![Left: On Oct. 14, 2021, Oregon State Police Trooper Adam Miller stopped a white Acura sedan with California license plates after seeing the car failing to properly signal during a lane change on northbound Interstate 5 near mile marker 14. These are counterfeit prescription pills made with fentanyl found in a shoe box in the rear seat, according to court records. The driver, Carlos Alberto Torres, is accused of possession with Intent to distribute controlled substances.
Right: On Feb. 18, 2020, federal agents arrested Leidy Lorena Montenegro Cuenca as she was leaving a business in Clackamas. She was holding a bag that contained these two aluminum fire extinguishers, according to prosecutors. Inside the fire extinguishers, agents found about 55,000 fentanyl pills, according to court records.](https://www.oregonlive.com/resizer/1WohR1uRkHgnPGHT3IVhpkDFrcQ=/0x1200/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/ESVDL6T54RGYLBHPGTL4H3HF7M.jpg)
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.
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.