Maxine Bernstein

3 days ago | chronline.com | Maxine Bernstein

The deep tire treads are still visible from the lawn where a federal armored truck rammed a hole into the Hillsboro, Oregon, house of a former U.S. Army soldier accused of selling military secrets to China. The pre-dawn strike last month shook the tree-lined neighborhood as agents threw flash-bang grenades into the home and knocked out the front window. FBI agents arrested Ruoyo Duan, who had been asleep inside with his wife and 5-year-old daughter.

5 days ago | thestar.com.my | Maxine Bernstein

For more than three years, the young woman had no idea who kept messaging her, asking her to share more of the risque selfies she had posted on a Reddit group when she was 17. In an anonymous email, the stalker asked for a photo of the woman in her wedding dress. Later, the stranger emailed her college academic mentor in Portland with a photo of the woman in underwear, leading the advisor to believe she had sent it. At another point, the messenger alerted the woman that he knew where she worked.

5 days ago | oregonlive.com | Maxine Bernstein

The deep tire treads are still visible from the lawn where a federal armored truck rammed a hole into the Hillsboro house of a former U.S. Army soldier accused of selling military secrets to China. The pre-dawn strike last month shook the tree-lined neighborhood as agents threw flash-bang grenades into the home and knocked out the front window. FBI agents arrested Ruoyo Duan, who had been asleep inside with his wife and 5-year-old daughter.

6 days ago | corrections1.com | Maxine Bernstein

By Maxine Bernsteinoregonlive.comSALEM, Ore. — Two Oregon legislative leaders on Monday urged the new FBI director to open an investigation into the 1989 stabbing death of Oregon prisons chief Michael Francke, now that the conviction of Frank Gable has been thrown out.

6 days ago | oregonlive.com | Maxine Bernstein

The owner of La Popular, a chain of money transfer businesses in Oregon and Washington, laundered at least $18 million in drug proceeds from Honduran and Mexican drug traffickers, federal prosecutors allege. Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes, 39, of Beaverton is listed as the owner of La Popular stores in Hillsboro, Beaverton, Canby, Woodburn, Odell and Vancouver and appeared Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland.