J uly 16, 1997 • T he P ortland O bserver
P O L IC E H E W S
Police ask for assistance in
family hit and run investigation
The Portland P o lice B u reau's
T ra ffic D ivisio n is asking fo r the
vehicle described as a 1986-1990
p u b lic ’ s help in id e n tify in g the sus
pect and vehicle in vo lve d in a recent
the three o f them
The vehicle, w hich was traveling
eastbound, is believed to have sus
tained damage to the drivers side
door and possible damage to the
H it and Run accident
On Sunday. June 29, 1997 at ap
proxim ately 6:00 p.m., a SE Port
land fa m ily was crossing SE Powell
at SE 42nd Avenue. As they crossed
la w fu lly w ith the tra ffic signal, a
Mazda R X -7, white in color, struck
tlip -u p headlight door.
Scott Huber. 37 years, is s till at
the Oregon Health Sciences U niver-
Homicide investigation
On Saturday, July 12, 1997 at
2:08 in the afternoon. East Precinct
U n ifo rm O ff icers were dispatched to
5120 N E 42nd Avenue (C nss A uto
D etailing) on a report o f a man shot
fo llo w in g an argument. U pon arrival
officers found a 40-year-old black
male, inside the b u ild in g , dead from
apparent gunshot wounds.
The suspect in the case, who is a 33-
year-old black male and a close rela
tive o f the deceased, lef t the area in a
known vehicle and is being sought.
A witness, w ho is reportedly re
lated to both the deceased and the
suspect, was at the location at the
tim e o f the incident. But at this time,
the circumstances surrounding the
argument and shooting are s till under
in v e s tig a tio n .
Investigators assigned to the case
are In ve stig a tive Sergeants Kent
Perry and George Young.
The deceased has been identified
address where he had been liv in g , in
the 8(MM) Block o f Interstate Avenue,
and has not been seen since.
Steven Harvey M cC ullough is a
45-year-old w hite male, DOB A p ril
24, 1952. He is 6' tall and weighs
a p p ro x im a te ly
265
p o u n d s.
M cC ullough is blind in his left eye
w hich has a m ilk y colored appear
ance. T o conceal it. he wears glasses
w ith the left lens being darker.
C rim e Stoppers is o ffe rin g a cash
Investigators assigned to the M u lt
McCullough. A felony arrest warrant,
charging M cC ullough w ith several
reward o f up to $ 1.000 for in fo rm a
tion, reported to C rim e Stoppers, that
daddy were fig h tin g . S hortly there
after, the neighbor heard gunshots
A p p ro xim a te ly tw o blocks away,
on SE 48th Avenue, office rs found a
4 1-year-old male who was bleeding
Suspicious
disappearance
and called 9 - 1 -1 .
O fficers, w hile en route to the
address, were advised by dispatch
M issin g : D aniel A llen M cA lliste r
Portland Police Detectives, in
cooperation w ith C rim e Stoppers,
are asking fo r your help in locating
man and vehicle who disappeared
under suspicious circumstances
On M onday, June 16, 1997,
Daniel A lle n M c A llis te r picked
up a load of 122 used tires from the
Costco Store at NE 138 and Sandy,
On Saturday. July 12, 1997, at
2:14 in the m orning,C entral Precinct
U nif orm O ffice rs were dispatched to
the B arbur Boulevard Transit Sta
tion, 9750 S.W Barbur Boulevard,
truck he was d riv in g have been
seen since.
Daniel A lle n M c A llis te r is a
50-year-old white male, D O B / De
cember 23, 1946. He is 5 ’ 8" tall
and weighs approxim ately 160
pounds, w ith b ro w n eyes and
C hevrolet pickup, w ith Oregon
plates Q N P I44. The vehicle has
iron rails, mounted on the bed, which
extend over the cab of the truck
Crime Stoppers is offering acash
tion.
The names o f the tw o officers, per
reward o f up to $ I .(XX) for inform a
tion that leads to the resolution of
the Police Bureau’ s p o lic y , are being
w ithheld for 24 hours to a llo w them
this case, and you need not give
your name. Call either Crim e Stop
pers al (503) 823-HELP, or the
Portland Police Bureau Detective
to contact their fam ilies.
Investigators assigned to the case
D ivision al (503) 823-0400.
are In ve stig a tive Sergeants Tom
Nelson and M ike H efley.
The investigation is continuing.
e ffo rts to meet w ith p olice or ask
questions w hich “ w eren' t answered.’
“ She is not our problem I wish we
had more people like h e r," said Fred
Stewart, president o f the K in g N eigh
tion.
C om m issioner Gretchen Kafoury
ferent kind o f store.
" I feel lost," Rho told The Port
land Observer afterward “ I did not
expect this. They just demolished 11
o f the road for her business.
“ Today we presented our argu
ment to O LC C , not to these people,"
years o f c re d ib ility ."
Walsh held R ho’ s hand and con-
expected the city council to support
her “ respectful" i f “ not perfect"
C o u n cil M em ber C h a rlie Hales
adm itted the decision was d iffic u lt
because o f the nearby O L C C store
and its increased hours that co n trib
ute to the evening’ s congregating
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“ I know she is try in g ," said C om
m issioner E rik Sten, “ but things are
out o f c o n tro l"
“ She failed, but i f someone else
runs the store it w ould get worse," he
adm itted, before vo tin g against re
newal.
Katz speculated the 5-0 vote would
a llo w O L C C to “ strike a hard bar
g a in " w ith the owners in an effo rt to
create changes.
Hale noted the c ity has "an inter
est in not having an em pty parking lot
at that c o m e r."
