatally shot a man they say was armed with a knife Jan. 9. The shooting was at the Sky Ridge Estates mobile home park in Vancouver's North Image neighborhood.

Investigators continue probe into Jan. 9 fatal police shooting in east Vancouver

Police tape blocks off the area where Vancouver police officers fatally shot a man they say was armed with a knife Jan. 9. The shooting was at the Sky Ridge Estates mobile home park in Vancouver's North Image neighborhood.

January 28, 2022, 3:51pm Clark County News

The Southwest Washington Independent Investigative Response Team is continuing its probe into the Jan. 9 fatal police shooting of a 45-year-old man in east Vancouver, before forwarding the investigation to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review. Read story

Trespasser closes Interstate 5 in downtown Vancouver

January 27, 2022, 10:50pm Clark County News Updated 20 hours ago

A trespasser on a sign over Interstate 5 forced the freeway’s closure through downtown Vancouver late Thursday. The incident began about 9:30 p.m. when a man was spotted climbing onto a sign that hangs from the Evergreen Boulevard overpass above the freeway. It took three hours to resolve the incident… Read story

The garage of a house in the 14100 block of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard was destroyed after a driver who police say was impaired and speeding crashed into it Monday morning. Some pedestrians reported narrowly avoiding being hit by the driver before he crashed.

Vancouver man in court in hit-run, reckless driving case

The garage of a house in the 14100 block of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard was destroyed after a driver who police say was impaired and speeding crashed into it Monday morning. Some pedestrians reported narrowly avoiding being hit by the driver before he crashed.

January 27, 2022, 5:02pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man who’s accused of nearly hitting a pedestrian with his pickup and crashing into several parked vehicles and houses in east Vancouver appeared Thursday in Clark County Superior Court. Read story

(Courtesy of the Vancouver Police Department)

Police: Teens in Vancouver kicking in doors in TikTok challenge

(Courtesy of the Vancouver Police Department)

January 27, 2022, 3:26pm Clark County News Updated 11 hours ago

The Vancouver Police Department is investigating at least seven incidents — apparently linked to a popular social media challenge — of teens kicking in residents’ doors in east Vancouver. Read story

James Javontae Barquet, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of 51-year-old Brian Hansen, from Vancouver, and 70-year-old Carol Horner of Portland in November of 2018, according to a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office news release.

Man who killed 2, including Vancouver man, gets life in prison

James Javontae Barquet, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of 51-year-old Brian Hansen, from Vancouver, and 70-year-old Carol Horner of Portland in November of 2018, according to a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office news release.

January 26, 2022, 5:11pm Clark County News

A man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison in Oregon for fatally shooting two people, including a Vancouver man, in November 2018. Read story

A green pickup truck crashed into a house and parked car in the 14100 block of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard after driving erratically through the east Vancouver neighborhood Monday morning. The driver of the pickup will be booked into the Clark County Jail on suspicion of DUI and multiple counts of hit and run, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

Vancouver police say erratic driver crashed into cars, 2 houses

A green pickup truck crashed into a house and parked car in the 14100 block of Southeast McGillivray Boulevard after driving erratically through the east Vancouver neighborhood Monday morning. The driver of the pickup will be booked into the Clark County Jail on suspicion of DUI and multiple counts of hit and run, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

January 24, 2022, 6:43pm Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

Pedestrians narrowly avoided being struck by a pickup being driven recklessly Monday morning in east Vancouver before it crashed into cars and two houses, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Read story

The suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Hazel Dell ran from the scene, according to the sheriff's office.

Public’s help sought in fatal Hazel Dell hit-and-runvideo icon

The suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Hazel Dell ran from the scene, according to the sheriff's office.

January 24, 2022, 4:40pm Clark County News FreeUpdated 2 days ago

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a man deputies said ran from a fatal crash Sunday in Hazel Dell. Read story