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* • • .<' r>* • » iïîx ü c j - J -■ ¿4 a..-» NOV. 19,1997 Page A2 (The P ortbmò (lilh'Strim nr P O L IC E JVEWS On Monday. November 17, 1997, at 10:00 in the evening, Northeast Precinct Unitomi Officers were dis patched to an apartment at 4550 NE 14th Place, on a report of a shooting. Upon arrival officers and medical personnel found a 20-year-old black male dead from an apparent gunshot wound. The residents of the apartment said when they answered a knock at their door the subject, who they did not know, walked in and collapsed on the floor. At this point i, appears the sub ject, whose name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin, was probably near the corner of NE 14th Place and Going when he was shot, possibly in a drive-by type shooting. The subject then walked around the corner and down the street to the nearby apartm ent where he knocked on the door. The m otive for the shooting is still under investigation and the investigation is continuing. In vestigative Sergeants are Wayne Svilar and Duane W entlandt. On Sunday, Novem ber 9, at 9:54 in the m orning, Police and m ed ica l w ere d is p a tc h e d to W ashm an’s Car Wash, 1530 NE Marlin Luther King Boulevard, on a report of what was believed to be a dead body on the eastside of the building Upon arrival Northeast Pre- cinct uniform officers and m edi cal personnel found a white male, believed to be 36 years of age, dead at the scene. The subject who appears to be a transient and whose identity has not yet been confirm ed, appears to have been in some type of altercation. The v ictim ’s name is not be ing released pending confirm a tion of his identity and no tifica tion of his family. An autopsy will be conducted by the M edical E xam iner's O f fice to determ ine cause of death. The investigation is co n tin uing.Investigative Sergeants are Mike Hefley and Tom Nelson Notification of a Registered Sex Offender Location: 4(H) Block NW (ìlisan The Portland Police Bureau is notifying the com m unity of a Registered Sex O ffender living in the 400 block of NW Glisan. ORS 181.588 allows law enforce ment agencies to release such inform ation to the public regard ing convicted offenders, who are required to register when such inform ation will increase public aw areness and prom ote com m u nity safety. The offender, Philip Anthony W ilde, has been convicted of a sex offense, involving young fe male victim s, that requires he register with a law enforcem ent agency in Oregon. His crim inal history places him in a category which indicates he may reoffend. Mr. W ilde is not wanted by the police at this time. This subject has served his sentence and is no longer being supervised by the Oregon De partm ent of C o rrectio n s. The purpose of this com m unity noti fication is to reduce the chances of further victim ization by this offender, as well as to prom ote com m unity aw areness and child safety. In tim id atin g , h a ra ssin g , or threatening of this registered o f fender will not be tolerated and may be a crime. Name: Philip Anthony Wilde Race: White Age: 40 years old Height: 6 ’0" Weight: 165 hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Marks: Tattoos on right fore arm and chest, scar on left leg R esidence: 400 block NW Glisan Vehicles: Unknown Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $ 1 ,0 0 0 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest in felony cases or any unsolved felony crimes, and you can remian anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at ( 5 0 3 ) 823-H E LP . Wanted Subject lhe Federal Bureau ol In vestigation (FBI), in coopera tion with Crime Stoppers, is asking lor your help in locating and apprehending Reymundo Fell Jr A federal arrest warrant is on file charging Fell with Bank robbery. The charge steins from the September 22. 1997. armed rob bery of the Sterling Savings Association, located ai 4728 NF. Sandy Boulevard. Three days later on S eptem ber 25th, Fell eluded Portland Police officers in a stolen ve hicle and has not been seen since. Fell is also wanted on an out standing warrant tor Probation v lolation in Hood RiverCounty. Reym undo Fell Jr. is d e scribed as a 28-ycai -old Puerto Rican male with a date ol birth of Decem ber 14, 1968. Fell is 5 ’ I I tall, weighing 190 pounds. The killing of an injured dog by a Portland Police O fficer ea r lier this summer has been co n demned by the Oregon Humane Society. A Portland Police O fficer slit an injured d o g ’s throat when he came upon the animal. He was inform ed that Animal C ontrol could not arrive on the scene for I 5 minutes. ‘While we understand that the officer doubtless felt his was an act of compassion, exsanguination is not ■ an acceptable form of euthanasia and is not sanctioned by the American Veterinary Medical Association, said society operations director Sharon Harmon. ‘‘Given that the of ficer felt the animal was in extremis he should have pursued another op tion. 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