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Reward Offered in Lake Oswego Murder
The Lake Oswego Police De
partm ent and the M ultnom ah
County S h e riffs Office have
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This Week
in History
M a rc h 14 1900, Congress rati
fied the G old Standard Act.
M a rc h 15 1965, addressing a
jo in t session o f C ongress, P resi
dent Johnson called for new legis
la tio n to g u a r a n te e e v e r y
A m erican’s right to vote.
M a rc h 161968. during the V iet
nam W ar, the M y Lai M assacre
was carried out by U nited States
troops under the com m and o f Lt.
W illiam L. CalleyJr.
M a rc h 17 1942, G en. D ouglas
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The M u ltn o m ah C ounty
S h eriffs Office Thursday ar
rested a man with more than two
ounces o f methamphetamine in
his possession, but a subsequent
search of his Gresham apartment
revealed over two pounds o f the
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T w o Y e a rs
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Scott H arberts w as released from
O regon’s death row in D ecem ber af
ter the S uprem e C ourt set aside his
conviction for m urdering a two-year-
old girl in 1989.
M onday, H arberts w ent on trial in
O regon C ity on charges o f child m o
lestation.
H arberts spent 11 years in ja il b e
forebeing released. Now, the 38-year-
old faces six charges that he sexually
M a rc h 191920, the U nited States
Senate rejected for the second tim e
the T reaty o f V ersailles by a vote o f
49-35, falling short o f the tw o-thirds
m ajority needed for approval.
M a rc h 20 1995, in T okyo, 12
people w ere killed, m ore than 5,500
others sickened w hen packages co n
taining the poisonous gas sarin leaked
on five separate subw ay trains.
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illegal drug.
Investigators also found pack
aging materials and a scale in the
a p a rtm e n t a n d a rre s te d the
brother o f the suspect.
D e p u tie s
say
the
m etam phetam ine had a street
abused three children betw een 1987
and 1989.
A dozen years ago, he w as charged
w ith aggravated m urder in the rape
and killing o f a 2-year-old O regon
C ity girl — K ristina H om ych. The
S uprem e C ourt ruled that H arb ert’s
right to a speedy trial w as violated.
H arb erts also w ill b e tried in
Tillam ook. H e faces up to 65 years in
prison if convicted.
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Bill W ould G ive Access to D N A Tests
Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore. and Sen.
Patrick L eahy, D -V t. have reintro
duced a proposed law to give those
w ho have been convicted o f a crim e
access to D N A testing that m ay prove
their innocence.
The m easure aim s to im prove law
enforcem ent capabilities and increase
confidence in our crim inal ju stice
system “T he w orst thing you can do
for the crim inal ju stice system , no
m atter its punishm ents, is to under
m ine its integrity,” said Smith. “Ifyou
support the death penalty and other
tough anti-crim e m easures, w hich I
m ost certainly do, you should also
support every m easure to m ake sure
that the g u ilty — and not the inno
cent— are punished.’’T he Innocence
Protection A ct establishes new rules
and procedures governing requests
for D N A testing by inm ates. It also
requires law enforcem ent officials to
preserve evidence in crim inal cases
whi le a prisoner remains incarcerated.
T o address the problem o f com pe
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Police officers m ust use the letter B as
the racial designator on traffic tickets
given to blacks after a m otorist and
her church congregation protested
one o fficer’s use o f the letter N on her
speeding ticket.
“ I am an A frican A m erican. I have
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The two men are identified as
Alfredo Aldaco Zaragoza, 23 and
Saul Aldaco Zaragoza, 21
Deputies say they are believed
to be in the United States illegally,
reporting from Calima, Mexico.
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O rozco also has an outstanding
federal parole violation warrant
for bank larceny.
Orozco should be considered
arm ed and dangerous.
A nyone w ith in fo rm a tio n
about his im m ediate w here
abouts should call 911 and not
attem pt to m ake contact with
him. Persons who have infor
m ation that m ay lead investiga
tors to O rozco are encouraged
to call the s h e riffs office tip
line at 503-261-2815.
Two Pounds o f Methamphetamine Seized
Thought for the Week
M acA rthur arrived in A ustralia to
becom e suprem e com m ander o f A l
lied forces in the southw est Pacific
theater during W orld W ar II.
M a rc h 181965, the first spacewalk
to o k p la ce as S o v iet co sm o n au t
A leksei L eonov left his V oskhod 2
capsule and rem ained outside the
spacecraft for 20 m inutes, secured by
a tether.
he is a suspect in the death.
D etectiv es have alread y a r
rested Dam ien Dushawn Dou
glas for what authorities say is a
drug related murder.
The Lake O sw ego Police De
partm ent is offering a $1,000
reward forany information lead
ing to the arrest o f Orozco. The
arrest w arrant is for the charges
o f aggravated m urder with a
firearm , robbery with a firearm,
burglary with a firearm and felon
in p o sse ssio n o f a firearm .
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ing to locate Orozco as a “per
son o f interest", but based upon
new inform ation, now believe
L. Toomey, which took place on
Feb. 12 in Lake Oswego.
Investigators have been try-
obtained an arrest warrant for
M arcus Kelo Orozco, 26, a man
charged in the m urder o f Josh
N egro, a designator not in current
use.
P olice C h ie f Russ Rice recently
ordered all o f his sw orn law enforce
m ent officers to stop using the N
designator after he received a p eti
tion signed by nearly 9 0 0 people criti
cizing the p ractice as racist.
O fficer M att Reynolds, w ho heads
the p olice services division, said that
the c h ie f is “extrem ely sensitive” to
the com plaint.
H e said the officer w ho w rote the
ticket was unaw are how offensive it
w as to Brown.
T he officer w ho w rote the citation
is a former training director w ho taught
procedures to new recruits, police
spokesw om an C orrine L oom is said.
A lie u te n a n t in th e P o lic e
D epartm ent’s professional standards
bureau will issue a departm ent-w ide
m em o telling officers to use the B
designator.
In addition, C h ief Rice w rote to
m otorist Brown.
Brow n, w ho w orks for the state
D epartm ent o fF a ir E m ploym ent and
H ousing, w as so upset about the N
designation that she brought it to the
attention o f her church, F riendship
B aptist in Y orba Linda. A b o u t 875
congregants signed a petition.
T he signatures cam e w ith a letter
from their pastor, the Rev. Jam es D.
C arrington, w ho asked the c h ie f to
take official action to m ake sure that
the N designation was not used again.
“Even if he m eant N egro, th a t’s
dem eaning right there,” said W inifera
H arper o f Perris, w ho attends law
school with Brown. “The w ord N egro
was des igned to describe people who
w ere treated as less than hum an."
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