Karapalides and that his client appeared to be acting in self-defense after being struck in the chest with a hatchet. Assistant District Attorney Brinna McGillin successfully argued that all ...

Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said the deputies who shot a man who threw a bat and a hatchet at them fired in ...

A hasty honk at a wayward driver escalated into a frenzied chase and frantic self-defense by Matt Griffin as he grabbed a sheathed camping hatchet outside his Southeast Portland home two years ago.