" i still believe if you would go after the parents of teens there would be less trouble. i live in a small town there are kids on the street at 3 am and cussing running up and down because of lack of things to do. where is there a curfew and how come if there is one it is not enforced. and i also thank they should introduce the draft again it would get these kids off the streets. "

" chris ricketts is a good person lead down the wrong path maby the county should look into everything surrounding the problem instead of just chris "

" There are quite a few horrible and violent crimes in such a small town? Gee whiz a very small town with big city crimes, I'd say! I hope that someday some sort of peace will come to Klamath Falls, Chiloquin, & Beatty Oregon. Sorry to see all this violence! "

" 2 things: First of all, when people post on here they should take the time to make sure that they are spelling correctly! (dictionary.com anyone?) You make people from this town look like one poster said: ignorant red-necks. Secondly, all those people complaining aobut one young lady that is supposedly out on the streets should recall that she is going to prison and this list was called "Pending Cases". It is obviously an old list as well. All of the people posting ignorant comments on here need to find something better to do: A job maybe??? Go back to school??? (yeah, I have a job and a college degree, just to get past that inevitable remark). "

" I notice still no leads on the Ricky Urban murder, Is this because Ricky was unliked by the police force in this town, because he was in trouble with the law a few times and who really cares who killed him, Ricky was a victim at the time of the murder and Ricky had a family, and he was not always a bad person, I grew up with Ricky and he was a good person who went down the wrong path,
sometimes this happens to people. And I am not saying we should forget the crimes he committed (although murder was not one of them) but his life was taken, and this should not be put on the back burner and ignored by our police force. "

" Does anyone update this page????

I know some of these cases are done. Time is being served. "

" About the so called "drive by" shooting. Was the whole thing a set up by the supposed "victim?" Hopefully all of the leads will be investigated, throughly! "

" Chris Ricketts needs to be put away forever. He IS what Klamath Falls, Oregon, the United States and this world does not need. "

" Why is the Michael Halcomb murder case not listed in Klamath County ongoing investigations? There is a suspect as far as we know. "

" kfalls,

Not only do they need to get rid of the state police they need to get rid f the DA's too they are just as corrupt if not more so then those in jail the only difference is they have the money to buy therir way out. They like to pick on the people who cant afford a lawyer who have to depend on court appointed that way they can threaten the lawyers and get more people convicted to get more money from the state to pay for their new police station "

" if you get rid of the state police here in k-falls ,at least most of the corruptness of this town would be removed "

" DRT you are the only one here that I see is stupid. If they commit the crime they should be posted but not therwise, and the fact because they may be in jail doesnt make them guilty either in fact I know of one who is not guilty but is up there because the DA is a crook and so is the system in this town and all they are doing is stealing from the tax payers to beable to build the new police station and keep the court house open they found away by accusing and arresting people for even things that were minor and they have no evidence but they need the money they get for each person who gets arrested and booked it is just a scam and people are falling for it wake up it is election time they want to look good "

" Wow are you all that stupid i mean come on you all would not be saying this if the guy who sexually abused your children lived next door and the guy across the street robbed you but you cant prove it. Whats the first thing you all do...... you tell everyone you know and then its gone like a bad case of the runs...... Everyone has a right to know who is possibly or not responsible of thier actions. In prison they will all tell you thier innocent and they didnt do it and it wasnt me and so on...... I worked in the prison system as a Prison Guard and left there to do something more useful with my life than be a full time baby sitter for a bunch of cry babies. I dont care who you are if you did the crime then you should do the time, and yes this means have your name in the paper cause its public records for who screws up and if they are innocent they wouldnt be in jail or prison, they wouldnt have drank that beer and forty before that and drove away from the bar falling on thier face drunk and got busted. As far as Im concerned and I know none of you care, but the innocent untill proven guilty factor doesnt always work cause you could be intimidated by your abuser and still walk. If you dont like the paper or police blotter then dont read the dang thing. Read the nickle if you feel that way. "

" We do need to know who the convicted ones are and there names but we do not need to know otherwise it just ruins their lives if they have been proven innocent and their families too. "

" I agree that you need to update more often. Some of this is old news.I am glad that you are printing the names of sexual offenders.We should know who they are. But would like updates on if they are still in jail or not.Progress on the cases. "

" They have been updated but the problem is they should not put names on here unless they have been convicted of the crime I know of one who did not do what he was accused of and this will ruin his chances of ever getting a job or having a decent life in this town even when he gets out they will use it against him they wont print anything that will help all they will say is the charges were dropped but that will not help he will still be loked at like he was guilty they should only put names up that are and been proven guilty by naming them now it is making them guilty before showing them guilty I always thought they were supposed to be innocent until proven guilty but that is not the way it is and it is not right or fair to them "

