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Death Row Man’s Release Appealed
The state attorney g eneral’s o f
fice w ill ask the O regon Suprem e
C ourt to reconsider a decision to
throw out the conviction o f m an on
death row for the m urder o f a 2-
year-old.
The request w ill keep Scott D ean
H arberts behind bars until the ju s
tices m ake a decision.
David Groom, director o f the state
public defender’s office is the attorney
who helped defend Harberts after his
death sentence was automatically ap
pealed to the Oregon Supreme Court.
"I quite honestly d o n ’t see them
changing their m ind," Groom said.
T he h igh court recently ruled that
prosecutors and the state attorney
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g en e ral’s office violated a state con
stitutional guarantee o f a speedy trial
for H arberts by m aking unreason
able delays that harm ed his ability to
m ount a defense.
T he attorney general’s office has
conceded that the chances o f per
suading the court to reconsider such
a strong decision w ere slim , espe
cially because only one justice dis
agreed w ith the m ajority ruling.
But the charges against H arberts
are so serio u s that the atto rn ey
g en e ral’s office m ust exhaust every
o p tio n , sa id P e te r C o g s w e ll, a
spokesm an for the office.
H arberts was arrested in 1989
for the aggravated m urder o f 2-year-
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S co ff D ea n H a rb ets
old K ristina Lynn H o m y ch o f O r
egon City. But he w as held in jail
w hile p rosecutors rep eated ly ap
pealed a trial court ju d g e ’s ruling
su p p ressin g in c rim in a tin g sta te
m ents Harberts m ade to police.
Meantime, Clackamas County Dis
trict Attorney Terry Gustafson said a
grand jury will consider filing separate
rape or sodom y ch arg es ag ain st
Harberts. A woman came forward who
said she was attacked by Harberts when
she was 10 years old.
The woman says she didn’t tell
authorities about the crim e previously
because Harberts was facing the death
penalty and she felt there was no rea
son to prosecute him further.
Police began in v estig atin g the
new allegations against H arberts the
day after the court set asid e his
1994 conviction.
Man Accused of Boy’s Kidnap and Assault Pleads Not Guilty
T he m an accused o f kidnapping a
10-year-old boy from a Salem -area
park and cutting his throat said h e’s
innocent.
Frank M illigan entered his plea in
a M a rio n C o u n ty c o u r tr o o m
W ednesday.
an o th er law y er w ill b e a ssig n e d to
the case.
" A n y tim e y o u h a v e a m u lti
tu d e o f p o lic e a g e n c ie s in v o lv e d
a n d h u n d re d s a n d h u n d r e d s o f
p o lic e re p o r ts a n d d is c o v e r y a n d
tip s , e tc . i t ’s a c o m p le x c a s e ,”
M illigan is currently serving tim e
in the O regon State Penitentiary for
another sex-related crim e that hap
pened in C latsop County.
M illig a n w as o ut on b ail w hen
the k id n a p p in g o ccu rred in a D al
las park . H is atto rn ey resig n ed so
Crime Briefs---------
The investigation revealed that 23 year-old Lance
Matthew W estfall, Portland, was proceeding N orth
bound on NE 26Th A venue when he failed to stop at the
Sex O ffen d er W arning
stop sign at NE Frem ont Street.
W estfall collided w ith another vehicle w hose driver
died en route to the hospital. He is charged w ith
T he P ortland Police B ureau is notifying the com m u
nity o f a R egistered Sex O ffender living in the 6800
Block o f N. C olum bia Blvd.
T he sex offender has been convicted o f a sex offense
that requires he register w ith a law enforcem ent agency
in O regon. His crim inal history places him in a cat
egory that indicates he m ay reoffend. This subject is
not w anted by the police at this time.
This offender has served his sentence and is no
longer being superv ised by the O regon D epartm ent o f
C orrections. The purpose o f this com m unity notifica
tion is to reduce the chances o f further victim ization by
this offender, as w ell as to prom ote com m unity aw are
ness arid child saffefy. Intim idating, harassing, or thread
ing o f this registered offender will not be tolerated and
sa id M illig a n ’s fo rm e r a tto r n e y
M o n ty V an d erm ay .
J e f f Jo n es w ill ta k e o v e r as
M illigan’s new attorney.
M illigan also had blood draw n
for DNA tests. H e w ill be back in
court O ctober 12.
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The subject is Paul C orbett Dudley. He is a w hite
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Berg allegedly conspired to m ur
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Sm ith then called Portland Police, w ho listened to
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Murder for
Hire Plot
m anslaughter.
W hitney Sm ith, candidate o f the Pacific G reen
Party in Senate D istrict #8 in.north and northeast
Portland, received a phoned-in death threat, after
appearing on a cable access TV show.
W hen Sm ith returned from appearing on the TV
show during the evening o f Sept. 14, he checked his
phone answ ering m achine m essages and heard a threat
ening voice say, “Y ou run, you die!’ Sm ith then dialed
*69 to return the call. The person w ho answ ered
sounded like the voice on the m essage tape.
“This is W hitney Sm ith” Smith said, “Y ou left a
voice mail for me and I’m returning the call.”
T he person on the other end w as dum bfounded for
a couple o f seconds before saying he had been trying
the investigation including Portland
and S t Helens police. Officers said
they also found stolen items, and an
old drug lab in the building.
Police busted a working drug lab on
Deer Island, several miles west ofPort-
land last week, arresting three people.
Several agencies worked together in
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