“ I ’ m sorry it got to this point, but
I th in k it is tim e to d e n y ," said
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But instead o f co m p lyin g , the sus
pect spun around and came out of the
car in a q uick m otion h u rlin g a large
dark object w hich struck one o f the
officers in the head. Sim ultaneously,
as the object struck the o ffice r, the
second o ffic e r fired tw o shots, both
soled the storekeeper, noting the
unanimous 5-0 vote was not the end
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passenger’ s w indow s broken out.
T w o officers approached the sus
pect and ordered him to “ freeze.”
store partnership that w ould involve
financial assistance to create a d if
He noted that such dedication to
b u ild in g a business in a d i ffic u lt place
has helped increase the income lev
els o f the neighborhood He called
vive.
The investigation is continuing.
J u ly 22 th ro u g h A ugu st 5, 1997
station, leaning through the open
passenger's door o f a w hite Nissan
sedan w h ic h had the rig h t side
o f w hich struck the suspect.
The suspect, identified as 27-year-
old Robert Dean Bliss, whose last
known address was in Southeast Port
land, was transported to O .H.S.U .
where he is listed in c ritic a l co n d i
brown hair.
The vehicle is a faded red, 197
(4357).
“ opened their business w hen no one
else w ould. They c o m m itte d them
selves and things are better."
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on a report o f a man breaking into
cars by smashing out the w indow s.
Upon arrival officers located the man,
in the southern part o f the transit
and was to return them to his place
o f employm ent at Flatt T ire Sup
ply, 7921 NE M a rtin Luther K ing
Jr. Boulevard, but never arrived.
N either M r. M c A llis te r, nor the
Abuse Team at (503) 248-5249, or
C rim e Stoppers at (503) 823-H E LP
tutes w ho congregated at that corner
a decade ago, Stewart said the Rhos
John M iles Sturgis.
Sturgis was transported by am bu
lance to O .H .S .U ., where doctors
Avenue.
Francesconi when m aking the fo r
mal m otion. Katz seconded the m o
N a zi."
R ecalling the num ber o f prosti
fro m se ve ra l a p p a re n t g u n sh o t
wounds to the head. The injured male.
head, has been id e n tified as 41 year
that a male covered w ith blood was
seen w a lkin g southbound on SE 50th
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part in the neighborhood problems.
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by Kerns Neighborhood businesses.
old John M iles, w ho is also know n as
King Food Mart liquor license renewal shot down
borhood Association, com plaining
the police reports exaggerated Rho’ s
and g ift certificates.
A ll items are generously donated
Avenue, O ffice rs found a 38-year-
old female inside the home, dead
from an apparent gunshot wound.
call 9-1-1.
leads to an arrest in this case, or any
unsolved felony crim e, and you do
not have to give your name. C all
either the M ultnom ah C ounty C hild
said w ithout alcohol sales, the store
could expand its sale o f grocery items
and possibly reapply in a few years.
Hale agreed and called fo r a c ity -
T a c k w o n -D o by M aster B e tte n
co u rt and his students. A u th e n tic
including food, services, products
who sustained gunshot wounds to the
Barbur Boulevard
Transit Station - 9750
S.W. Barbur Boulevard
12-year-old boys, is on tile.
A pparently aware o f the pending
investigation M cC ullough left the
the L a u re lth irs t P ublic House, a
d e m o n stra tio n of the ancient art of
residents.
D ozensoffun items w ill be raf fled,
U pon a rriva l at 4635 SE 50th
in connection w ith the shooting
death o f E rvin Criss
The location where the incident
occurred, Criss A u to Detail, 5120
N E 42nd Avenue, is a fa m ily owned
b u sin e ss in v o lv in g E rv in and
scene o f the incident.
live entertainment and a rattle.
E n te rta in m e n t w ill in clu d e liv e
m usic by the P rairie D ogs, fro m
by T o u ch M o n ke y.
Food w ill include hamburgers,
hotdogs and ice cream donated by
neighborhood businesses, and pot
luck dishes brought by neighborhood
On Tuesday, July 8, 1997, at ap
proxim ately 8:20 in the evening, a
young ch ild went to a neighbor s
house and said that her m om m y and
Officer
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Shooting
F re d rick Criss and th e ir mother.
There m other was reportedly at the
egon St).
N eighborhood residents and area
businesses w ill gather fo r tree food,
M id d le Eastern Dance by Eariba,
and con ta ct im p ro v is a tio n dance
O ffic e r A l R eauff at 823-2207, or
incident in a black Mercedes-Benz
sedan w ith unknown license.
Fredrick Adam Criss is currently
wanted on a no bail probation v io la
tion warrant. In addition, investiga
tors want to locate and question him
counts o f Sex Abuse involving two
nomah County C hild Abuse Team, in
cooperation w ith Crim e Stoppers, arc-
asking for your help in locating and
a p p re h e n d in g
S teven
H a rv e y
dent Sharon W ard says.
K erns N e ig h b o rh o o d A sso cia
tio n is h o stin g its annual N a tio n a l
N ig h t out P icn ic on Tuesday A u
gust 5, fro m 6 P M 9P M at O regon
Park (co rn e r of N E 30th and O r
SE 50th Avenue Homicide Investigation
northeast Portland.
33-year-old Fredrick Adam Criss,
w ho is the brother o f E rvin Criss,
reportedly left the scene after the
Wanted Subject
without glasses
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A nyone w ith inform ation about
this crim e is asked to contact T ra ffic
as 40-year-old E rvin Floyd Criss of
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