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Girls Soccer Coach Arrested for Sexual Abuse Involving 12-Year Old

The alleged victim in this case was an unrelated 12-year old player on a club team coached by the suspect.

(OREGON CITY) - 43 year old Joseph Christopher Leonetti, a local club soccer coach in the Oregon City area, was arrested today on five counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.

A news release from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, relates Leonetti having a lengthy history of coaching girls soccer, including coaching the West Linn High School Girls' soccer team from 1997-2006.

Fatal Crash in Clackamas County Updated

Updated : names released

(Beavercreek, Ore.) - On Friday, October 1, 2010 at 10:05 a.m. a vehicle described as a maroon colored 1994, Toyota, 4-Runner, was proceeding westbound on S. Leland Road as it was approaching the intersection of S. Leland and S. Leslie Road, in Beavercreek.

OSP Investigating Highway 99E Crash

(OREGON CITY) - Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation into a critical injury crash Monday afternoon on Highway 99E just north of the Interstate 205 overpass. The southbound lanes of Highway 99E were restricted to one lane for about 3 hours during the investigation.

According to OSP Trooper Ted Moisan, on September 27, 2010 at approximately 3:35 p.m. a 2004 Mazda van driven by Melanie Miekey, age 31, from Canby, was stopped for a red stop light southbound on Highway 99E just north of the Interstate 205 overpass. A 2003 Harley Davidson operated by Harla Jane Lakin, age 55, from Oregon City, crashed into the back of the van ejecting LAKIN over the top of the van and onto the roadway.

PGR Rider Killed in Motorcycle Crash

"Fred will be missed. He was one of those Good Guys." - Q madp

(OREGON CITY) - A man riding a motorcycle was killed in a crash that was witnessed by his wife, deputies said. Q Madp of IraqWarHeroes.org, says the rider was with the Patriot Guard and on his way to help honor an American killed fighting in the wars overseas.

The Patriot Guard Riders have been escorting military funerals for many years. Madp says the man will be missed.

76-year old Woman from Oregon City Located and She`s Safe

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue (SAR) personnel and volunteers located a missing woman.

(OREGON CITY) - UPDATE: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Dorothy Beyer, the missing and reportedly despondent 76-year-old has been located.

Dorothy Beyer was located by Search & Rescue personnel a short distance from her residence on S. Hoffman Road, in Oregon City.

Sternwheeler Willamette Queen Runs Aground Near Oregon City

No injuries or serious damage was reported.

(OREGON CITY) - The Coast Guard is responding to the grounding of the sternwheeler Willamette Queen near Oregon City Sunday. Reports indicate that the 87-foot riverboat was being escorted by two Coast Guard Auxiliary vessels when it ran aground with 80 passengers and eight crew on board at approximately 5:30 p.m.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, two Coast Guard 25-foot smallboat crews from Station Portland, and a tugboat from Newburg, Ore. were dispatched to the scene, while the two Auxiliary vessels stayed with the Willamette Queen.

Missing Oregon City Man Located (UPDATE)

The man was reported missing by his family Friday.

(OREGON CITY) - James Aloysuis Bartley was reported missing by his family on Friday November 20. Bartley called is wife this morning and returned home this afternoon.

Oregon City PD contacted Bartley personally to check on his physical and mental well being. Bartley was found to be in good health with no immediate mental concerns.

Surprise Awakening for Oregon City Apartment Dwellers (SLIDESHOW)

Jeep wakes up residents early by crashing into Oregon City apartment.‏

(OREGON CITY) - Residents of the Mountain View Apartment complex in Oregon City at 1840 Molalla Ave woke up early this morning at 3:26 a.m. to the sound of a Jeep that drove into the stairwell of one of the buildings.

No one was injured, but upper floor residents had to be assisted down their back balcony by Clackamas firefighters because of the destruction done by the Jeep to their stairs outside their front door. Oregon City Police were on scene and took the driver of the Jeep into custody.

Deer Blamed in Oregon Motorcyclist`s Fatal Crash

The newly married rider had just visited his mother's house on his Harley Davidson.

(OREGON CITY) - Investigators say a motorcyclist was ‘struck by a deer' and killed on South Chalet Drive at Fischers Mill, east of Oregon City today at 11:34 a.m.

Detective Jim Strovink with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, says deputies and the Clackamas Fire District #1 responded to the scene of this peculiar and most unfortunate fatal collision.

Missing Oregon City Woman Located by CHP

The CHP located the woman on the other side of the California border.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - UPDATE: 11:40 p.m. The recently reported missing Oregon City woman has been located by California Highway Patrol, while attempting to cross into the State of California, at the I-5 border crossing.

Jean Knopf is safe and will be provided for and returned home. Knopf was indeed disoriented and indicated to authorities she was attempting to return to her residence in Oregon City.