Dan Tilkin

Local & Regional Bridge over Lewis River 1 of 156 in WA deemed 'structurally deficient'

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 24, 2013 at 6:54 PM PDT Last Updated: May 24, 2013 at 6:54 PM PDT

When it was built, Interstate 5 didn’t exist. And all these years later it's on the list of bridges deemed "structurally deficient."

Local & Regional Cop accused of rape has history of run-ins with law, but kept job (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 23, 2013 at 6:10 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 6:10 PM PDT

Officer Chris Warren was fired once but the city of Beaverton gave him his job back. The reason he's kept his job is he has never been convicted of anything.

KATU Investigators Neighbors fear the worst at redesigned crosswalk in SE Portland (Video)

By Dan Tilkin On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: May 14, 2013 at 6:41 PM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 1:03 PM PDT

Residents of one neighborhood are afraid someone is going to be killed in what seems a poorly designed new crosswalk on one of Portland’s busiest streets.

Local & Regional Family: Man who allegedly broke into girl's room is living in the past

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 13, 2013 at 6:50 PM PDT Last Updated: May 14, 2013 at 10:49 AM PDT

Jesse Williams' family thinks his trouble with time is the reason he's accused of breaking into an 11-year-old girl's bedroom while she slept.

Politics Double standard? State senator defends job appointment (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 6, 2013 at 8:56 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM PDT

Republican state Sen. Don Benton, who represents Vancouver, is in familiar territory. He once went on KATU questioning whether a political opponent negotiated a backroom deal.

Local & Regional Do you know what's already in Portland's water? (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 2, 2013 at 10:34 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 10:37 PM PDT

The Bull Run Watershed is a beautiful location that represents natural purity. The city doesn't filter the water it sends into homes. But as soon as the water leaves the lower dam, the first of several chemicals is added before gravity pulls the water toward the city.

KATU Investigators Businesses, charities fear Sharing Spree reneged on promises (Video)

By Kelly Hatmaker KATU News, Dan Tilkin KATU On Your Side Investigator Published: Apr 25, 2013 at 7:43 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

Three local businesses have filed lawsuits against a company that promised deals for customers and donations for charities.

Local & Regional Preview: Is Sharing Spree just one big scam?

By Dan Tilkin KATU News Published: Apr 25, 2013 at 4:29 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 25, 2013 at 4:30 PM PDT

Charity or scam? KATU On Your Side Investigator Dan Tilkin is on the trail of hundreds of thousands of dollars that seemingly disappeared.

Local & Regional Family, friends form 'Faces for Change' after bullied teen's death (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Apr 15, 2013 at 8:05 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 8:53 PM PDT

Jadin Bell was a teenager pushed to despair and now there is an effort to turn his short life into a life-changing movement for others.

Local & Regional Community reels over death of 9-year-old girl hit by stray bullet (Video)

By Erica Nochlin, Valerie Hurst, Dan Tilkin and KATU.com Staff Published: Apr 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM PDT

A community is in shock over the death of a 9-year-old girl who was shot and killed by a bullet that was never meant to be fired.

Home Joseph Wolters' background (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News Published: Apr 15, 2013 at 6:04 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 15, 2013 at 6:04 PM PDT

Wolters is a military man and from his resume, it appears he should know how to handle guns well.

KATU Investigators Medical errors underreported. Why? System voluntary (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Apr 12, 2013 at 1:18 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM PDT

Oregon hospitals are supposed to report medical mistakes to a state agency called the Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

KATU Investigators Boy becomes troublesome after pulled from foster home (Video)

By Dan Tilkin On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Apr 11, 2013 at 7:23 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:50 PM PDT

The boy threatened to kill his new foster parents. Three times in just the last two months, he's had to be put in an institution.

Local & Regional Sheriff says jail is full, needs to release illegal immigrants (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 29, 2013 at 6:22 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 at 6:22 PM PDT

Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton says it's the best choice in a bad situation.

Politics Foster kids press lawmakers for 'Bill of Rights' (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 21, 2013 at 11:33 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:47 PM PDT

A KATU On Your Side Investigation exposed problems with the foster care system in January when the state removed two children from their foster home of several years.

KATU Investigators Ambushed: Documents shine some light on Oregon soldier's death (Video)

By Dan Tilkin and Kelly Hatmaker, KATU News Published: Mar 21, 2013 at 6:52 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of what's probably Oregon's most famous Iraq war death. And it has been an agonizing 10 years of unknowns for his parents. Was he was accidentally left behind during an ambush in the city of Nasiriyah? Or did he choose to stay behind while his convoy of vehicles from the 507th Maintenance Company escaped?

KATU Investigators ID-theft or clerical error? Woman wonders why tax return rejected (Video)

By Dan Tilkin On Your Side Investigator Published: Mar 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT

A college student waiting for her tax refund is now fighting to protect her identity after someone else started using her Social Security number.

Local & Regional Message to killer: 'Who you are will be forgotten' (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 14, 2013 at 10:48 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM PDT

Mark Beebout, who killed a woman and a teenage girl, showed no remorse Thursday when he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

KATU Investigators Clouds of doubt envelop business's claims to help charities (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 11, 2013 at 10:40 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM PDT

An Oregon company is promising great deals while helping charity, but some people doing business with it say they're owed thousands of dollars.

Local & Regional Girl's death renews concern over lack of sidewalk improvements (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 1, 2013 at 8:05 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM PDT

Morgan Cook's death is renewing talk about how Portland has long neglected road and sidewalk improvements in Southeast Portland.

Local & Regional Help sought to track down where accused drunken driver drank (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 27, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

Under Oregon law, a bar can be held liable for over serving a customer.

Local & Regional Open MAX train door: 'This type of failure is rare' (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 18, 2013 at 9:33 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:50 PM PDT

A MAX train traveled between two stops last week with one of the passenger doors wide open, prompting safety concerns.

Local & Regional Woman says she was abused by church leader, seeks $16 mil. (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 15, 2013 at 6:51 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:30 PM PDT

A Lake Oswego church now faces a mega-lawsuit in federal court as one of its former youth leaders is accused of grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl.

Local & Regional To protect evidence of a crime, police can seize your cellphone (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 14, 2013 at 6:36 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:16 PM PDT

According to the Gresham Police Department, a police officer who snatched a cellphone from a woman recording officers making an arrest was acting quickly to keep potential video evidence of a crime from being erased.

KATU Investigators Caterer splits when KATU goes looking for answers (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 11, 2013 at 10:46 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

The owner of a defunct catering business who left his customers high and dry isn't answering questions.