
Lake Oswego police arrested six men and connected three women with victim services during a Nov. 6 human trafficking operation involving FBI Portland, eight other agencies and advocacy group Safety Compass.
Public Safety
A Clackamas County jury convicted Ronald Joseph Kirk, 38, of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his mother, Rosa Leyva, 61, at her Gladstone home in November 2024. Kirk faces a life sentence with a minimum 25 years when he is sentenced Nov. 4.

Public Safety
A new Lewis & Clark Law Review article uses the Flora Spa human trafficking case in Lake Oswego to examine how weak Oregon massage-industry oversight enabled exploitation, as eight defendants await trial in January.

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