Man robbed of stolen money
PORTLAND i.MM A bizarre
( use got n little stronger Saturday
when a bag full of iash was
robbed front a man who had
stolen it during one of the
nation’s largest automated teller
scams but was attempting to
return it to authorities
About a dozen (sir patrons gave
(.base and caught the man about
a him h aw ay As he vs as cap
lured, be tossed some of the cash
into the air, hut police recovered
tln> money
It all began when David Gal
higher, one of a group that used
a stolen card to rob $:)46 '70
from automated teller machines
t N
big containing SfiO.OOO in t ash to
the Secret .Service on Saturday as
part of his plea-bargain agree
men!
Gallagher, 40. said he was on
his way to meet his lawyer to turn
over the money when he de< id
ed to stop for .1 soft tlrmk
Gallagher. vs f11> was mi nn-k
end release, said !i« left the rash
to his car, f'artland police
spokesman ( W Jensen said
When he went out to the t ar to
grab some1 ash to pay his tvir tab.
he was i onfronted by a gunman
Jensen said Callaghttr wrestled
the gun away from his assailant,
hut the man took off w ith the bag
of l ash
Gallagher's st reams drew i
crowd. whic h chased and sub
clued the suspect
Pul ii e charged Justin Morns,
.'it. uf Milwaukte. with first
degree robbery unlaw ful use of
a weapon and possession of a
i ontmllod subst.un e. Jensen said
Jenson said police recovered
the money and were holding it as
evident e
Jensen admitted the whole
thing sounded fishy hut police
itelieved Gallagher's ai count
"To nay it sountiN like it coin
cidence would lx- an understate
m*mt. Jensen said "Bui a deux
(ivis talked la bwth Individual*
After talking to the susjhx 1. the
deles live fait confident that whnt
happened was exactly what was
said
Ualingher and four m romplu es
made ’24 withdrawal* from 4H
A l*Ms with a stolen card N'ov its
.
was one of the largt-st thefts ttf its
kind
The culprits made phony
deposit* and then withdrew the
money they falsely had told the
A I'M machine they d deposited
A computer software problem
at the Oregon Telco ( redd Union
removed the usual 5200 daily
limit on withdrawal* during the
Weekend spree
Ait five have pleaded guilts
and face sentences ranging from
to months to nearly four veers
Oregon militia leader quits group
SAI.KM (AI ‘) An Oregon
milili.i leader has disbanded his
group, citing n fear of govern
ment spies and a l.u k of support
from his followers
"My heart’s still m it," said
Mike Cross, n 28-vear-old insur
ant e salesman from Salem "Hut
it was too frustrating It s frus
trating there weren’t more peo
ple willing to get off their butts
and help."
Cross said Friday he believed
the Salem-based militia had
been infiltrated by government
spies “There were security
breaches," he said These went
plants hv the government
Oregon State Polite have been
monitoring militia groups since
the bombing in (Jklahoma tidy,
said I t Herme Giusto. polo e
spokesman
Hut Gross said his dot i sum to,
get out of the militia had noth
ing to til) u itil tile intense s< ruti
nv given to citizen militia
groups following the* bombing
"That part is a coincident.e." lie
said.
At the same time, said Gross,
government officials had tried l*»
"demonize” i ilizen militias m
the wake of the tragic bombing
■ ■ - lem
body.’* h*> said, "thev tan get
away with anything
Cross' dot ision to quit also
t oinoided vs ith the resignations
of top loaders in the Michigan.
Militia Corps and thn loader of
tho Box Klder militia in Utah
Cross hog,in organizing the
Northwest Oregon Regional
Militia las! October afr*■; reading
a newspaper article about the
Mil higan Militia
Northern California storm
causes floods, tornadoes
SHIM.11 FOU N, ( aid (AP) Another weather sys
tem washed into Northern ( alifumirt an Saturday. prudut mg
flash floods that vs as hint out roads and bridge* near l.assen
National I ores’ and tornado*"* thill uprooted tr«ts in 1.1 Dorado
Counts
As mui h as 4 iru hi'S of rain poured down in two hours Sot
uritav aft nr noun, furnug the closure of Highwav 44, the main
art nr v behvistn Redding and eastern Shasta (bounty, for about
<*0 irmiuti's until 2:30 p rn ICom Gardner said
1 ho water also washed out five or six small bridges »u rest*
dent ml areas in and around Shitigletown, In* said, and an
unknown number of people were stranded, hut nobody was
injured 1 he water l>«»gan rot edmg in the afternoon.
I he National Weather Servo e issued a tornado warning in
western hi Dorado Cantntv when <i pair of twisters tou* hod down
near l at robe Road and near Shingle Springs Nome trees were
uprooted at Shingle Springs hut no other damage was report
otl
I he series of storms that brought the latest round of flooding
to winter-wears Northern ( ildorma tame CHIt of Mayvaii, Nation
al Weather Serve a iii*»teor»»S».igist Miguel Miller said
Hie air is so heavy with water that every wave impulse is
dumping.' he said
1 he precipitation was no! heavy enough to warrant flood
wati hev hut residents along the Russian and Napa rivers, whii h
have overflowed their hanks already several times this year,
were keeping an eye on water levels
Right now we re just hanging on. Miller said
Rainfall totals on Saturday ran up to ’ im hes over 4rt hours
n the Sir! r .i Nev ad a east < >! ( .In. i < ( )t f ier .r \ her n S;*-r f .1 .mi-,
sm h as HdU rest in the Shasta and Siskiyou mountains' region
‘•aw more than i im hes w Nil*’ northern Men din mo Fountv .md
the mountains west of Healdshurg had about i im lies
Intermittentlv heavy rains wort* expected tot ontinue through
Monday then lighten up. Miller said More rain was expe< ted
Liter next week
With a ns ord snow pat k in the Sierra Nevada, rain up to H.tKHI
feel m elevation and reservoirs already at uipm ity water offi
1 ials are also keeping a t lose eve on dams and some are already
releasing extra amounts
Shasta and Orovilte dams started mi reasiug releases Fri
day. meteorologist Mike Pechner said
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