Release conditions for federally-charged Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups altered slightly today- instead of having to gain permission from court to transfer $10,000 or more of money, he now must report monthly to pretrial services/feds any transactions that exceed $25,000 w/ backup documents.

Oregon National Guard troops were at Portland’s ICE facility hours after a judge on Oct. 4 barred their deployment in the city, a USDOJ lawyer admitted in court Monday.

Crt. Exhibit below shows ONG at ICE facility on 10/5

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Story to come on start of trial.

Statement from Chauncey Billups' lawyer:

Lawyers for Oregon submitted a memo to the federal court Tuesday that reveals Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this month ordered the extension of the federal deployment of 200 CA Natl Guard troops to OR until Feb. 2, and 200 TX Natl Guard to Oregon through Dec. 4.

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Trump administration lawyers, in arguing for the US Supreme Court to put a hold on a federal judge's temporary order in Chicago blocking his deployment of National Guard troops there, cited in a brief today Monday's 9th Circuit panel's 2-1 ruling in his favor:

$50 million lawsuit filed over crash that killed Troutdale family of four

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Portland police seeking public's help to identify man who drew swastikas on windows of Oregon Jewish Holocaust Museum

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Portland’s Independent Police Review staff vote to strike -

Judge grants pretrial release w/ GPS monitoring to Robert Jacob Hoopes, 24, accused of throwing rock into Portland ICE building that hit ICE officer in the head & striking building w/ an upended stop sign used as a 'battering ram' in mid-June. He pleaded not guilty to charges.

Wasco County sheriff Lane Magill: ‘Like I always say, will this pass the front page of The Oregonian or Willamette Week or our local newspaper? It wouldn’t pass that test because we are held to a higher standard.’

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Security guard from The Gan Jewish preschool in SW Portland got into a confrontation with a man in the back lot of the adjacent Fanno Creek Medical Clinic and shot him. @PortlandPolice said there’s nothing to indicate the Jewish school was targeted.

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US Forest Service closed the gates to the Cabin Butte area of Deschutes National Forest w/ 4 Forest Service trucks positioned at gate - multiple campers’ trailers parked alongside forest road outside of gate overnight www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Judge denies motion to halt US Forest Service's planned May 1 closure of Deschutes National Forest to homeless campers.

Handful of campers and homeless service providers sought last-minute restraining order.

Judge denied it based on written briefs.

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Deschutes County sheriff falsely testified on witness stand in 2013 & 2015 that he attended Univ. of S.Calif. & Univ. of Arizona, according to DA inquiry, obtained through public records request.

Below: His testimony & confirmation from USC, U of AZ below
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Sergey Lebedenko, who stole $34M from publisher Win McCormack, sought a non-prison sentence, arguing he could no longer walk, needed his wife to care for him. But McCormack's private investigator revealed his ongoing deceit. Judge played the surveillance video in court. Watch here: bit.ly/4kuPeiQ

With photos of the impact baton munition that was fired by the deputy US Marshal from a less-lethal launcher at Donavan La Bella’s forehead: