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in Historv
Sunday
Nov. 12, 1942, the W orld W ar
II naval Battle o f G uadalcanal be
gan. The A m ericans eventually
won a major victory over the Japa
nese.
Nov. 11,1918, fighting in World
W ar I cam e to an end w ith the
signing o f an arm istice betw een
the A llies and G erm any.
Nov. 10, 1982, the new ly fin
ished V ietnam V eterans M em o
rial was opened to its first visitors
in W ashington, D.C.
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Thought for the week
To live is the function. That is all
there is in living.
Oliver WendeU Holmes
If you want a place in the sun
.........you have to put up with a few
blisters
Abigail Van Buren “Dear Abby”
CRIME STOPPERS
The Multnomah County Child
AbuseTeam, in cooperation with
Crime Stoppers, is asking for
your help in locating and appre
hending Juan Miguel Larios, also
known as Juan Manuel Larios.
A felony arrest warrant, charg
ing Larios with fifty-three counts
o f rape and other sex related
offenses involving juvenile vic
tims over a number o f years, is
on file. Bail is set at over
$9,000,000.
Juan Miguel Larios is a 32-
year-old Hispanic male, with a
date o f birth o f August 8, 1968.
He is 5’8” tall and weighs ap
proximately 160 pounds, with
black hair and brown eyes. His
last known address was in South
west Portland but he may also
have ties to the Tri-C ities area in
W ashington State.
Larios may be driving a 1984
Ford, F-150 pickup, with Or
egon License PGA772. Crime
Stoppers is offering a cash re
ward o f up to $1,000 for infor
mation, reported to Crime Stop-
Clark County Prepares for Disasters
Clark County and its seven cit
ies are recipients ofa $300,000 grant
to prepare for disasters from the
Federal Em ergency M anagem ent
A gency.
The grant is earm arked for pre
vention o f disasters, or advance
planning to reduce the dam age, and
juries due to unavoidable em ergen
cies.
Clark Regional Communications
A gency, the regional provider o f
em ergency m anagem ent and 9-1-1
services, has been working to iden
tify projects related to flooding and
landslide hazards. Floods and land
slides are the most frequent and
co stly natu ral d isa ste rs in the
county.
The federal governm ent is ask-
Police Review Board With Teeth Proposed
M em bers o f the N A A C P, the
N a tio n a l L a w y e rs G u ild , the
L eague o f W om en V oters, the
M etropolitan H um an R ights C en
ter, P o rtlan d C o p w atch , S treet
R oots, along w ith c u rre n t and
form er m em bers o f P o rtla n d ’s
po lice rev iew b o a rd ” have fin a l
ized a rep o rt to M ayor K atz o ffe r
ing im p ro v em en ts to the cu rren t
system o f rev iew in g a lle g a tio n s
o f p o lic e m isco n d u ct.
T he in d iv id u a ls in v o lv ed had
been a p p o in te d to a w ork group
by M ayor K atz, w ho acts as the
P o lic e C o m m issio n e r and the
C om m issio n er ih charge o f the
P o lic e In te rn a l In v e stig a tio n s
A uditing C om m ittee, the current
“ review b o a rd .”
T he report is a d e ta ile d a rg u
m ent in favor o f “ su b stan tially
expanding the bond by giving it
ad d itio n al pow ers in cluding, but
not lim ited to, the au th o rity to
co n duct independent in v e stig a
tio n s, com pel testim o n y , m ake
final findings as to the m erits o fa
co m p lain t and review in v e stig a
tio n s o f p o lic e sh o o tin g s and
deaths in c u sto d y ". T he c u rre n t
B oard is lim ited to review ing P o
lice Internal A ffa irs D iv isio n in
v e stig a tio n s, p e rfo rm e d by p o
lice officers.
T he rep o rt o u tlin e s 24 re c o m
m endations. T he m ayor is e x
p ected to m eet w ith the m em bers
o f the w ork group to d isc u ss the
rep o rts som etim e a fte r N ov 14.
F or a co m p lete copy o f th e m a
jo rity report and its ap p e n d ic e s,
contact A lan G ra f at the N atio n al
L aw yers G u ild at 5 0 3 -2 2 8 -5 2 2 2 ,
extension 104.
Deceased Person
Found
Man Arrested for
Deadly Arson
At approximately 11:50 a.m. on
Nov. l.Vancouverpoliceofficerswere
summoned to a “found body” call in
a small transient camp east o f the
construction area along 1-5 north-
boun 1 near the railroad tracks. De
tectives from the Major Crime Team
also responded and completed an
initial investigation ofthe scene. The
deceased person has been identified
as Michael Herbert West, bom June
21,1946.
Due to the fact that the body was
partially decomposed, the cause o f
W est’s death is still undetermined at
this time.
For further informations call Sgt.
Dave Kingat(360) 696-8281 or(360)
806-7113-(pager)orSgt. LouBraalladt
at (360) 696-8226.
