Good evening. And we begin at five with a
wild and dangerous getaway in Hillsborough,
where a man accused of murder escaped from
the courthouse at the start of his trial,
prompting a frantic search.
Thanks for joining us. I'm David molko.
And I'm Laurel Porter.
The suspect is back in custody tonight.
Our Mike Benner joins us to break
down the escape attempt. Mike.
Yeah, Laurel, this is straight
out of a movie sort of stuff.
I think it's safe to say that the
employees of this courthouse behind me,
law enforcement, and really people who
live and work in this general area,
are breathing a collective
sigh of relief tonight after
getting a brief look at freedom,
a man who is on trial for allegedly
killing one person and injuring
another is back in police custody
facing a number of new charges,
including burglary and escape.
This is craziness.
The whole downtown is just chaos.
Chaos in downtown Hillsborough Monday
on the ground and from the air.
Law enforcement from all over.
Look for a murder suspect who escaped
from the Washington County Courthouse.
Oh my gosh, that's scary.
That's really scary.
I just want to go home. That's bad.
This is the man police and sheriff's
deputies were looking for,
Eddie Villalobos in April 2021.
Authorities say Villalobos stabbed
to death of family member in
Cornelius later that same day.
We're told Villalobos badly injured
a second person in Wilsonville before
police tracked him down and arrested him.
A gentleman was on trial starting his trial.
They're actually starting
the jury selection process.
This morning,
he was brought into court by two deputies,
Sergeant Danny Depietro.
Says after a bathroom break and after
his restraints had been removed,
which is organ law,
Villalobos made a run for it.
He was able to get away from the two
deputies assigned to him and third
party security stationed in the courthouse.
I wouldn't call it a failure.
What I would call it is we need
to reassess how we do things.
That's for another day.
Today's priority was capturing Villalobos.
Law enforcement set up a perimeter
and thanks to a tip from the public,
tracked Villalobos to an apartment
near SE 4th and baseline.
Was so close
right there. But I kept hearing the
door open. And closing
and opening, closing.
Suzanne Siller lives in the apartment
complex where deputies found Villalobos
hiding in an unoccupied home,
eventually arresting him,
bringing to an end a tense
few hours in Hillsborough.
Thank God they caught him. Oh my God.
That's scary. It is scary.
Yeah, it certainly was for
so many people in this area.
I can tell you that Villalobos trial
for second degree murder was postponed.
In light of what happened today,
when it resumes, I think it's safe
to say that there will be extra
security in the courtroom. Back to
you. Yeah, I think there's
probably a good chance of that.
Mike Benner in Hillsboro.
Thank you, Mike.
Well, first came the shock of the
snowstorm itself with drivers abandoning
their cars on the ice and the gridlock.
We're gonna hear from one at just a second.
Now comes the sticker shock.
Of actually getting their vehicles back.
So, as we've been reporting, many drivers,
including Victoria Charan, got stuck on Hwy.
26, among many, many, many other highways,
last Wednesday when that
historic snowstorm hit Portland.
So after she trudged away that night,
ODOT tagged her car as a hazard.
A company named Anderson Towing
and Recovery hauled it away.
Fast forward when Sharon went
to get it and saw the bill.
There it is, she said.
She was horrified.
Alright, obviously having a little
trouble playing that sound out.
The charge was $787.00.
Sharan saying she was devastated.
We talked to ODOT,
they say they're not aware towing
companies were charging that much.
Then we reached out to P bot,
which said fees that high
are also not the norm.
Meanwhile, Anderson Towing said
they'd get back to us with a
comment today explaining the fees,
but we still have not received a response.
We'll definitely keep you updated there
and we may not be done
with the snow yet either.
David, there's potential tonight
for more winter weather around
the Portland metro region.
Meteorologist Joe Raineri tracking
that in our first forecast.
Joe, how much are we talking about here at
this time? It's, you know,
it's almost getting comical.
