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S • fl Page A6 M A R C H 25, 1998 (Ehe JJortlanò (Jìhscrucr POLICE NEWS Past and present Vancouver mayors to speak at Community Tree Conference I »• Y Portland Police Bureau Fraud in v estigators, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in locating and apprehending Susanne Elizabeth Bohanan and Douglas Clifton Bohanan. Felony a rre s t w a rra n ts , c h a rg in g the Bohanans with First Degree A ggra vated Theft and extraditable from all fifty states, are on file in Multnomah County. A c c o rd in g to in v e stig a to rs, in A u g u st 1,996, th e B o h a n a n s ran ads s o lic itin g fin a n c ia l b ack in g fo r a c o n c e rt th e y said w ould be a fu n d r a is in g b e n e f it fo r a c h ild r e n ’s h o sp ita l in P o rtla n d . T he B o h a n a n s re c e iv e d m oney from n u m e ro u s p e o p le , in c lu d ing o n e m an w ho g av e $ 7 0 ,0 0 0 . B ut as e v e ry o n e w ho g a v e the B o h a n a n s m o n e y le a rn e d , th e fu n d ra isin g c o n c e rt th a t w as to b e n e fit th e c h ild r e n ’s h o sp ita l w as n o th in g m o re th a n a scam . In fa c t, th e B o h a n a n s had n ev er e v en b een in c o n ta c t w ith the Douglas Clifton Bohanan Susanne Elizabeth Bohanan c h ild re n ’s h o sp ital. Susanne Elizabeth Bohanan is a 22-year-old white female, with a date o f birth o f February 5, 1976. She is 5 ’8" tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds with brown hair and ha zel eyes. Aliases include Susanna Parker and Doris Kathleen Cohen. Douglas Clifton Bohanan is a 37- year-old white male, with a date o f birth o f October 31, 1960. He is 5 ’9"” tall and weighs approximately 265 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. The Bohanans have family and relative living in the Portland metro politan area. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ 1,000 for inform a tion, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an arrest in this case or any unsolved felony crime, and you can remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP. Detectives Arrest Freeway Shooter I-205/Glen Jackson Bridge I I On Tuesday, March 17, 1998 at approximately 9:00 am, Portland Police Detectives charged Jose Adan Gutierrez w ith Assault I in connection w ith the Christmas Day 1997 freeway shooting o f a Brush Prairie, Washington man. Robert Kyle and his w ife Cheryl were driving their Ford pickup truck north bound on 1-205 near the Glen Jackson Bridge when they became involved in a confronta tion w ith a T oyota C elica driven by G utierrez along with his wife. G u tie rre z becam e upset at the K y le’s and displayed a .38 caliber revolver he had on his person. He eventually fired one round from the gun, striking Robert K yle in the arm. T he C elica sped o ff north bound from the scene. P o rtland P olice D etective L. H iggins led an investigation which identified the suspect vehicle from m ore than 36,000 po ssib ilities. W ith the help o f the Cam as Police D epartm ent and the W ashington D epartm ent o f M otor V ehicles, detectives identified G utierrez as the suspect. D etective interview ed G utierrez, w ho originally id en ti fied h im self as A lejadro C astillo- M artinez, at Portland Police D e tectives headquarters this m orning and charged him. he is lodged in the Justice C enter Jail. Inmate Found Dead In His Holding Cell A t approximately 10:05 a.m. on M arch 15, 1997, M u ltn o m a h County S h e riffs O ffice Correc tions Deputies found an inmate dead in his holding cell. The in ci dent occurred at the Multnomah County Detention Center (M C D C ) in the Intake/R eception area o f the ja il. C orrections sta ff and para m edics attem pted to revive the in m ate but w ere unsuccessful. The in m a te has b e e n id e n tifie d as L aw rence A. Holt. The Multnomah County S h eriff s Detectives along with the East County m ajorCrim es team are investigating the incident which appears to be a suicide. The M ultnom ah County Medical Examiners Office is also conducting an investigation that is routine in jail deaths. Scott's Auto Sales Ordered To Change The Way They Sell Cars Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced that S cott’s Auto Sales o f Portland and its owners, C. Scott Othus, W est Linn and Gregory Gage, Portland, must dramatically change the way they sell cars in O r egon. An A ssurance o f Voluntary Compliance, outlining the changes in current and future sales