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Courts & Crime

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before overdosing, says report

March 27, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News

Battle Ground police Sgt. Richard Kelly confiscated illicit drugs hours before he suffered a fatal overdose in his office, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office found. Read story

Camas-Washougal Fire battalion chief accused of killing wife had yearslong affair, according to court documents

March 25, 2024, 6:15pm Clark County News

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief suspected of strangling his wife in January was apparently having an on-and-off affair for 20 years, and he planned to leave his wife on… Read story

Demetrius Williams Coles (Photo contributed by Linda Peter)

Vancouver man found on fire died from injuries and smoke inhalation, medical examiner’s office says

Demetrius Williams Coles (Photo contributed by Linda Peter)

March 25, 2024, 5:44pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man found on fire Dec. 20 on a downtown Vancouver sidewalk died from thermal injuries and smoke inhalation while intoxicated with fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office. Read story

James L. Rummell, 49, appears Monday in Clark County District Court on suspicion of making a false statement to a public servant. A prosecutor said more charges against Rummell are likely because he's accused of hiring a man to kill his wife.

Husband’s friend arrested in Oregon, facing murder charge in Hockinson woman’s fatal shooting

James L. Rummell, 49, appears Monday in Clark County District Court on suspicion of making a false statement to a public servant. A prosecutor said more charges against Rummell are likely because he's accused of hiring a man to kill his wife.

March 25, 2024, 3:10pm Clark County News

Authorities arrested a man they say fatally shot a woman Saturday in her Hockinson home, as well as the woman’s husband, who’s being investigated for an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Read story

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man later climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

Suspect went on a crime spree, Vancouver police say, then tried to escape by shimmying across telephone wires

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man later climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

March 25, 2024, 2:30pm Clark County News

What started as a report of a vehicle prowl Saturday ended with a theft suspect trying to escape by shimmying across telephone wires over West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver for nearly an hour. Read story

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

Vancouver Mall working with police to identify suspect in Friday’s gun incident

Shoppers make their way into Vancouver Mall on in June 2022.

March 25, 2024, 2:29pm Business

Vancouver police are investigating a Friday altercation involving a gun at Vancouver Mall that left mall customers scared but uninjured. Read story

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man then climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

Man dangling from communication wires falls onto fire engine, prompts street closure in downtown Vancouver

The Vancouver Fire Department was called to help Vancouver police at 6 p.m. Saturday with a man on the roof of Little Conejo, 114 W. Sixth St. The man then climbed out onto communication wires above the street.

March 24, 2024, 11:17am Clark County News

First responders Saturday evening shut down a portion of West Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver for a man who climbed out onto communication wires and dangled from them for nearly an hour. Read story

A previously taken photo of a 2001 black Ford F-150 that was reported stolen Saturday from a Hockinson house where a woman was fatally shot. The pickup has Washington license plates C73655Y. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the occupants of the pickup should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who locates the pickup should call 911 and not approach the vehicle.

Woman shot, killed in apparent burglary at Hockinson house; Clark County deputies searching for stolen pickup

A previously taken photo of a 2001 black Ford F-150 that was reported stolen Saturday from a Hockinson house where a woman was fatally shot. The pickup has Washington license plates C73655Y. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the occupants of the pickup should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who locates the pickup should call 911 and not approach the vehicle.

March 24, 2024, 10:32am Clark County News

A woman was found fatally shot inside her Hockinson house Saturday in an apparent burglary in which a pickup was stolen, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story

A screenshot from a Clark County sheriff's deputy body-worn camera in a shooting on Feb. 20 that left one man dead.

Affidavits: Brush Prairie man fatally shot by Clark County sheriff’s deputies after sexual assault

A screenshot from a Clark County sheriff's deputy body-worn camera in a shooting on Feb. 20 that left one man dead.

March 23, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News

The Brush Prairie man fatally shot by Clark County sheriff’s deputies Feb. 20 had allegedly sexually assaulted a distant relative while armed with a gun over the course of hours, court records state. Read story

Kevin West, a captain with the Camas-Washougal Fire Department, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, Marcelle West.

Camas-Washougal fire battalion chief faces murder allegation in wife’s January death

Kevin West, a captain with the Camas-Washougal Fire Department, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, Marcelle West.

March 22, 2024, 12:11pm Clark County News

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder Friday in the January death of his wife, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Read story