This is late February, almost to the
early part of March where we should be
transitioning into warmer conditions.
And I can tell you we will be seeing
most of the heaviest snow arrive
throughout tomorrow morning commute.
I'll show you that in a second.
But because of the threat of snow,
late tonight and into tomorrow morning,
we will be under some watches and warnings.
This white color is a winter weather.
Advisory that's in place until early
tomorrow morning, 500 feet and above.
But again, with this cold air in place,
there's a chance that we could be seeing,
you know, that the snow level
dropped down to the sea level,
down to the valley floor.
If that's the case,
we could be seeing light accumulation at
times throughout the morning commute.
Basically I'm saying the window for,
you know,
widespread accumulation can be
from anywhere from about sunrise,
7:00 o'clock or so,
all the way into the early part
of the afternoon.
So as we get to the weather headlines,
a cold front arrives tonight.
Snow levels drop snow level overnight,
500 feet if you travel throughout the coast.
Change,
you'd be looking at 2 to 4 inches
possible and up in the Oregon Cascades,
another round of heavy snow which
you have been seeing a good part
of the last couple of weeks,
again accumulating snow possible
during tomorrow morning commute.
And if you think you're not
ready for another round of this,
potentially seeing a long drive
to your destination tomorrow,
maybe just hold off till the
afternoon if you can.
So as we look at the radar,
we are seeing a little bit of
some unstable air out there.
So we're seeing some heavy
downpours at times.
Also some heavier snow showers in a
few locations throughout the coast.
Change.
You'll be seeing that later on tonight,
but this is at upper level low and
that cold front that will be moving on
shore late tonight and into tomorrow.
And coming up to my detail forecast,
I'll let you know when we'll be
seeing some drier weather and if
we'll ever warm up above 45 degrees or
so. A lot to watch, a lot going on.
Thank you, Joe.
Last week storm in the aftermath also
caused some local restaurants to miss
out on what could have been extra business.
Brian Clerkley is in The Newsroom tonight.
Brian, we're talking about
Black Restaurant Week.
It sounds like these business owners
are now hoping people will show up this
week and help make up the difference.
Yeah, David, it was formed back
in 2016 to stimulate black-owned,
black-owned businesses and local
economies without any government relief.
But a lot of these restaurants had to
close for a couple of days last week
due to the snow and they're hoping
they can make this up this week.
Just a fresh, bold flavor,
just some different flavors.
It's really simple,
but I think also just feeling good
when you were eating the food.
Nakisa Newton owns meals for Heels,
a Portland meal delivery service that
focuses on vegetarian and vegan food.
Today she's catering in Vancouver.
She has fresh vegetables, cheese,
kale and other healthy items.
The snowstorm took some business
away from Black Restaurant Week.
She had to close her kiosk in Southeast
Portland on Thursday. On Friday,
just, you know, it just, it was really,
it was kind of deflating I think
because there's a lot of communication
with the people who are putting
it on and just gearing up for it.
So but it's just, I don't know,
it's just one of those things that happens.
I like the snow.
According to the US Census Bureau,
less than 20% of US
businesses are minority owned.
Newton says the name meals for Heels
comes from her time feeding sex workers.
Her ex-girlfriend was going to school,
interning and dancing.
To pay for school,
her cooking was a way to feed her.
She started bringing the food to the club.
It became popular and the business was born.
And so when when it got to the club,
all her coworkers just like,
girl, what are you eating?
What is that like,
where did you get that from?
And so that kind of sound in my
head and I thought that would be
a really good idea with over 75
plus strip clubs in Portland,
Newton says Black Restaurant Week is a
chance for people in the Portland Metro
to support black-owned businesses and
try new Foods over in Hillsborough.
So we do our say fruit and vegetables.
I saw everything's all fresh,
all natural, all natural ingredients.
Owner of Rush Bowls, a dabula Adewale
may and his staff are making fresh
and healthy ossai bowls with fruit
and all types of toppings.
