(>a*<A2____________________________ grije jo d ia n i» (S hseruer----------------------------------- g ^ r31’ 2001 W orker Charged With Issuing Fake Licenses A former Oregon Division of Motor Vehicles employee has been charged with 176 counts of selling forged driver’s licenses. Veronica Perez, 41, of Salem, faces charges including bribe taking, identity theft, forgery and official misconduct. Perez allegedly used her po sition at the DM V to issue regu lar dri ver's licenses, commercial driver’s licenses and state ID cards based on falsified or ficti tious information and altered test results. She’s accused of accepting bribes from people seeking to hide criminal records, circum vent license suspensions or revoca tions, gain underage access to bars or overcome failing test scores. W illpower . 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The cost to the victims is more than $180,000. In a connected case, police ar rested a 41-year-old woman — Delphine G lass— in late Septem ber. She once worked for an insur ance company and is believed to have given White and Trent infor mation on clients. The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stop pers, is asking for your help iden tifying and apprehending the driver o f a pick-up truck who deliberately ran over a young man and fled the scene. On Saturday, June 30, at about 1 o ’clock in the morning, Port land Police officers responded to a report o f a large fight in the 100 block of Northeast 100lh Avenue. On arrival, officers found an injured 17-year-old ly ing in the street. According to witnesses, a fight broke out when a group of unwanted individuals attempted to crash a party at a nearby location. Several people from the fight got into a pickup w e ig h tw a tc h e rs .c o m Northminster Press. Church 2823 N. Portland Blvd. NORTHEAST PORTLAND Glisan St. Baptist Church 10401 N.E. Glisan Temple Baptist Church 1319 N.E. 7th Timberline Dodge 2510 N.E. Sandy Blvd. Tillimook Park Bldg. 2108 N.E. 41st Ave. O.J. Simpson Acquitted in Road Rage Case MIAMI (A P)-O .J. Simpson was acquitted last W ednes d a y o f g r a b b in g a n o th e r d riv er’s glasses and scratch ing the m an’s face during a bout of road rage after insist in g th a t th e o th e r m an started it. The 54-year-old Simpson faced up to 16years in jail had he been convicted of auto bur glary and b attery fo r last year’s dispute with Jeffrey Pattinson in their suburban M iam i neighborhood. The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes. The two men offered vastly different accounts o f what happened. During closing argum ents, prosecutor Abbe Rifkin did ev erything but call Sim pson a liar, saying the actor cam e out in him as he testified. G a la n te r sa id P a ttin so n chased dow n Sim pson to pro voke a c o n fro n ta tio n after Simpson turned in front o f him at a stop sign. Sim pson w as cle a re d o f crim inal charges in the 1994 slaying o f his ex-w ife N icole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald G oldm an, but a civil jury later ordered him to pay $33.5 m illion for their deaths. He m oved to Florida last year. Valid at part trip*tir.< k a n in i» for a limited urne 200! Weitrtit Wal» hrm In U -r imtumal liu i-wiier of Uw WEIGHT WATI HERS tradwwarlt AH n<htn n n w v x i truck parked across the street. The victim was standing in the street when the driver of the truck intentionally ran over him and left the scene. The driver is described as a white male 18to 22 yearsold,6’2” tall, weighing 210 pounds. The suspect vehicle is described as a white, full size Ford pick-up truck. Investigators believe the driver may be from the Gresham area. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $ 1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, which leads to an ar rest in this case, or any unsolved felony crime, and you need not give your name. Call Crime Stop pers at(5O3)823-HELP. Man Wanted for Multiple Crimes $32 NORTH PORTLAND I Suspects Arrested Male Driver Wanted for Hit and Run for ID Theft David Noel Weisen Jr. The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in locating and apprehending David Noel Weisen Jr. Felony arrest w arrants are on file charging W eisen with Theft in the First D egree, V iolation o f Release Term s on a charge of Theft in the First D egree, and Failure tô A ppear on charges o f T am pering with Drug Records, U nauthorized Use o f a M otor Vehicle, and Burglary in the First D egree. W eisen is a carpenter by trade, and did construction work in Hawaii. Investigators believe he may now be in the Portland/V ancouver area. David Noel Weisen Jr. is a 38- year-old white male, with a date of birth o f May 6, 1963. He is de scribed as 6’0” tall, weighing 200 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Crime Stoppers is offering 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 crime, and you need not give your name. Call Crime Stop pers at (503) 823-HELP. Assault Investigation At about 10 a.m. on Oct. 17, detectives from the Vancouver Police Major Crime Team and Portland's East Precinct served a search warrant at 608 S.E. 121” Ave. #158 pursuant to an on-go ing investigation of felony assault. Items seized included a bath room d o o r w ith a lle g e d bloodstains on it, a large wooden dowel, an aerosol can with alleged bloodstains on it, and numerous other items. A rrested was A nntionnette Calais, 34, a resident of the apart ment. She was booked into the Clark County Jail on one count of Assault II. The investigation of this case is continuing and further charges may be submitted for re view by the C la rk C o u n ty Prosecutor’s Office. The initial investigation of this case began Oct. 14, when a young woman was brought into South west W ashington Medical Cen ter with numerous injuries. At tempts to determine her present condition at Southwest W ashing ton Medical Center were unsuc cessful. The name of the victim has been withheld at this time. Chinese Businesswoman Settles Strip-Search Case A Chinese businessw om • an who sued the federal government and Portland immigration officers for strip-searching and jailing her has reached a $250,000 settlement. Guo Liming, 37, came to the United States with her business partner when inspectors from the U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza tion Service questioned her pass port at Portland International Air port. The passport appeared tat tered, and she was detained. After the strip search, she was held at a jail in The Dalles for two days, without her lawyer knowing her whereabouts. Her passport later Looking For a Smart Move? At Calaroga Terrace our residents are treated like Royalty. Studio apartments start at just $950 a month with housekeeping, meals, cable and all utilities. Call Candy fo r a tour and lunch a t 503-234-8271 was found to be legitimate. The case only furthered the Portland immigration service’s reputation for treating foreign visi tors badly in a city that had al ready earned itself the nickname “Deportland" among Asian trav elers. After intense criticism from business and political leaders, Oregon INS director David Beebe retired, and the new leadership began making reforms. G uo’s Portland lawyer, Tom Steenson, said that his client was pleased by the out-of-court settle ment, which was finalized Oct. 15. Man Wanders From Care Home and Dies A man reported missing from an extended-care facility was found dead Oct. 17. Gregory Woods, 41, was re ported missing after he apparently wandered away from the Rest Har bor Extended Care Facility in Calaroga Terrace * I A 1400 N.E. Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232 Portland’s Premier Retirement Community I Gresham. Gresham Police O fficer Grant B . M cCormick says Woods, who had mental health problems, died o f exposure that m ight have been complicated by a heart con dition. I I. I