" Yes I agree you should update the cases we have in K falls. They are rather old news and I know for sure there is newer cases to be put on. "

" People! This list is nothing! Other cities and their newspapers don't list these sort of things. I have a relative in Portland who is a police officer and he sees all of these cases in a month and sometimes every week. We are lucky to live in K Falls where these sort of crimes are only committed over many years. Thank you to our local sheriffs and police officers. And may you find yourself safely home after every shift. "

" You know, its the same people over and over again that are getting into trouble. Most other countries don't have the problems we do in the USA they take care if you steal off with your hands, if you kill then you die. If you look at the BIBLE it is an eye for an eye, and if you kill thats it you are killed. come on if we start with corpral punishment these repeat offenders will get a clue. Then we won't have the overcrowded jails or prisions. "

" I agree this web list should be updated but it sure paints an interesting picture for people new to the area. I've lived in Medford and spent most of my life in the Pacific Northwest but moving here to Klamath was a choice we made to be closer to our relatives. I feel safe in this town and always have but I wonder if I'm ignoring reality when I see the kind of violence I read about here. I do not believe crimes in Klamath are any more or less violent just because it's a small town. What I will say is this: comments on any larger towns' news sites are certainly not rife with the kind of misspelling and misuse of grammer I've read here. Klamath isn't more violent. Klamath is simply less educated, at least in regards to the more vocal segment of the population. It makes it hard to take anyone seriously. "

" how about updating this place July is old news "

" H&N... PLEASE clean up and update this very old list !!

It's way overdue!

Many of these "Major" cases are now adjudicated and resolved. "

" Holy cow!! I agree with the one writer - What is in the water over there? My son just moved there last June, yikes, I think he is safer here in Vegas! "

" what happen whit the Murders in modoc county last september??..any information? "

" In all of these cases it is from a lack of spiritual direction, lack of a viable economy (oh by the way Dave don't expect your job search to be easy here!) lack of things to do that don't reqquire a fee or price tag to them. As far as the city police are concerned yes they have a rough job to do, made more rougher than it has to be by the lack of updated (non-military/Rambo) training! I qualify these remarks by my three and half years of living here and the fact I have two older brothers in law enforcement. I can also qualify my statemets here by the fact that my profession of being a transport driver allows me to see other parts of this land. Quite frankly Klamath Falls is a boil on the back side of the earth's rear end! "

" What a surprise to us, we stayed in Kfalls for a month and didn't hear a peep.
We found the people in Kfalls to be very friendly and helpfull. I know that there is crime every where. But I have found that if there are things for the kids to do and places to go other than fishing and hikeing and bowling. miniature golf or some kind of amusement park. The kids do turn a better note. and a lot less violent. Church is a good answer but it is not for everyone. I am sorry for the ones that did not seek help for simple answers that would have kept them out of the court system. The help is there but you have to ask for it. But I have to give Koodos to the Klamath falls Poliece dept. They take on a job that not every man or woman would do. It takes alot for them to do their job. They are people just like you and I. They put their shoes on one foot at a time just like you and I . They chose to follow their dream as where you and I might have chose the comfortable way. My hat is off to all of them. "

" Thank you for this comment page : I have plans of moving to K-falls . even after reading the police reports . the reason is this , I believe that if your not part of the solution your are part of the problem...There are those who make things happen...those who watch what happend... and those who wonder.... WHAT HAPPENED???...There are only two forces at work here the Positive and the negitive . You belong to the power you choose to obey...and you belong to your choice ...everyone has a voice .. What's right is right ,,,what's wrong is wrong .. take the blinders off.. P.S. is there something in the water over there ? letttter me Know..D. "

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" how is it that they let male adult rapos back in the community i think they should let the people know where they are and be publisied so we know who they are . keep are kids safe !!!!! . and send them to prizon "

" Everyone wants to complain but do nothing so where do you go from there? "

" I am surprised at how many did not pay attention to their history. PROHIBITION doesn't work. Period. I guess some just are not going to figure that out. So stop complaining about crime as that is what feeds it.
Go ahead and build a police state to make you feel artificially safer but the only thing you will get is a larger and more militarily minded police force and lots more crime.
Oh..and some of you are definitely living under an illusion if you think an Oregon prison is "the good life". That is the place where you are creating the monsters of your worst nightmarish fears. So keep building them and enjoy your terror of those you create.
To bad you could not see what happens to a teenager who is not a criminal but a victim of some technical law violation who gets thrown in there with the wolves on some sick mandatory sentencing rule. Don't complain to me if he robs you and cuts your throat on the way out as after all it was you that allowed these state run hells on Earth to exist and prosper.
As I like to say....20 prisons in 20 years roughly in Oregon and then you wonder why the kids of today are becoming so violent and uncaring. The more people you animalize with your prisons the more dangerous life will become for you. It is an endless downward spiral to a hell created out of pure ignorance and apathy.
Most crime can be tied to the fact that drugs are illegal. Make them legal and you can monitor and keep track of things in a most superior manner. The "war on drugs" was lost before it ever began.
Prohibition only makes the policemans job ever more dangerous. The policeman SHOULD be the pillars of our community instead of heading towards the behavior of a militaristic New World Order police state condition where even the slightest infraction of the arbitrary State and county laws and rules brings on charges by the dozen. Just read the cases above. Things will be changing for the worse if we don't get a grip and quit being afraid to try new things because of ignorant and unfounded fear. "

