Maxine Bernstein

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Maxine Bernstein

A federal judge on Friday found the Oregon State Hospital in contempt of a court order governing the timely admissions of criminal defendants and will issue hefty daily fines starting Saturday to force the hospital to comply. U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson said the state has not taken “all reasonable steps” to admit jailed criminal defendants to the psychiatric hospital within seven days for treatment when they are found unable to assist in their defense.

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Maxine Bernstein

A Columbia County judge on Friday ordered a 14-year-old Oregon boy to remain in custody as a safety threat to himself and others on accusations of attempted murder in an alleged mass shooting plot. Beau Carr appeared by video from a juvenile detention center, biting his nails multiple times during the half-hour hearing while his parents watched from the courtroom in St. Helens.

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Maxine Bernstein

A 14-year-old Oregon boy now charged with attempted murder in an alleged bombing and mass shooting plot had become isolated by a recent move and then radicalized by an online extremist network, his lawyer said. The teen, who lives in Clatskanie with his parents, had no ability to carry out the plans that the FBI has accused him of making, said defense attorney Chris Heywood.

3 weeks ago | chronline.com | Maxine Bernstein

A second person was arrested by federal agents in Portland Immigration Court as he appeared Thursday for an asylum case and lawyers petitioned to block his removal from Oregon. By day’s end, U.S. District Judge Michael H.

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Maxine Bernstein

The FBI thwarted a potential mass shooting by a teenager who planned to set off an explosive at a shopping mall in southwest Washington and shoot people as they fled the movie theater there, law enforcement leaders said Thursday. A juvenile boy from Columbia County, Oregon, was arrested May 22 on state charges, according to the FBI. Authorities didn’t release his name. The shooting was planned for the Three Rivers Crossing in Kelso, authorities said.