November 22, 2000
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Police News/Vancouver
Inside-À
I Calls for Police Review
I Board........................A4
Sexual Harassment:
Holiday Concerns.... A5
Reform Group Finds
Unequal Lending.... A6
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I
Metro-
HOPE Thanksgiving at
Harriet Tubman...... B2
Holiday Concerts at the
Old Church............B2
I Castro Visits Panama..
.El Observador, B4
This Week
Throughthe
weekend
Today
1 States.
N ovem ber 23 In 1943, during
I W orld W ar II, U nited States forces
seized control o f the T araw a and
M akin atolls from the Japanese.
N ovem ber 24 In 1963, JackR uby
shot and m ortally w ounded Lee
H arvey O sw ald, the accused assas-
1 sin o f P resident K ennedy.
N ovem ber 25 In 1986, the Iran-
C ontra affair erupted as President
Reagan and Attorney General Edwin
M eese revealed that profits from
1 secret arm s sales to Iran had been
1 diverted to N icaraguan rebels.
Mostly
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Thursday
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Friday
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in History
N ovem ber 22 In 1963, President
K ennedy w as assassinated w hile
riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas
G ov. John B. C onnally was seri
ously w ounded. A suspect, Lee
H arvey O sw ald, w as arrested. Vice
I P resident Lyndon B. Johnson be-
I came the 36th president o f the United
Deputy Blamed in
Escape Gets Job Back
Weather
Sunday
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Thoughts for the Week
We all fear what w l
d o n ’t know— i t ’s natu-\
ral. —Leo Buscaglia
One comes in the end
to realize that there is no
permanent pure rela-\
tio n sh ip and there]
should not be. —Anne]
Morrow Lindbergh
A s h e riffs deputy w ho w as fired
after a confessed serial rapist escaped
from his custody will get his jo b back,
an arbitrator ruled.
W ashington County S h eriff Jim
Spinden said he does not plan to
appeal the decision that requires him
to rehire D onald C. Clayton Jr., 43.
The form er deputy was fired M arch 6
following an internal affairs investi
gation into the escape o f Richard
D ennis Cantu from the courthouse
shortly after C antu pleaded guilty to
several rape and sex-related charges.
Cantu was recaptured the next day by
three m en w ho chased him from a
M A X train leaving Hillsboro. He has
since been sentenced to 471/2 years
in prison w ithout parole.
In his 76-page ruling issued T ues
d ay , a rb itra to r L ero y T o m q u ist
faulted both Clayton and the s h e riff s
office in C an tu ’s escape. He ruled
Clayton violated departm ent policy
for transporting a prisoner, but that it
w asn’t a fireable offense. T om quist,
a W illam ette U niversity law profes
sor and pro-tem judge, did not issue
a specific discipline recommendation.
He suggested that Spinden and the
W ashington County Police O fficers
A ssociation reach an agreem ent on
w hat discipline C layton should re-
ceive. T he arbitrator did suggest
som ething less than term ination but
“substantially more than a two-month
suspension without pay. Spinden
and Todd Duncan, a deputy and the
officers’ union president, hope to
reach a decision by the end o f the
week. If the two sides cannot agree in
30 days, they will ask the arbitrator to
m ake a second ruling. Clayton had
asked to be reinstated w ith back pay.
He was making nearly $47,000 a year
and had worked for the sh e riff s of
fice for about 16 years.
U nder the deputies’ contract with
the sh eriff’s office, the arbitrator’s
d ec isio n is b in d in g . "I d isag ree
clearly,” Spinden said. “ I think there
is clear and convincing evidence that
term ination is appropriate.” The ru l
ing pleased D uncan and Jaim e B.
G oldberg, a union attorney. Clayton
declined com m ent through his law
yer.
C layton had previously been for
mally reprim anded or disciplined at
least six tim es during his tenure with
the s h e riffs office, according to the
arbitrator’s ruling. In September 1986,
according to the ruling, Clayton was
suspended w ithout pay for 30 days
for failing to conduct a m onthly in
spection o f fire equipm ent in the jail
and then falsifying records to cover
up the neglect.
Crime Stoppers
Man Wanted for
Multiple Crimes
The Portland Police Bureau’s
Auto Theft Task Force and other
local law enforcement agencies
in cooperation with Crime Stop
pers are asking for your help in
locating and apprehending Timo-
thy Oliver Whitney.
Clackamas and Washington
Counties currently hold arrest
warrants for the 21 -year-old male
on a variety of charges, including
unauthorized use o f a motor ve
hicle, criminal mischief, and theft.
The suspect is also charged with
failure to appear in court on
charges o f unauthorized use o f a
motor vehicle, possession o f a
stolen motor vehicle, and criminal
mischief.
Authorities say the Portland
Police Bureau ’ s Auto Theft Force
wants to question Whitney con
cerning several auto theft cases
in Portland.
Whitney is 6’3” tall and weighs
approximately 180 pounds, with
Timothy Oliver Whitney
brown eyes and brown hair.
He was last known to be driv
ing a 1994 to 1996 black Toyota
two-wheel drive pickup.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward o f up to $ 1,000 for
information, reported to Crime
Stoppers, which leads to an arrest
in this case, or any unsolved felony
crime, and you need not give your
name. Call Crime Stoppers at
(503) 823-HELP.
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Nightclub to end dance format in OLCC Deal
Portland nightclub Eight Balls o f
Fire is changing its format from a dance
club to a sports bar, under a recent
settlement with the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission.
Authorities say the agreem ent was
reached to put a knot in a lengthy string
o f assaults, drunk driving incidents,
noise complaints and over service o f
alcohol at the business at 11340 N.E.
Halsey.
The nightclub, operated by Ronald
and Scott Detweiler, ofDetw eiler, Inc.
must immediately stop offering live or
DJ music for patron dancing.
They also agree to pay a fine o f
$4,950 and to continue following an
OLCC compliance plan, which has been
in effect since M ay 2000. The compli
ance plan includes beefed up security
inside and outside, limiting entry to 150
patrons at a time, improved interior
lighting, enforcing a dress code with
no gang persons who start fights.
Bartenders must pour only one-ounce
drinks o f distilled sprits and not stack
drinks. Stacking means allowing cus
tomers to have more than one drink at
a time.
OLCC inspector Peggy Mullen said
problem incidents andpolice calls have
dipped dramatically since the compli
ance plan was adopted nearly six
m onths ago. The licensees are work
ing closely w ith M ullen and the Port
land police to m ake sure that the busi
ness operates lawfully and that prob
lems are quickly identified and ad
dressed.
M ullen said the licensees are m eet
ing informally on a regular basis with
O LCC, police and neighbors to share
information and suggestions, and work
together to resolve problems as they
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