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Roger A. Pearce Jr. spent three decades as a successful attorney in the Northwest, representing prominent people and high-profile businesses in Oregon and Washington. He dedicated his free time to nonprofit boards and planning commissions. He spent countless hours doing pro bono legal work. He was well-liked in social circles and part of a happy marriage. By all measures, the name Roger Pearce was synonymous with success and respect. Except for one thing: Roger Pearce was not actually Roger Pearce. Who is the real Roger Pearce? Why did a prominent lawyer spend 50 years masquerading under a stolen identity? And how did the truth finally come to light? On the latest episode of Beat Check, Maxine Bernstein, who covers the federal court and crime and law enforcement for The Oregonian/OregonLive, shares the gripping story of how a prominent lawyer stole the identity of a deceased baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oregonian/OregonLive's Maxine Bernstein reported on the two-week trial in federal court that brought to light a pattern of crimes by defendant Negasi Zuberi. A final twist as the case was headed to the jury threatened to hold up the final verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on City Cast Portland, we're talking with Maxine Bernstein, staff writer at the Oregonian. She's been following dozens of suspicious lawsuits against small businesses for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many of these small, immigrant-owned businesses spent thousands of dollars to make repairs and avoid court. But some lawyers say they were basically extortion and local judges have been throwing these lawsuits out of court. Bernstein is here to share the scoop. Mentioned in Today's Episode: Lawyer Alleges Widespread Scheme to ‘Extort' Money from Portland Businesses Over Disability Access [Oregonian

A chauffeur couple are accused of stealing millions of dollars from their employer, Oregon-based publisher Win McCormack. Sergey Lebedenko and his wife, Galina Lebedenko, made up to $34 million in unauthorized charges to McCormack’s credit card, including several houses and a jet, according to a federal prosecutor. Maxine Bernstein wrote about the fraud for The Oregonian and joins us to talk about the case.

