Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon State Hospital is pledging to make quick changes following last month’s escape of a man charged with attempted murder. The Oregon Health Authority released a corrective plan Thursday, including the results ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon State Hospital will immediately change its procedures for securely transporting patients in vehicles in response to a federal investigation that faulted the hospital’s methodology, according to a Friday news release from ...
Author: Thomas Shults, Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Oregon — Over the past week, an “extremely dangerous” man escaped police custody, stole a van and was on the loose for a couple of days. Friday morning, he was apprehended when he was found ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon State Police are looking for an escaped Oregon State Hospital patient said to be heading southbound on Interstate 5. According to Police, Christopher Lee Pray, 39, was in custody at Multnomah County jail for multiple charges, ...
Author: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Helping people who suffer from mental illness and have committed crimes is not an easy issue, particularly in the state of Oregon. Over the years, more and more people accused ...
Author: KGW Staff SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — In just two weeks, Oregon State Hospital will begin the first of its monthly early releases of mental health patients. The patients being released were charged with a crime but deemed unfit to ...
Author: Pat Dooris, David Mann (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s only state-run psychiatric facility is so full that it’s been ordered to start releasing patients early — specifically those who are awaiting trial for criminal charges. Starting Oct. 12, ...
EUGENE, Ore. – Psychiatric patient Troy Thomas Irick, reported missing Thursday, was found by the Eugene Police Department. In 2017, Troy Thomas Irick was found “guilty except for insanity” for menacing and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced ...
Medford, Ore.- A Central Point man accused of shooting and killing man outside a convenience store will be sent back to the Oregon State Hospital for another mental health evaluation. Robert Davies-Calhoun appeared in court Thursday. Davies-Calhoun’s case has repeatedly ...