This is his first year participating
in Black Restaurant Week,
and there's not a lot of healthy
options of what you're of what
to eat when you're on the go.
That's quick and easy.
Rush bowls has been open for three years.
He also had a rough start to Black
Restaurant Week because of the winter storm.
They were closed on Thursday
and opened up late Friday. Black
restaurant orders can be all come all
flavors, different types of foods and
just gives us the opportunity to share.
You know our our heritage and our
our leadership to the community.
And Black Restaurant Week goes until
March 5th last year the organization.
Showcased over 1200 black-owned
restaurants across the country
and I'll post a link on our
website kgw.com so people can
check out all these restaurants.
David Laurel well
let's have a lot of folks step up
to support them. Thank you Brian.
You can find continuing coverage of
the Snow Storm recovery and any new
winter weather that could be on the way.
Check it out on air and online.
Just visit kgw.com,
download our mobile app or stream on KGW.
Plus developing
tonight. Police in Oregon
City are looking into Flyers.
With white supremacist messages people
in three different neighborhoods
say they found in their front yards.
Blair Best joins us now and Blair
this has actually happened before,
David. There were similar
incidents about two months ago,
but this latest one was over the
weekend in residential neighborhoods,
people found Flyers in their front
yards and driveways with white
supremacist messages on them.
Oregon City police picked up
more than 20 of the Flyers.
Now they don't believe there is any
danger associated with the Flyers and
are handling it as a bias incident.
Which is different than a biased crime.
They're forwarding the reports onto
the State Department of Justice.
Now.
This all happened on a so-called
National Day of Hate,
which is organized by domestic
hate groups and other extremists.
It makes me sick. One that we
have a national day of hate.
Why would we? There's enough
going on in the world as it is
right now anyway. Well,
we definitely don't want to give
any of these white supremacy
groups of platform to,
you know, propagate their hate.
But we also want to make sure that
we're denouncing it when we see it.
Oregon City's mayor called the
incident appalling and pointed to
the city's values of understanding,
inclusivity and tolerance,
but says clearly there's
still a lot of work to do.
Now police are asking people if they see
any of these Flyers or any other hateful.
Behavior to give them a call.
David Laurel.
Thank you, Blair.
One person is dead and another is critically
hurt in a deadly shooting in Northeast
Portland's Hazelwood neighborhood.
It happened early yesterday morning.
Police say they haven't arrested anyone
and they're not looking for suspects.
There have been 8 homicides
this year in Portland.
This would be the 9th if confirmed.
That's less than last year,
when Portland had 18 homicides by this time.
Or knowing that I'll
never be able to talk to him again,
or play tennis with him again,
or hang out with him again like
it felt awful. Like it, you know?
Like it just destroyed me, you
know? Well, new tonight we are
following up on Griffin Hoffman,
the Northeast Portland High School
sophomore and tennis star who took
what he thought was a prescription
painkiller nearly one year ago,
a pill that turned out to be fentanyl.
And this evening at 11,
you're going to hear directly from Griffin's
teammates about losing their team captain,
their mentor, their friend,
and from Griffin's coach who's
finding a way to honor Griffin's life.
We were there as coach Larry
Hermida launched the Griffin
Hoffman Memorial Foundation with a
tournament in the 16 year old's honor.
The goal?
To provide scholarships to McDaniel.
High school students for college to bring
tennis to those who can't afford to play,
and so much more.
I considered Griffin like my son,
and so it's really.
He had a huge impact in our life and my life
and I know the kids on the team.
Well, after all, coach Larry says it
was Griffin who recruited many of
his teammates and even taught some
of them the basics on how to play.
This foundation is also about continuing
that really important conversation
around fentanyl after the deadly drug,
up to 100 times more powerful than morphine
claimed the life of another Portland
high school student just last week.
The full story what we are calling
Team Griffins coming up tonight at 11.