A terrifying mid-flight emergency forced an Alaska Airlines plane back to Portland Jan. 5 and launched an investigation that temporarily grounded fleets of Boeing 737 Max 9 passenger jets nationwide. Miraculously, nobody on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was critically hurt when a “door plug” — a wall panel that's used as an emergency exit on some planes but just a window on others — suddenly blew off, leaving a hole. The cabin depressurized, and passengers put on oxygen masks while the plane dropped to a lower altitude before making an emergency landing at PDX. Reporters Zane Sparling and Maxine Bernstein were among the team of journalists who spoke to investigators and shaken passengers. On this episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, they talk about their experiences working on the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maxine Bernstein has covered a lot of stories in her more than two decades with The Oregonian and now OregonLive. A recent Saturday run along the waterfront quickly gave way to a long day's work when she heard reports of a shooting at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, not far away in Northwest Portland's Nob Hill District. In this episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, Bernstein and Editor Therese Bottomly walk listeners through the chaotic day, which took Bernstein from Good Sam to the Stadium Fred Meyer to Gresham and then home, where she confronted an unusual ethical challenge. Bottomly recently wrote about challenges that day, July 22, in getting solid and accurate information from official sources to reassure the public, which had been told an assailant was on the loose and Good Sam under lockdown. The Portland Police Bureau gave detailed responses explaining their reasoning in releasing what information they did and describing what they must consider before letting information out to the public. Read the responses here. Bernstein, meantime, was able to confirm key details through the day to keep OregonLive readers informed hour by hour, along with breaking news reporter Austin De Dios, who was at the hospital much of the day. The Oregonian/OregonLive followed the day's news with a deeper story about the victim, Bobby Smallwood; concerns Legacy Health and other health care workers have about safety; and measures Legacy pledged to take to increase security at its hospitals. Bernstein describes two conversations she had with Smallwood's father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another year another record-setting number of homicides in Portland. What is driving the violence? On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, we chat with reporter Maxine Bernstein. We'll talk about the lives lost, what we know about the factors at play and much more. Subscribe to Beat Check anywhere you listen to podcasts to get the latest episodes each week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Portland metro is in the midst of an ongoing gun violence crisis – and homicides are already on pace to eclipse last year's record in the city. But there's another crisis that claimed more lives in Portland and Multnomah county last year that doesn't get as much attention: fentanyl overdoses. On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, we talk with Maxine Bernstein. We talked about her recent deep dive into fentanyl, what fentanyl is, where it comes from, the two Northeast Portland teens who died and what their parents have to say, and how social media – as with any other part of our society – is playing a major role. [A note: May 10th is National Fentanyl Awareness Day] Related reading: Merchants of death Violence follows fentanyl trade 'They poisoned my baby' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portland has rarely seen a deadlier weekend. A mass shooting at Normandale Park left one dead. A drive by shooter killed a mother and wounded her 1 and 5 year old. Portland police fatally shot a man while responding to a disturbance call. On the latest episode of Beat Check, we chat with Maxine Bernstein and Shane Dixon Kavanaugh. Max has covered police and law enforcement issues for the Oregonian since 1998. Shane is our Portland City Hall reporter. We talked about the unprecedented – and continued – gun violence in Portland, what police and political leaders are saying, the potential ripple effects, the devastating shootings last weekend and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Portland is on pace to shatter the record for most homicides in a calendar year. It's a confluence of factors. People lost their lives in all corners of the city, and there is no clear consensus on how to address the crisis On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, veteran reporters Maxine Bernstein and Noelle Crombie talk about the rise in gun violence. Max has covered law enforcement in Portland for more than two decades. Crombie has also covered criminal justice issues for the Oregonian for more than 20 years We talked about the victims, what's driving the surge here, whether Portland is an outlier, how petty disagreements and gang violence factor in here and the ongoing discussions about how to address the homicide crisis. Related:Read The Oregonian/OregonLive's full coverage of the crisisMore about the package See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nadia Kajouji was having a rough time. It was her first year of college, and she was suffering from depression. Feeling isolated, Nadia turned to an online forum where she found people struggling with suicidal thoughts. It didn’t take long for Nadia to make a new friend -- someone who understood what she was going through. The woman said her name was Cami. She was 31, a registered nurse, and living in Minneapolis. She claimed that she, too, was having suicidal thoughts. Then she suggested that she and Nadia make a suicide pact. Then Brandi tells us about the disappearance of Kyron Horman. To this day, what happened to little Kyron Horman remains unknown. What we do know is that on June 4, 2010, his stepmom Terri dropped him off at Skyline Elementary School, just in time for the science fair. She took a photo of Kyron in front of his poster, and then she says she watched him walk down the hall to class. But no one ever saw him in class. And despite the photo, no one remembered seeing him at the science fair, either. It was as if he’d vanished into thin air.And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.In this episode, Kristin pulled from:The “Killer Chatroom” episode of Web of Lies“Unmasking the Faribault, Minn., suicide nurse” Grand Forks Herald“Inside the tragic death of Nadia Kajouji: A teen pushed to suicide by an online predator,” by Patrick Gomez for People.com “Man who aided Ont. teen’s suicide gets year in jail,” CBC“Former nurse helped instruct man on how to commit suicide, court rules,” Associated Press“William Francis Melchert-Dinkel,” entry on WikipediaIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:“A Betrayal of Trust: Where is Kyron Horman?” by Jenn Baxter, Medium“Kyron Horman, missing 10 years: A timeline” by Lizzy Acker, The Oregonian“Kryron Richard Horman” The Charley Project“Landscaper wore wire, asked Terri Horman for $10,000 in murder-for-hire plot, sources say” by Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian“10 Years Later: Case of Missing Boy Kyron Horman Featured in TV Special on Investigation Discovery” by People Staff, People“Disappearance of Kyron Horman: wikipedia.org    YOU’RE STILL READING? My, my, my, you skeezy scunch! You must be hungry for more! We’d offer you some sausage brunch, but that gets messy. So how about you head over to our Patreon instead? (patreon.com/lgtcpodcast). At the $5 level, you’ll get 19+ full length bonus episodes, plus access to our 90’s style chat room!  

