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Three Arrested at
Vancouver Home
Property crimes detectives
from Vancouver arrested Lisa
Bemiece Moore, 34, Nov. lOat
h er re sid e n c e at 4 5 1 2
Plumondon on an outstanding
felony warrant for identity theft
and escape.
Moore, wanted earlier this
year by the police department ’ s
major crimes team, was hiding
in her bedroom closet under a
pile of clothes, authorities said.
Also arrested were Toshmin
Devout Reed. 26, on traffic and
assault charges; and Barbara
E. Reed. 52, for obstructing a
public servant.
Man Wanted in Auto Thefts Case
The Portland Police B ureau ’ s
A uto T heft T ask Force, in co­
operation w ith C rim e Stoppers,
is asking for your help in locat­
ing and apprehending G abriel
“G abe” Bogdan.
A fe lo n y a rre s t w a rra n t,
charging B ogdan w ith unau­
thorized use o f a m otor vehicle,
is on file in M ultnom ah County.
In addition, detectives w ant to
question B ogdan in connection
with a num ber o f stolen ve­
hicles.
Bogdan is a 25-year-old white
Gabe Bogdan
male w ith a date o f birth o f
April 1,1976. He is 5 ’8” tall and
weighs 145 pounds, w ith brow n
hair, brow n eyes, and wears
glasses. He has friends and as­
sociates throughout the Port-
land/V ancouver area.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward o f 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 503-823-HELP.
Accused Drug Dealer Charged in Ecstasy Death
Victim was a nursing student and mother who died after attending a rave party
(A P) - A man accused of selling
a more powerful version o f the
drug Ecstasy to a 19-year-old
woman who died from an over­
dose may become the first alleged
dealer in the city to face prosecu­
tion for the death of a customer,
police said.
Jeremy Michael Tomsha, 20,
was charged with manslaughter
and distributing a controlled sub­
stance following his Nov. 13 ar­
rest.
Tomsha was indicted by a
Jeremy Tomsha
Multnomah County Grand Jury.
He was being held at the Justice
Center Jail on $550,000 bail.
Police Chief Mark Kroeker said
it is “very rare” for a drug dealer to
be prosecuted for the death o f a
customer. He believed it was the
first such case for Portland.
M e lis s a Jo y F la h e rty o f
M ilwaukie attended a rave party
on M arch 3 in a southeast P ort­
land warehouse. Flaherty, a nurs­
ing student at C lackam as C om ­
munity College and the m other
o f an 18-m onth-old girl, was
found outside the building, ap­
parently sick. She was taken to a
hospital where she died. An au­
topsy confirmed her death re­
sulted from an overdose o f a more
powerful parent to the drug Ec­
stasy.
T he dru g F la h e rty to o k ,
m ethylenedioxyam phetam ine,
known as MDA, has been the
cause o f a number of sudden
deaths associated with an erratic
heart beat.
Picnics Lower Crime Rate at Dawson Park
A lower crime rate has fol­
lowed the Eliot Neighborhood
A ssociation and E m anuel
Hospital’s sponsorship of pic­
nics and other com m unity
events this past spring and sum­
mer at Dawson Park at North
Stanton and Williams.
There were Walks in the
Park every Tuesday, Picnics
in the Park every Thursday,
Music in the Park every Satur­
day, several Pretty Up the Park
clean-up days and a Celebrate
the Park community revital­
ization event.
According to the Portland
Police Data System , there
were 47 reported incidents in
Dawson Park in the summer
months of last year, compared
to just 3 reported incidents this
year.
“I was totally surprised by
the results,” said Officer Frank
Montrond, crime analyst for
the Northeast Police Precinct.
“Legacy Emanual Hospital, the
Portland Police Bureau, Port­
land Parks and Recreation and
the Eliot neighborhood made a
difference!”
Seeking African American Families with ADHD Children
for a Research Study
ADHD, Ethnicity, and Family Environment
Who is the Principal Investigator?
Judy Kendall. RN, Ph D.
School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland, OR 97201
503-494-3890
What is the study about?
This study is about gaining an understanding of what it is like for a family to live with attention
delieil hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Virtually no research exists on how African American
and Hispanic families experience and manage ADHD, what health needs they may have, and
what opportunities they have for receiving these services. The study will involve two
meetings, about 2 hours each, at your home or place convenient for you.
Which families are eligible?
• Families with al least one child (age 6-19) with a diagnosis of ADHD.
Families with al least two people (the ADHD child and one parent). Hopefully both parents
and siblings will pari ici pate as well.
Inmates File Suit
Over Medical Care
Prisoners want proper tests and
treatment for hepatitis C
(AP) — Eleven Oregon State
Penitentiary inmates have sued
the Department o f Corrections,
claiming they aren’t getting the
proper testing and treatment for
hepatitis C, a sometimes fatal
liver disease.
The inmates accuse peniten­
tiary doctors o f delaying liver
biopsies, in some cases until it’s
too late for the department to
effectively treat the disease be­
cause the inm ate’s release date
would come before the end of
treatment.