" "We are so interested in protecting the bill of rights/ constitution that we are sabotaging our Founding Fathers and our Future ability to provide protection under the same."

What rights are you willing to give up? "

" Kalmath falls was home to me over 40 yrs ago.
My father was Deputy DA for Klamath county, until his demise in 1966.
The courts in Oregon and the country as a whole let my mother , my brother, and myself down, my father was a vey just and honest individual, and would not randomly prosecute, but if the evidence showed that you had been guilty, and that he was able to prove it, he would prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
Unfortunately the police, the DA's are ham strung by civil liberties groups, some judges are too liberal in their thinking, and then there are just the bleeding heart liberal indiviuals ,and lawyers that claim that the criminal is not responsible for his/her actions, society is to blame, to those of you who belive that crap, you should be the ones paying for the victims expense,and for the "rehabilitatin of the criminal, you should be forced to live with that personactually all of societies woes can be placed squarely on your shoulders, let the police, the DA's , and the judges do their jobs, enough of the lenient sentances for serious crime, if you are one of the DA's or a judge, or even a COP you owe it to society to do the right thing in everything you do ALL the time, you are NOT above the law. Lets all get with the programme. "

" It's way overdue!

Update this list,, Please!!

Many of these "Major" cases are now adjudicated and resolved. "

" I think that we all need to sit back and think for a minute. What would happen if we helped more of the homeless people and tried to find out why so many people are struggling. I do believe that people can change and I believe that most are willing if we can give them not only the tools they need but the support. "

" Private citizens who do not violate our constitutional rights to Life, Liberty and
Persuit of Happiness are sometimes accused wrongly, this is what trials
were made for.
Private individuals who DO violate the
rights of others AND are found to be guilty by a jury of thier peers should not be allowed any constitutional rights whatsoever !!
Once thier inability to live peaceably or safely in the presence of others has been established the laws should dis- qualifiy them from protections allowed to all peaceful U.S. citizens.For instance a child, animal or elderly predator who is
unable to be rehabilitated, ei: repeat offenders should simply be terminated by whatever means desired of thier victims.
We are so interested in protecting the bill of rights/ constitution that we are sabotaging our Founding Fathers and our Future ability to provide protection under the same. "

" Hey Sam, i'm sure if you think real hard, you can figure out why someone wanted by the FBI is walking around free. It starts with "S" and rhymes with snitch. "

" WOW, It look like more and more are really fed up with the jail/prisons we have in Oregon. But do you know that it really driven by the state? What you ask, Well let me explain how this works here in Klamath county. Lets said a woman has a child and a meth problem, and the state gets involved, she lose her child goes to jail for 2-4 weeks. the courts offer her treatment and she goes into treatment, she already has a criminal history, and been in treament before 2-3 times before, she completes treament(on paper) stay clean for about 8month to year. gets her child back. And do you think the story is over, No this is where the story starts. I wll explain. "

" Uf we stop giving to the convicts things such as tv, free room and board, and start making them work for the priveledges they have they may get a clue. Those of us that have never been in trouble with the law are tired of having to pay for dead beat cons. They want a free ride show them that there is no free ride in Klamath they commit the crime they do the time and work. "

" As a student of Criminology, I feel that we do need tougher laws and crimes. These criminals have so many chances, and are not learning from their mistakes. If we continue on seeing the same person over and over, don't you think it's time we change things up? I feel that we don't give them parole, and keep them in jails, take away their privelages, and treat them like the criminals that they are. Why do these criminals have so many rights? Of course if they are homeless, they are going to commit crimes, just so they have a place to eat and sleep. Ok so I have a simple answer to all of my questions....People need to vote when it's time to vote, vote to help change things in the jails. People complain constantly that criminals have this and that, and police are not doing their jobs. Well let's take it back people instead of cutting budgets, vote for them. I think we need to see the budgets change though, I would vote for more police officers and taking away televisions from the prisoners. Both the people and the Jails need to realize where the money needs to go, and I am sorry it's not feeding the prisoners steak and pizza. Let's make jail an unpleasant experience for these criminals so that they never want to return. Yes they may be locked in a jail cell, but they don't care. They have time to wonder around outside of their pods, they still have communication with the outiside, and they still somehow find away to have their drugs. So my question is this, what if we cut all of their privelages off, what would happen then? Make them go back to the chain gang ways, where they are chained up to people and work for the community. I think we need to step out of the boundaries a little bit and become a little more aggressive, change laws, and create a safer environment to live in. I do not feel safe in Klamath Falls, as long as we allow our criminals to walk the streets. I wonder what it would take for the public and the tax payers to vote yes on budgets, rather than no? "