Portland is on pace to hit 100 homicides this year, an unprecedented tide of violence that many other cities also are facing. Last week, the City Council unanimously acted, funneling millions to violence prevention groups and creating a new police unit.On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, City Hall reporter Shane Dixon Kavanaugh and cops and courts reporter Maxine Bernstein talk about Portland’s new plan to tackle gun violence without boosting spending on police.We discussed how the deal came about; how it compares to the Portland Police Bureau’s Gun Violence Reduction Team disbanded last year; what the money will allow these groups to do, and much more.Related reading:Portland hopes $6 million plan stems violencePPB plans to shift resources See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When a serial stalker terrorized multiple families with young daughters earlier this year, a Northeast Portland neighborhood did what the Portland Police Bureau couldn’t – they banded together and tracked down a suspect, who was ultimately arrested on a warrant for a previous charge.On this episode, reporter Maxine Bernstein talks about her recent story highlighting that stalking case and what it says about the city's police bureau. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a story that first broke in February, Oregonian/Oregonlive reporter Maxine Bernstein detailed a case of overt racism that led to the wrongful arrest of a Black man named Michael Fesser in the wealthy Portland suburb of West Linn. Fesser sued the city, and got a $600,000 settlement. But the consequences for the officers involved — including the former West Linn police chief — are still unclear. We get an update on the case from Maxine Bernstein.

Danielle Outlaw arrived in Portland as police chief in 2017 to much acclaim. She talked about changing the bureau, repairing the relationship with the public and much more. She quietly left Portland to become Philadelphia's chief just before New Year's. Maxine Bernstein, who has covered every police chief since 1998, talks about Outlaw's legacy, the bureau's challenges and the new chief, Jami Resch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So this just coming thru today Earlier this week the body of 38 year old Coral-Rodriguez-Lorenzo was found near Camp Namanu….All evidence seemed to point to homicide as the cause of death. She had been listed has a missing person. Her husband Martin Gallo-Gallardo, 45, who has admitted to the murder …is un-documented,had been living in Southeast Portland and has been in custody before. Maxine Bernstein writes in the Oregonian Federal officers say they placed an immigration hold in March on a man facing domestic violence allegations but the Multnomah County jail wouldn't recognize their civil detainer. As I’m piecing this together today, new information is being released by Multinomah County Sheriff’s office statements concerning their perceived lack of co-operation with ICE officials. This is the latest I have as of this afternoon from MCSO KXL’s Jim Ferretti put out a statement request from Multnomah county Ill read. Good morning, KXL is requesting an interview with Sheriff Mike Reese regarding a case involving Martin Gallo-Gallardo. Mr. Gallo-Gallardo, a man in the country illegally, is accused of murdering his wife Coral Rodriguez-Lorenzo and dumping her body in a wooded area in Clackamas County. It has come to our attention that Mr. Gallo-Gallardo was arrested in March on assault charges, lodged in the Multnomah County Jail where an ICE Detainer was placed on him. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency says Multnomah County Jail refused to work with ICE and released Gallo-Gallardo. Sheriff, what is your response to the claim of refusal to work with ICE? Do you feel this is a man that should have been handed over to federal officers? What is your message to the citizens of Multnomah County following the news a man in the country illegally, who was in custody at the county jail, is now accused of murder? Here is MCSO’s response. Have a great day, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office is committed to public safety and keeping people in custody under current state and federal law concurrent with the authority and direction from the court. Portland Police arrested Martin Gallo-Gallardo on March 4, 2018 for Domestic Violence Assault IV. Martin Gallo-Gallardo was held in MCSO custody until March 8, 2018 when he posted bail and was released. At no time prior to his court authorized release did MCSO receive a civil detainer or a criminal warrant from ICE that would have allowed us to keep him in custody. If federal immigration authorities had reason to keep Martin Gallo-Gallardo in custody they failed to take the steps necessary to make that happen, including entering information into any law enforcement criminal databases. We received no communication from ICE in regards to Martin Gallo-Gallardo. Additionally, as our Federal partners are aware, even if ICE had sent a civil detainer, Oregon Jails cannot hold people due to the Federal court case: Miranda Oliveras v. Clackamas County. Sergeant Brandon White Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer

