Off-duty pilot who tried to cut flight’s engines midair is released without prison time

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding ...

Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair faces no extra jail time

Joseph Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to shut down the engines of an aircraft with 83 people on board in ...
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No prison time for ex-Alaska pilot who tried to cut engines on Everett-San Francisco flight

Joseph Emerson was riding in an extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air flight from Everett to San Francisco and was ...
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Oregon advocates work to streamline wrongful conviction payouts

In 2022, lawmakers passed the Oregon Justice Exonerees Act which would provide wrongfully convicted Oregonians some money if ...

Oregon DOC reports death of 27-year-old inmate at Umatilla

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that Cole James Pryor died the evening of November 15, 2025. “As with ...

The Cost of Redemption: A special report on youth incarceration in Oregon

While overall crime in Oregon is decreasing, extreme violence amongst youth is trending in the wrong direction.
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Sentence reviews for inmates follow Oregon Supreme Court clarification

On Nov. 14, the Oregon Supreme Court issued further clarification concerning credit for time served if specified by the judicial system that the Oregon Department of Corrections must ...
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27 Year-Old Pendleton, OR Rapist Dies In Prison

In Pendleton, Cole Pryor, who pled guilty to raping underage girls, died in prison at 27, prompting an investigation into the ...