On Nov. 19,1999, the body o f 44-
year-old Kenneth Avery Sharp was
discovered inside his residence at4038
N . Will iams Avenue after Portland Fire
Bureau responded to a residential fire.
The subsequent investigation by ar
son investigators revealed the fire had
been set and Sharp had died o f smoke
inhalation.
In the follow-up investigation con
ducted by homicide detectives, suffi
cient information was given for the
issuance o f an arrest warrant for mur
der and arson in the first degree for 2 8-
year-old Sonoman Alex Joe.
On Thursday, Oct.26, Joe became
involved in an unrelated police con
tact in Seattle. As a result, his true
identity was determined and the out
standing warrant was discovered.
Program Helps
Keep Residents
Wann
The M ultnom ah County
Child Abuse Team, in coopera
tion with Crime Stoppers, is once
again asking for your help in
locating and apprehending Mario
Felix Sanchez.
A felony arrest warrant is
A C lark C o unty pro g ram can
help low -incom e re sid e n ts keep
w arm this w in ter. T he E nergy
A ssistan ce Program p ro v id e s fi
nancial assistan ce for hom e h e a t
ing costs to h o u seh o ld s in C lark
C ounty w ho m eet program q u a li
fications.
L ow -incom e hou seh o ld s w ith
e le c tric , n a tu ra l gas, oil p ro p a n e
or w ood h eatin g sy stem s a re e li
gible to apply.
Persons seek in g a p p o in tm en ts
may call (360) 397-6124. D eaf and
hard o f hearin g ind iv id u al s m ay
call (360) 397-6065 (T D D ) and
leave a m essage.
An Oregon Liquor Control Com
m ission and Portland Police Inves
tigation into false ID use at an area
liquor store has led to the arrest o f
a Portland college student on a
charge o f first degree forgery.
The sophom ore psychology stu
dent was cited Oct. 18 at Lewis &
Clark College, after he was linked to
m anufacturing the fraudulent iden
tification. O fficers also confiscated
a com puter, lam inating m achine,
eight fake driver's licenses and other
materials.
Police began investigating when
young people tried to pass fake
New Jersey driver's licenses at the
OLCC liquor store at 9875 S.W.
Barbur Blvd., not far from the col
lege.
L iq u o r s t o r e
e m p lo y e e s
c h eck ed th e ir g u id e b o o k and the
b o g u s o u t - o f - s t a t e lic e n s e s
d id n ’t m atch the g en uine N ew
Jersey license.
Students w ere interview ed and
said they bought the fakes for $20-
$50. Jean K em pe-W are, Lew is &
Clark director o f public relations,
said the college cooperated with
the OLCC during the investigation
and “takes the m atter very seri
o u sly.”
“ In addition to legal process, the
college has its own disciplinary pro
cess,” she explained. “This is en
titled to a hearing to determ ine if he
v io la te d the s tu d e n t c o n d u c t
code.”
As part o f the O L C C ’s m ulti
faceted effort to quell underage
drinking, inspectors are w orking
w ith club ow ners and other licens
ees around O regon to b e e f up edu
cation and enforcem ent o f false
identification law s, including tar
geting the m anufacture o f fake ID
cards.
O ur employees, nurses, physicians
a n d volunteers deserve all the credit.
Juan Miguel Larios
pers, which leads to an arrest in
this case, orany unsolved felony
crime, and you need not give
your name. Call Crime Stoppers
at (503) 823-HELP.
Investigator:
Detective Harry Smith
M ultnom ah County Child
Abuse Team
(503)823-0239
Crime Stoppers Coordinator:
Officer Henry Groepper
Portland Police Bureau
(503) 823-4357 (HELP)
(503)823-0830
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Man Wanted For Child Abuse
Mario Felix Sanchez
ing com m unities to assess their vul
nerabilities and focus on preven
tion instead o f reacting to a disas
ter after the fact. FEMA estim ates
that for every dollar spent on di
saster m itigation, the return is at
least 100 percent. Some businesses
have reported up to a 1,500 percent
return on their disaster m itigation
project investm ents.
Investigation
Targets Fake
ID Mill
on file in M ultnom ah
County charging Sanchez
with Sodomy in the First
Degree. Bail has been set
at $750,000.
Mario Felix Sanchez is
described as a 42-year-old
male Hispanic, with a date
ofbirthofJuly 9,1957.He
is 5 ’5” tall, weighing 135
pounds, with brown hair
and brown eyes. His last
known address is in the
1100 block o f Northeast
87th Avenue in Portland.
Crime Stoppers is of
fering a cash reward of up
to $ 1,000 for information,
reported to Crime Stoppers,
which leads to an arrest in this
case or any unsolved felony
crim e, and you can rem ain
anonymous.
Call Crime Stoppers at (503)
823-HELP.
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