A week after the verdict was delivered in the trial of the Malheur refuge occupiers, we discuss the consequences of the acquittal of Ammon and Ryan Bundy, along with five other defendants.Did prosecutors in the Malheur occupation trial pick the wrong charges? Did race play any role in the acquittal of the seven defendants? How will the verdict affect the trial of the Bundys starting in Nevada in February?We're joined by freelance journalist Leah Sottile, The Oregonian/OregonLive's Maxine Bernstein, and OPB's Conrad Wilson.Subscribe to “This Land Is Our Land” on NPR One, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Find comprehensive trial coverage at http://www.opb.org/thislandShare your thoughts on the trial with us at thisland@opb.org.

The trial of seven Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupiers is now in the hands of the jury.OPB's Amanda Peacher joins OPB News Director Anna Griffin to walk through the final hours in the courtroom.Then, the Oregonian/OregonLive's Maxine Bernstein explains what jurors will be deciding after weeks of conversation about adverse possession, the Constitution, the Second Amendment and who controls public land.Subscribe to “This Land Is Our Land” on NPR One, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Find comprehensive trial coverage at www.opb.org/thisland.Share your thoughts on the trial with us at thisland@opb.org.

We take a look at the so-called patriot movement — a loosely-connected network of organizations that believe the federal government has overstepped its authority. We talk to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center — who believes these groups pose a serious threat to the safety of our country — and Joseph Rice — who is the leader of one of the organizations.Plus, OPB's Conrad Wilson and The Oregonian/OregonLive's Maxine Bernstein update us on the last full week of the government's case against the Malheur refuge occupiers.Subscribe to “This Land Is Our Land” on NPR One, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Find comprehensive trial coverage at http://www.opb.org/thisland.Share your thoughts on the trial with us at thisland@opb.org.

(Re-run: This program originally aired on February 25, 2011) Alongside arias from operas, lieder, a type of art song developed in Germany in the 19th century, are a beloved staple of a classically-trained singer's repertoire. VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman is joined in the studio by Maxine Bernstein, founder of Lieder Alive!, a Bay Area-based music series dedicated to furthering the art of lieder, and Kindra Scharich, a recitalist and opera singer who loves to perform lieder, for an exploration of this lyrical art form. (Playlist)

June 10th, 2014 was supposed to be a day of celebration for the students of Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon. Instead of taking finals, pulling senior pranks and saying goodbye for the summer, the 3,000 students and staff were horrified by the news of an active shooter on campus.   In this episode, Emily and Alisha discuss the shooter’s life leading up to the incident, the victims of the attack and the shocking statistics that our students face in their daily lives.   At the time of his death, Emilio Hoffman was dating Alyssa Karm, who, along with her boyfriend and fellow survivor Caden Gordy were gracious enough to sit down with Alisha and discuss their relationship and what transpired that day.   Check out the episode 4 blog on www.murderintherain.com/episode-4-keep-going-and-don-t-look-back to see photos about the case.    Sources: Troutdale Police Documents Multnomah County http://media.oregonlive.com/gresham_impact/other/ReynoldsFiles.pdf Oregon school shooting: Slain Reynolds student Emilio Hoffman surprised gunman, shot twice in chest Maxine Bernstein https://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/2014/06/oregon_school_shooting_slain_r.html Reports of Shooting at Reynolds High School Maxine Bernstein https://www.opb.org/news/series/reynoldsschoolshooting/reports-of-shooting-at-reynolds-high-school/ Oregon School Shooting: Reynolds High Gunmen Jared Padgett Wrote About Killing Classmates in Journal Maxine Bernstein https://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/2014/06/oregon_school_shooting_gunman_1.htm The K-12 School Shooting Statistics Everyone Should Know CS Staff https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/safety/k-12-school-shooting-statistics-everyone-should-know/ Police: Oregon school shooter Jared Michael Padgett was armed with AR-15 rifle Nick Ramsey http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/jared-michael-padgett-oregon-shooting   The New Evil: Understanding the Emergence Of Modern Violent Crime Michael Stone, MD and Gary Brucato, PhD - Prometheus Books - 2019 Images Pg 309 - 311Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/murder-in-the-rain/donations