Stolen mail — A Portland letter carrier says he stole more than 10,000 pieces of mail to feed his toddler and pay for his methamphetamine habit. John Osborn appeared at an arraignment Friday before a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge on 114 charges of mail theft and 30 counts of identity theft. The Oregonian reports he has pleaded not guilty. Osburn was hired in June 2013 as a part-time employee. He did not have a dedicated postal route. A storage locker registered in Osborn’s girlfriend’s name was put up for auction when the rent went unpaid. When it was opened Tuesday, the owner found paychecks, financial statements, medical test results, vehicle registrations, utility bills and legal correspondence.

Drunk driving arrest — An Alaska man has been convicted of assaulting a police officer during a drunken-driving arrest after a jury rejected his claim that he was brutalized by police. Chad Paxton, a 29-year-old from Soldotna, Alaska, was stopped in Medford in December 2012. A dashboard camera shows a female police officer attempting to arrest Paxton and another officer coming to her aid. The three tumbled to the ground, where police say Paxton struck both officers before sprinting to a nearby scrap metal pile. Paxton’s girlfriend, Shilo Schalk, is shown in the video attempting to steal a police car to escape. A civilian in the car who accompanied the officers on a ride-along stopped her. Paxton was eventually detained.

Library van — The City of Irrigon had a public library for less than a month after a blueprint mixup. Now, the city’s sole library is back to operating out of a van. The $1.2 million public library opened in May next to City Hall. But the wall the library shares with City Hall was found to be insufficiently fire-proof. So the library was shuttered in June. Now, the city and The Oregon Trail Library District are trying to decide who will pay for the new wall. Before the new building, Irrigon’s public library was operated out of a school bus. In 2009, those operating it started fundraising through bake sales and yard sales to raise $1.2 million for a permanent home for 2,500 books.