The St. Johns Review * #14 - JULY 10, 2015 * Page 7
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POLICE AND FIRE REPORTS
3-ALARM FIRE IN NW IN-
DUSTRIAL
News Release from Portland Fire & Rescue
Posted FlashAlert: June 27 2015 12:41 AM
Fire crews reported seeing a large col-
umn of smoke while responding and
arrived to find approximately an acre
of dry grasses on fire. High tempera-
tures and gusty winds between 5-10
mph dried out fuels to a point where
fire spread was rapid. Incident Com-
manders called additional alarms
to bring in enough personnel to get
around the fire on all flanks and pre-
vent it from burning into train tracks
on one side and a recycling facility
and tank farm on another. The final re-
sponse was a 3-Alarm, which brought
in over 70 firefighters, chief officers
and other support staff. The final size
of the fire is estimated between 20-30
acres. The cause of the grass fire is un-
der investigation .
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SHOPLIFTER BITES SALES-
MAN & FLEES
Police are looking for a shoplifter who
bit a salesman at a the Man’s Shop in
St. Johns. Witnesses said it was not
just a nip on the finger, but a bite to
the bone.
The Man’s Shop on North Lombard
well-established in the St. John’s
neighborhood, having been there for
75 years. According to owner Jerry
Leveton, The Man’s Shop has seen
its share of shoplifters. Leveton said
they often come in looking for jeans,
Levis in particular. On this Saturday
morning at 11 a.m., that is exactly
what Leveton said happened. “I was
outside; we had a sidewalk sale,” Le-
veton said. “And I heard a commotion
inside.” Beth Preciso, a tailor at the
shop, was helping the customer with
the jeans. She said the suspect came
out of the dressing room wearing the
store’s jeans and that he was about to
leave when she confronted him. “He
tried to go out the door, but there were
several of us there, so we stopped him
from going out,” Preciso said. Sales-
man Denny Hassler was one of those
who tried to stop the suspect from
leaving the store. The two got into a
tussle, and that is when Hassler was
bitten. “Denny grabbed onto him kind
of from behind,” Preciso said. “And he
bit on [Denny’s] finger because it was
close to his face.” Hassler’s friends
and coworkers at The Man’s Shop
worry the tussle will leave a mark. “He
was bleeding pretty badly,” Leveton
said. Hassler was taken to emergency
room and received stitches. He was
tested for tetanus and given antibiotics
in case of infection. In the meantime,
police found a bag the suspect had
been carrying with the jeans inside
about 10 blocks from the store. How-
ever, officers have not yet caught up
with the man who used his teeth as a
weapon. The suspect is described as an
African American man perhaps in his
30s, about 5’ 3” tall. He was last seen
wearing a hoodie and jeans. Anyone
with information is asked to call Port-
land Police.
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PORTLAND FIRE & RESCUE
SAVE KITTEN ON ST. JOHNS
BRIDGE
News Release from Portland Fire & Rescue
Posted FlashAlert: June 19 2015 7:00 AM
Portland Fire & Rescue responded to
a report of a kitten stuck on a gird-
er on the St. John’s Bridge around
3:10am. When fire crews arrived, they
found the kitten 10-12 feet below the
bridge deck, on a girder mid-span
on the bridge. Fire crews determined
that there was not a safe way to re-
trieve the kitten without the assistance
of PF&R’s Technical Rescue Team.
When the team arrived, they set up
a rope rescue system and lowered a
firefighter down to where the kitten
was located. The firefighter carefully
placed the kitten inside a bag and was
raised back up the outside of the bridge
with the kitten to the bridge deck. The
kitten was turned over to animal con-
trol to be evaluated and treated if nec-
essary. It is unknown how the kitten
got there, but it appears that it did not
get there by itself. Fire crews have un-
officially named the kitten “lucky” and
the pedestrian who found the kitten is
looking into adopting it.
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INVESTIGATION OF PER-
SON JUMPING FROM ST.
JOHNS BRIDGE
News Release from Portland Police Bureau
Posted FlashAlert: June 26 2015 2:45 PM
On Wednesday June 24, 2015, at 12:45
p.m., North Precinct officer responded
to the Willamette River, underneath
the St. Johns Bridge, after the report
that someone jumped from the bridge
into the river.
Boats and personnel assigned Portland
Fire & Rescue, the Multnomah Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Coast
Guard all responded and located the
body of a deceased person in the river.
The Medical Examiner identified the
deceased as 34-year-old Jonathan
Ross Crosby of North Portland. The
Medical Examiner ruled the death a
suicide.
Help is available for community mem-
bers struggling from a mental health
crisis and/or suicidal thoughts. Suicide
is preventable.
The Multnomah County Mental
Health Call Center is available 24
hours a day at (503) 988-4888. If you
or someone you know needs help with
suicidal thoughts or is otherwise in an
immediate mental health crisis, please
visit Cascadia or call (503) 963-2575.
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare has
an urgent walk-in clinic, open from
7:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., 7 days a week.
Payment is not necessary. Lines for
Life is also available 24 hours a day at
(800) 273-TALK (8255).
Information about the Portland Po-
lice Bureau’s Behavioral Health Unit
(BHU) and additional resources can be
found by visiting http://portlandore-
gon.gov/police/bhu
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