" The problem is every jail and prison should be like Texas,mabee we wouldnt have the same people doing the same crime over and over.Prison in Oregon is like a vacation.Most people arnt aware what all they get to do and have.For god sakes they have t.v in the cells they wear name brand shoses,have concerts pow wows get pizza have steak and fresh vegis do wood and leather work shop.Do I need to go on,they have it better in all the jails and prisons then all the hard working people do.And who pays for every thing they get,we do.In all the prisons back east they are looked down for 23 hours a day and dont have a nice lawn to lay around on.And they have the death penalty for all the child molesters and killers.I think thats great.I dont think killing some one is ok.However I am a wife and a mother,if some one raped my daughter or killed my husband I wouldent want to have to feed that person while he was in prison,and as a tax payer we all pay for these sick pervs to have a nice stay at the lovely state prison with the nice lawn to lounge in the sun eat pizza and have soda and wear nike shoes.I dont even have nike shoes,and i dont lounge around all day.You do notice all the prison doc. on tv are all back east.Noting on the west coast is ever published on tv because they dont want ever one to know what it is like. "

" I have lived in alot of towns. But have lived in Klamath for the last 15 years. I feel safe walking the streets at night, shoping at any store and talking with the random stranger. I can not say this for any other town or city. We have had our Rapes, Murders, thefts and corruptions. But this town is still home, and far safer then many towns in the US. Our DA with all of his faults, still does a good job keeping the streets safe(r). "

" Well it may not be in the DA's office? But why wasn't Lacy Rich's name even printed in the paper, as a person who was involved with the crime. About 6 months ago her picture and name was posted and wanted by the FBI. So tell me how do you get form being on the most wanted list of the FBI, to walking around town free?Just what kinda deal can someone make with the DA's office. I don't think that the DA's office really needed her. The video from the casion would really show her in fine form. The DA's know her history and thanks for keeping ALL of us safe, Maybe she is really working for you in the DA's office? Nice justice for all. "

" All of these individuals need help of some kind but the decision has to be theres. Klamath Falls is a great place to live we have a few bad apples ruining the bushel. They need to be put in jail and kept there, so it does not keep happening over and over. Perhaps then they may try to change there ways.
The rest of us can try to be a part of the solution. I am proud how Oregon has handled the methwatch and tried to make a difference. "

" It is apparent that everyone finds one way or another to blame anything and everything for all of the crimes being committed. It's not the DA's fault, because they can only do so much till you need to start looking at the local enviroment. What is Klamath offering to try and stop certin crimes. It's time to wake up and accept the truth.....all Klamath Falls needs is Jesus Christ and until you come to terms with the truth the same things will continue to happen! I pray for you all!!!! "

" Why, do we keep reading about same people over and over in the paper? Same old criminals doing the same crimes? Look at the girl who robbed the KLA-MO-YA casino, she is still walking around town. And her criminal history is as long as your arm, and had been in prison before? It seem like the solution is in the D.A office, why do the DA's keep letting criminals do there crimes over and over, is for funding? To show that there is a real need for bigger,better,safer, building fund? retirement plans? What is, well it's not to keep all of us safe!!!! And she is just one of many criminal out there FREE. "

" It doesn't sound like not even half of these crimes are committed by "wanna be gangster" M.E. If you notice the age of most of these criminals, they are well over 30. How sad is that. Small towns are and will always be filled with weirdo's, perverts and people who have nothing better to do with their lives. "

" Murders, shootings, molestation, rape, and more murders........Yeah sounds real safe. I agree if you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. And where are all these people getting the guns? Where are the Feds? Don't get me wrong, I love Oregon and KFalls is one of my favorite places to be. Some faith in humanity would nice to have, but people keep screwing it up. "

" Don't you know that smaller towns bringer more crimes. K-Falls is a town of wanna be gangsters so they try to make their point by doing stuff like this. Its ok K-Falls is safe! "

" Don't you mean "our little towns"? If you are not part of the solution, Eek, you are part of the problem. Looks like we have another "other parts of Oregon" big-city elite mentality with "Eek", folks! "

" Eek. I was under the impression your little towns were safe.... "