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Page A2 November 15, 2000 ^lortkuiò ffibeertter JJ u r t l a n i i <T>hi Police News/Vancouver ■m am Inside-A United Way Invests in Community............A5 Neighbors Work on Keeping the Peace..A5 Nike Builds on Global Media..................... A6 Man Charged With Shooting at Police Officer Weather Through the weekend Today Scattered Showers 43°F High 35°F Low Metro- M ostly Cloudy 45°F High 34°F Low Gloria Kelsey Honored for Her Dedication...B2 Civil War Could Lead to Rose Bowl.............. B3 History of First Oregon Black Man................B5 M ostly Cloudy 48°F High 32°F Low M o stly Cloudy This Week 46°F High 35°F Low in Historyw N ovem ber 1 5 ,1969,aquarterofa m illion protesters staged a peaceful dem onstration in W ashington, D.C., against the V ietnam War. N ovem ber 17, 1973, President N ixon told an A ssociated Press m an aging editors m eeting in O rlando, Fla., that “people have got to know w hether o r not their president is a crook. W ell, I ’m not a crook.” November 19,1863, President Lin coln delivered the G ettysburg A d dress as he dedicated a national cem etery at the site o f the C ivil W ar battlefield in Pennsylvania. M ostly Cloudy 48°F High 38°F Low Thought for the week The measure o f a man 's real character is what he would do i f he knew he could never be fo u n d out. — Thomas Macaulay P o lic e a r r e s te d 2 1 - y e a r - o ld Geoffrey Louis Young Saturday night for attem pted m urder, accused o f fir ing shots at a police officer. T he of ficer was not injured. Y oung was also charged w ith un lawful use o f a w eapon, attem pted assault and attem pting to elude in a vehicle and by foot, along w ith one count o f possession o f a controlled substance, m etham phetam ine. He was lodged at the M ultnom ah Man Sought in Bank Fraud Case » Lom bard and Kerby. The pursuit continued to the area o f N orth K erby and Holland. Police say officer Sims observed the driver raise a handgun, heard m ultiple gunshots fired and observed the back w indow o f the suspect ve hicle shatter out. The vehicle contin ued to N orth K erby and B ryant streets w here the suspect abandoned the vehicle and fled eastbound. A s a result o f a follow -up investi file . H u an N g u y e n , w h o also u se s th e n am e A lto n T ra n , has b e e n id e n tifie d in a la rg e c o u n te rf e it c h e c k -c a s h in g rin g th a t h a s ta rg e te d P o rtla n d a re a fi n a n c ia l in s titu tio n s . H u an T ra n N g u y e n is a 28- y ea r-o ld m ale V ietn am ese, w ith a d ate o f b ir th o f N o v e m b e r 27, 1971. N g u y e n is 5 ’4 ” ta ll an d w e ig h s a p p r o x im a te ly 125 p o u n d s, w ith bro w n ey es, black h a ir, a n d the le tte rs “ N B Z ” ta t to o e d on his b ack . H e is k n o w n to fre q u e n t V ie tn a m e se c o ffe e sh o p s a n d c lu b s. C rim e S to p p e rs Is o ffe rin g a c a sh re w a rd o f u p to $ 1 ,0 0 0 fo r in fo rm a tio n , re p o rte d to C rim e S to p p ers, w h ich lead s to an a r r e s t in th is c a se , o r any u n so lv e d felo n y crim e, an d you c a n re m a in a n o n y m o u s. C a ll C rim e S to p p e rs at (5 0 3 ) 8 2 3 - HELP. enced h is p e rfo rm a n c e . ” 1 have sp en t m any p erso n a l h o u rs re fle c tin g on th e e n o rm ity o f th e c r is is ,” K ro e k e r sa id in a sta te m e n t. “ I w an t a ll P o rtla n d e rs to kn o w th a t n o w m o re th a n e v e r I am c o m m itte d to b r in g in g th e p o lic e c lo s e r to th e c o m m u n ity .” T h e n e w s p a p e r p u b lis h e d p a rt o f a sp e e c h K ro e k e r g av e to a Los A n g e le s C h ris tia n g ro u p in 1989, w h e re h e re fe rs to th e “ th e te r rib le issu e o f h o m o s e x u a lity ,” b la m e s th e A ID S e p id e m ic on re la x e d m o ral s ta n d a rd s an d c r it i c iz e s th e c rim in a l ju s tic e sy stem as th e “ h a ll o f a lle g e d ju s t ic e .” T h e