August 1, 2001 Page A2 U o rtlau ò (Obi ÿlartlattô (Dböcrucr Police News/Vancouver Child Prostitution Case Continues to Unfold (AP) - Charges against three Americans accused o f bringing an 11-year-old girl to Vancouver, British Columbia and forcing her into prostitution were dismissed Tuesday after a judge rejected the child’s videotaped statement. Provincial court Judge William Kitchen ruled the girl’s video­ taped statement was credible but not compelling enough by itself to sustain charges against the two men and one woman. The girl, who lives in Portland, is a ward o f the state and her legal guardian said it wouldn't be in the child's best interest to return to testify. But Kitchen said that although the girl was told by police in the Police say a MAX light rail em ployee may have sexually abused a teenager while he was operating a train. On July 24,36 year old Patrick VanHorn of northeast Portland was ar­ rested. Police say the incident involving the 14 year old girl took place on July 19 while the MAX train was headed towards Gresham. I n v e s tig a to rs say VanHorn knew the alleged victim. 9 Man Wanted for Armed Robberies On July 19,2001 the Clark County Inter-Agency Gang Task Force served three search warrants looking for the suspects and evidence related to the beating o f an African American man by four white males that occurred on the July 16. The warrants were served at3101 Q S t.,3 2 1 4 Q S t.,a n d 5 1 5 W. Evergreen Blvd. These locations are the homes o f three o f the subjects involved in the assault. During the investigation o f this hate crime, detectives from die Clark County Inter-Agency Gang Task Force deter­ mined several o f the assailants appear to be members o f the skinhead/white supremacist sub-culture and that this was a racially-motivated attack. At this time, two o f the four subjects are in the Clark County Jail. However, two are still outstanding, and appears to be fleeing the authorities Still wanted for Assault II Malicious Harassment, Malicious M ischief II are these two men: Brent W. Luyster, also known as ‘/B J'andR oyJ. Thompson, also known as “Roy Boy." If you have any infor­ mation to the whereabouts o f these two or were a witness to the assault, please ca ll d e te c tiv e s M arshall Henderson at 360-397-2211 ext. 4227. I ceeds form the sale o f stolen item s and a vehicle alleg ed ly used by R ogers to tran sp o rt stolen item s from H /P to his hom e. The investigation is continu­ ing and future arrests are a n ­ ticipated. -Î.W ■ • kJ JL ■ * i R le w s S. B Taylor D ia n n e R eeves Joshua R e d m o n 2O TH A N N IV E R S A R Y S E A S O N C h a rlie H o d e n &, G o n z a lo R u b a ic a b a M T. 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R ogers at 110 SE 3rd S treet in B a ttle G ro u n d . R e c o v e re d w ere n u m e ro u s s to le n H /P p rin te rs, and co m p u te r sy s­ tem s, w ith an estim ated value o f $30,000. Seized d u ring th is p o lice o p eratio n w as a p p ro x i­ m ately $ 10,000 in cash as p ro ­ from the V ancouver site and selling them to a Battle Ground com puter retail company. On the «ame day, Vancouver police detectives and B attle G round P o lice o ffic e rs e x ­ ecuted a search w arrant on th e r e s i d e n c e o f W a rre n On July 18, Detectives o f the V ancouver P o lic e D epartm ent’s Fraud, Forgery and E -crim es U nit, arrested W arren Gene Rogers, a Hewlett Packard contract em ployee. Rogers is alleged to have sto­ len quantities o f H/P products k Search Continues for Suspects in Hate Crime Vancouver, to sell herself and was loaded with acid, speed, caf­ feine and Ecstasy. A Vancouver police officer spotted the girl on a street known for prostitution - “the kiddie stroll” - and stopped to check on her. The girl quickly told her story, including the fact that she was only 11. Suspect Arrested for Stolen Computer Goods MAX Train Employee Arrested in Sex Case Patrick VanHorn U.S. authorities have indicted them on similar charges. The girl told Canadian authori­ ties in February that she met her captors in a Portland shopping mall and they promised she would make money by going with them to Canada. Police said the girl was then dum ped onto the s tre e ts o f Walker and Melinda Mae Carter aren’t in the clear yet. The accused, all in their 20s, have been held since February on charges o f abduction o f a minor under the age o f 14, living off the avails of prostitution, sexual inter­ ference and assault. They will remain in custody and be returned to Portland where videotape that she may be re­ quired to appear as a witness, they and the Crown didn't do enough to bring her here to testify against the three. “Much, much more should have been done to attempt to secure her attendance,” Kitchen said. However, the three accused - Jabari McCrory, David Martin H