The complaint seeks $17.5
million, enough for future treat­
ments for the more than 400 in­
mates who have contacted at­
torney Michelle R. Burrows.
Hepatitis C leads to chronic
liver damage in 20 percent of
cases and is fatal in an estimated
5 percent. An estimated 2.7 mil­
lion people in the United States
have the disease, and about 8,000
die from it each year. The rate of
infection is much higher in prison
than on the outside.
After hearings before the leg­
islative Joint Interim Committee
on Health and Human Services,
p riso n s stre n g th e n e d the
screening of new inmates this
year.
“We bring them in, we edu­
cate them, tell them the availabil­
ity of hepatitis C testing. We let
them know if they’re interested
in going through the rest o f the
program, they can contact us,”
said Scott Taylor, the Depart­
ment of Corrections’ assistant
director for programs.
The federal suit is one of sev­
eral filed nationwide in recent
months. An estimated 18 per­
cent of the nation’s prisoners,
360,000 inmates, carry the dis­
ease, which is transmitted most
commonly through intravenous
drug use.
In Oregon, about 2,300 in­
m ates, or 30 percent, have
chronic hepatitis, although esti­
mates rise as high as twice that
many.
At the penitentiary in Salem,
58 inmates filed internal com ­
plaints demanding a thorough
examination fortesting and treat­
ment. All the grievances were
denied for various reasons.
Eleven of the inmates sued in
U.S. District Court in Portland.
“Some o f these guys have
never even seen lab reports,”
said B urrow s, the attorney.
“They hav en ’t been told w hat
the potential treatm ent is so
they can make an inform ed de­
cision.”
The lawsuit demands manda­
tory blood tests for incoming
inmates. Corrections officials
have called that demand extraor-
dinary, saying no other system
in the country does it.
Rebels’ Bank Account
Traced to Oregon
(AP) - A Web site run by Islamic
rebels in Chechnya that posts ar­
ticles sympathetic to the Taliban
and terrorists is openly seeking
donations through a U.S. Bank
account in suburban Portland.
T he C h e c h e n W eb site ,
Kavkaz.org, which the Russian
government has said is run by
former Chechen information min­
ister Movladi Udugov, flashes an
ad for “all who wish to donate to
our struggle.”
The ad shows a number for an
account at a small U.S. Bank
branch inside a grocery store at a
strip mall in Clackamas, next to a
pizza shop and a video store.
A bank teller confirmed the ac­
count is open for donations and
the name is listed as Movladi
Oudougov, an alternative spell­
ing for Udugov. The listed ad­
dress was a post office box in
W est Linn.
Terri Charest, a spokeswoman
for Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank
declined to comment on whether
any donations have been made.
“The bank’s fully willing to coop­
erate with authorities as needed,”
Charest said, referring all ques­
tions to the FBI.
Udugov, who acts as a spokes­
man for the Chechen rebels and is
believed to be living in the Persian
G ulf state Qatar, could not be
reached for comment.
Russian President V ladimir
Putin has said the al-Qaida net­
work supports Chechen rebels,
leading Russia to threaten air
strikes on Afghanistan last year.
Some Chechen guerrillas are re­
portedly fighting for the Taliban.
But there is no evidence Chechen
rebels, who arc fractured into many
units that operate independently,
support the Taliban or al-Qaida
with money.
The Chechen W eb site, which
is hosted by an Internet service
provider in California, carries news
about the war in Chechnya and
interviews with rebel leaders from
both moderate and extremist wings
of the independence movement.
In an interview currently posted
on the site, rebel warlord Khattab,
a Jordanian mercenary who uses
only one name, and is a veteran of
the Afghan conflict in the 1980s,
said he agreed with Osama bin
Laden’s rejection of the United
Nations and agenda o f expelling
non-Muslims from Muslim lands.
Families that arc willing to participate in one interview and complete a series of
More Black Women
Are Victims of Guns
questionnaires.
• Families that speak English or are willing to work through an interpreter.
• Parents that are able to read and write at the 5th grade level or are willing to have the
A new study called “When
M en M urder W om en: An
Analysis of 1999 Homicide
Data,” outlines statistics involv­
ing females murdered by a male
offender.
The Violence Policy Center
report provides a state-by-state
ranking of these female homi­
cide rates and reveals that Afri­
can American women are mur­
dered at a rate more than three
times higher than white women.
“African-American women
continue to suffer dispropor­
tionately from gun violence in
American today,” states study
author, Karen Brock. “With
questions read to them.
Spanish interpreters can be available.
AH information will be held strictly confidential.
There will be no cost to you for participating in the research.
In appreciation of your time and contribution,
Each family will receive $50 after each meeting for a possible total of $100.
If interested please call 503-494-4122.
I
ready access to handguns, in­
timate acquaintances pose a
much greater danger to women
than the mystery assailant the
gun industry frequently uses to
sell their deadly products.
“In fact, 14 times as many
women purchase handguns in
a misguided effort to protect
themselves. Medical studies
and government data consis­
tently show that when a fire­
arm is brought into the home, it
is far more likely to result in a
homicide, suicide, or uninten­
tional death than to be used to
kill in self-defense,” Brock
said.