m a y o r sa id a rg u m e n ts th at K ro e k e r s h o u ld b e fire d b e c a u s e he is o u t o f ste p w ith lib e ra l P o rt la n d c o u ld b e u se d in o th e r c o m m u n itie s , w h en lib e ra l p u b lic o f f ic ia ls are o u t o f ste p w ith a c o n s e rv a tiv e m a jo rity . "M y 3 0 -y e a r f ig h t fo r to le r a n c e g o e s b o th w a y s ,” sh e said . K atz d id n o t take q u e s tio n s . W h en she fin is h e d , a g a y rig h ts a d v o c a te im m e d ia te ly ste p p e d to th e c lu s te r o f m ic ro p h o n e s an d c r itic iz e d th e d e c i s io n . > gation conducted by the Y outh G un Anti-V iolence T askforce (YG AT) and the G ang E nforcem ent Team (G ET), sufficient inform ation was obtained for the arrest o f Y oung on the above charges. A search w arrant was authorized for Y o u n g ’s residence at 7015 N. C ongress A venue and the vehicle used w hich is registered to Y oung’s sister at the sam e address. The inves tigation is continuing. Man Arrested Near Latest Vancouver Arsons Police arrested and questioned a man witnesses saw near two suspec ted arsons in V ancouver Sunday night. Investigators said Sunday’s fires, near an apartment com plex at 924 Hylen Way, may be linked to at least 34 arsons set in the V ancouver area over several months. The man arrested is one o f several authorities have under suspicion as a “person o f interest.” Authorities plan to decide Tuesday whether to charge him in the Sunday fires. The 52-year-old suspect was ques tioned Sunday night for several hours. Police picked up the man after two witnesses pointed him out because they saw him near the Dumpsters be fore and after the time the Sunday fires started. The m an was arrested on dan gerous weapons charges after police found a steak knife in his pocket. The string o f arsons— some ofw hich have targeted home — has residents and business owners in V ancouver rattled. “It’s kind o f scary because, I mean, the dum pster’s not that far from our build F ederal in sp ecto rs h av e ch arg ed the O reg o n Z oo w ith v io la tin g the A n im al W elfare A ct a fte r in v e sti g a tin g a lle g a tio n s o f e le p h a n t ab u se. A p a rtic u la r in c id e n t on A p ril 17 led to the firing o f a h an d le r and the new ch arg es. W . Ron D eH av en is d ep u ty a d m in istra to r for an im al care w ith th e fed eral D ep artm en t o f A g ric u ltu re ’s A n i m al and P lan t H ealth In sp ectio n Service. H is in v e stig a tio n fo u n d th at f o r m e r z o o k e e p e r F r e d e r ic k M ario n h an d led R o se-T u in a w ay th a t ca u se d trau m a, b e h a v io ra l stress, p h y sic al harm and u n n e c essary d isc o m fo rt. R o se-T u is a six -y ea r-o ld fem ale an d o n e o f sev en elep h a n ts at the zoo. T he in v e stig a tio n b la m ed th e zo o for failin g to m a in ta in an ad eq u ate p ro g ra m o f v e te rin a ry c a re. D eH av en said the zo o d id n ot p ro vide p ro p er ca re for R o se-T u a fter she w as se v erely b eaten. Katz Backs Police Chief in an Effort to Rebuild Trust P o rtla n d M a y o r V e ra K atz a n n o u n c e d T h u rs d a y sh e h as no p la n s to fire P o lic e C h i e f M ark K ro e k e r o v e r a n ti- g a y c o m m e n ts he m a d e m o re th a n te n y e a rs ag o . K ro e k e r w o u ld r a th e r w o rk to r e b u ild tr u s t a m o n g th e c i t y ’s g a y , le s b ia n , b is e x u a l an d tr a n s g e n d e r e d c o m m u n ity th a n le a v e , K a tz sa id . ” H is p e r f o rm a n c e h as m e t m y e x p e c t a t i o n s ,” K a tz s a id a t a T h u rs d a y a f te rn o o n p re ss c o n fe re n c e . “ H e is le a d in g th e b u re a u in a fa ir, re s p e c tf u l a n d in c l u s iv e m a n n e r .” In h e r a n n o u n c e m e n t, K a tz sa id sh e fu lly su p p o rted K ro e k er, w ho w ill w ork as a sp o k e s m a n fo r the C a sc a d e A ID S P ro je c t to e d u c a te p e o p le