practices, was signed today by Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Frank Bearden. “More than 125 Oregonian have asked for relief from the poor busi ness practices o f Scott’s Auto Sales,” Myers said. “This agreem ent will provide assistance for current com plainants an d , if adhered to by Scott’s Auto, also will significantly reduce any future complaints.” The agreement requires Scott’s Auto, within the next 20 days, to resolve any unresolved complaints filed with the Department o f Justice and to inform the Attorney G eneral’s consumer protection staff ofall reso lutions. Under the agreement, the business will pay all costs o f non binding mediation or binding arbi tration. U n d er the a g re e m e n t, S c o tt’s m ust g iv e w ritten no tice that the v eh ic le p re v io u sly been d eclared a to tal loss by an in su ra n c e c o m p an y d u e to dam age. T he b u si n ess m ust d isc lo se d e fe c ts b e fo re any sale. If p re v io u s dam age is d isc o v e re d at a la te r tim e, • THE Ç T H A N N U A L R A IN B O W the com pany m u st unw ind the deal w ith a re fu n d to the c o n sum er. a fo rm ula to ca lc u la te the refu n d is in c lu d e d in the co u rt o rd er. Scott’s Auto also agrees to com ply with all state and federal laws pertaining to the sale o f automobiles including Department o f Motor Ve hicle rules requiring the company to payoffthe consum er's trade in within 15 or 30 days. The agreement further bars Scott’s from engaging in any type o f “Spot Delivery" or “bushing.” Consumers with complaints about car dealers should call the Attorney G eneral’s consumer hotline at 503- 378-4320 or 503-229-5576. C O A L IT IO N INNER. CITY BLUES FESTIVAL SATURDAY, A p ril 4, 6:30 pm -12:30 am C rystal B allroom , 14TH A venue at W est B urnside L ocal re sid e n ts are in v ited to hear the r e g io n ’s to p urban fo r e ste rs and fo u r V a n c o u v e r m a y ors d isc u ss c a rin g fo r o ld e r trees in o u rc o m m u n ity . “ M ain tain in g the M a g n ific e n c e ” is the them e o f the 1998 P a c ific n o rth w e st C om m unity T rees C o n feren ce set for W e d n e sd a y , M arch 18, from 6:30 to 9 :0 0 p m , in the C e n te n nial C e n te r at th e D o u b leT ree H otel. G u e s t s p e a k e r a n d fo rm e r m ay o r B ry ce Seidl w as an early a c tiv ist fo r V a n c o u v e r’s neig h - b o rh o o d a sso c ia tio n s and an e n th u sia stic su p p o rte r o f the c ity ’s U rban F orestry Program . His ste w a rd sh ip lead to the fo rm a tion o f the U rban F orestry C o m m issio n and p u b lic a tio n o f “T he U rban F o rest— I t’s the n atu re o f V ancouver: A G u id e to S e le c t ing and P lanting T re e s.” he c o n trib u te d tow ard V a n co u v er re ceiv in g the first “T ree C ity U SA " aw ard , the a c q u isitio n o f O ffic ers Row and p la n tin g o f the first tree (a daw n red w o o d ) in the M ayors G rove in C entral Park. U nder M ayor S e id l’s le ad ersh ip , the C ity o f V ancouver w as nam ed an A ll-A m e ric a n C ity in 1987. A lso p a rtic ip a tin g in the c o n fe re n c e are V an c o u v e r M ayor R oyce P o llard and fo rm er m ay ors B ruce H agensen and Jim J u s tin. T he c o n fe re n c e is e x p e c te d to draw in d iv id u a ls and o rg a n iz a tions in v o lv ed in m an ag in g u r ban com m unity forests. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t E lizab eth W alker, C ity F o re ste r, at 360- 735-8873 e x te n sio n 8086. Fire Marshal issues warning T he V a n c o u v e r F ire M arshal is w a rn in g local re sid e n ts a b o u t a p o te n tia l fire h a z a rd a s s o c i ated w ith a a M arco bran d gas fireplace, o v e r 100 o f the closed- c o m b u stio n gas fire p la c e s have been in sta lle d in th e V an c o u v e r area. A c c o rd in g to F ire M a rsh a l Rick A tk in s, se v e ra l fires a s s o ciated w ith th e e x h a u st system on the M arco M argas C C T -36 have been re p o rte d in th e m etro area. “ U n til m o re in fo rm a tio n is a v a ila b le , w e s tr o n g ly u rg e p e o p le n o t to use th e se M arco fire p la c e s ,” he says. T he local d is trib u to r, F ire sid e D istrib u to rs o f O reg o n In c., r e p o rts th a t it has sen t tw o fire hazard w a rn in g le tte r to 107 a d d re sse s in the V a n c o u v e r a rea w hich w ere re g iste re d as h av in g M arco M argas C C T -3 6 in s ta lla tio n s. 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