th a t A ID S is n o t a g a y d ise a se . K r o e k e r ’s jo b h as b e e n c o n s id e r e d in je o p a r d y s in c e th e P o rtla n d A llia n c e , an a lte r n a tiv e n e w s p a p e r , la s t m o n th p u b lis h e d a n ti- g a y s ta te m e n ts he m a d e 10 y e a rs a g o , w h e n he w as w ith th e L os A n g e le s P o lic e D e p a rtm e n t. K ro e k e r s a id th e s ta te m e n ts h ad s te m m e d fro m h is p e rs o n a l r e li g io u s b e lie f s a n d h ad n o t in flu - County D etention C enter on a bail o f $362,000. P o lic e s a id Y o u n g ’s a r r e s t stem m ed from an incident that oc- curredon Thursday at 8:22 p.m. when PortlandPoliceO fficer Brian Jay Sims o f the N ortheast Precinct attem pted to stop a Red Ford Tem po he ob served driving in a careless manner. The d river attem pted to elude and at one point crashed into a stop sign and drove through a yard at North ing,” said appartm ent manager Toni Kapton. “A nd so it was kind o fa relief it was the dumpster. Still, that’s just a little bit too close.” Investigators said another fire was set in a dum pster just up the street at 7511 highway 99 in Vancouver. Authorities believe a single serial arsonist set som e tw o-dozen fires, in cluding several that targeted homes. The arson spree is the worst in the city’s history, Bivins said. The total toll o f the fires: m ore than $500,000. V ancouver officials will guarantee a minimum $ 10,000reward for informa tion leading to the conviction o f the serial arsonist. O f the $ 10,000 reward, $2,000came from community members. Police set up an arson tip line: (360)759- 4412. A rson experts aren’t surprised that the fires w ere growing m ore seri ous — from targeting trash containers a m onth ago to setting homes ablaze last weekend. Experts say arsonists can get a thrill out o f watching an out- of-control fire. To feed the thrill, they set bigger fires. “They like to see the fire,” said Lt. Je ff Larson, arson investigator for the Oregon State Police. “ They get some sort o f a thrill out o f fires, and that’s where you talk about starting out small and needing to build bigger and bigger fires because they want to see more ” W e a re n o t d is tre s s e d a b o u t h is 1 0 -y e a r-o ld b e lie f s ,” sa id B o n n ie T in k e r. “ W e are d is tr e s s e d a b o u t h is in a b ility to a c c e p t re s p o n s ib ility fo r th o se s ta te m e n ts to d a y an d to a c c e p t r e s p o n s ib ility fo r th e ir p o litic a l i m p a c t in th e r e a l w o r l d . ” K ro e k e r h a s a lre a d y ta k e n ste p s to m en d h is re la tio n sh ip w ith the g ay an d le s b ia n co m m u n ity . H e h a s a g re e d to se rv e as a s p o k e s m a n fo r th e C a s c a d e A ID S P ro je c t a n d h e to ld o ffic e rs at ro ll c a ll M o n d a y th a t his v ie w s h a v e c h a n g e d . H e say s he n o w b e lie v e s th a t g a y s an d le sb ia n s a re to b e v a lu e d fo r th e ir liv e s, w o rk a n d c o n trib u tio n s . D a v e M a z z a , th e e d ito r o f th e P o rtla n d A llia n c e an d a fre q u en t c r itic o f K ro e k e r, sa id the c h ie f o b v io u s ly h a s th e rig h t to h o ld a n ti-g a y v ie w s , b u t airin g them in a p u b lic fo ru m as a m e m b er o f th e L A P D sh o w e d a se rio u s lack o f ju d g m e n t. ’’T h e r e 's a lo t o f p e o p le s ti l l e x tr e m e ly u p s e t a b o u t th is an d w h a t w e h ea rd fro m th e m a y o r h ere is n ot an a d e q u a te r e s p o n s e ," he said. T h ese v io la tio n s co u ld lead to civ il p en a lties a g a in st the O regon Z oo. T he M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty d is trict atto rn ey also in v e stig a ted the alleg atio n s. and more. ” The Vancou ver F ire Depart ment has enlisted the help o f the federal Bureau o f Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire arms. 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