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JJnrtlanò © bseruer------------------------------- Ngy*mb*L?8.»2001 Guilty Pleas Heard in Portland Policeman Stabbing Wanted for Identification Fraud (AP) - A 24-year-old man ac cused o f stabbing an off-duty Portland police officer at a dow n tow n restaurant has p lead ed guilty to several assault-related charges. U n d e r a p le a b a rg a in , Domanick Campbell ofPordand was sentenced to about six years in prison. He also faces three years’ probation. Prior to C am pbell’s Nov. 19 plea, co-defendant Tyrone A n thony Thurm an, 23, pleaded guilty to third-degree assault. Thurm an was sentenced to two years in a work-release program. Authorities are trying to identity these men in a suspected case o f identification fraud. T he Portland Police B ureau’s G ang Enforcem ent Team , in co operation w ith C rim e Stoppers is asking for your help in identify ing three individuals responsible for obtaining fraudulent identifi cation in n u m erous d ifferen t names. T he fra u d u le n t id e n tific a tio n s are b eliev ed to be u sed in fraud schem es. T he th ree in d i v id u als m ay or m ay n ot know ea ch o th er, but all th ree have used forged C o lo rad o B irth C e r tific a te s to ob tain S tate o f O r eg o n , D ept. o f M o to r V eh icles Id e n tific a tio n C ards. A ll three also ap p e ar to be fam iliar w ith to w n s a n d c i t i e s in th e W illa m ette V alley from Salem to E u g en e an d S p rin g field . C rim e Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for inform ation leading to the posi tive identification o fa n y o ra ll o f * the individuals. Call Crim e Stop- persat503-823-H ELP(4357). The fam ily o fa G resham m an w ho is m iss ing and feared dead held a new s conference last w eek to announce a $25,000 rew ard for inform ation leading to an arrest in the case. M ark Jeffery D ribin disappeared on July 2, W hen she becam e agitated, they ran out the door. A police canine unit and m ajor crim e team responded to assist in the investigation. Fingerprints w ere subse quently recovered from the scene. N o suspects have been identified. 1999. H is body has not been recovered. D ribin liv e d at3 6 2 9 N .E , 137,hAve. A nyone w ith inform ation is asked to call D etec tive Sergeant Paul Larson at 503-823-0835 or D e tective Sergeant Cheryl K anzierat 503-823-0865. North Portland Trio Arrested Contacts: Jane Scott at 360-696-8119 or Detec tive Sergeant Lou Braafladt at 360-696-8226. The I n s t a n t H o lid a y G i f t P C C T U IT IO N B U C K S ♦ as unprovoked and probably in retaliation for contact one o f the suspects had with an officer two nights earlier. Tw o other defendants, Ronald Lam ont Cunningham , 22, and A nthony Thom as had already pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, and were each sentenced to two years o f w ork-release and five years’ probation. Tw o other defendants in the case, Dante Lamont Porter, 25, and Damon Cunningham, 25, are scheduled to go to trial Dec. 21. A seventh defendant, Jerrin Lavazie Hickman. 23, is still being sought. Family Offers Reward in Disappearance Masked Gunmen Enter Vancouver Residence V ancou ver Police Officers responded to a residential burglary and assault Nov. 17 in the Fisher’s Mill area. Tw o m ales w earing ski m asks entered the residence through an unlocked back door and surprised a young fem ale in her bedroom . O ne o f the two suspects was arm ed w ith a handgun. The subjects grabbed die victim , threatened her, and attem pted to bind her. eight w eeks to a forest work project and five years’ probation. Police identifiedCam pbelland Thurm an as two o f seven men w h o assau lted O fficers C had G radw ahl and David M ichaelson on M ay 26 as the off-duty police m en w ere leaving the restaurant. G radw ahl was knocked to the ground unconscious. M ichaelson w as stabbed in the lower back near his rib cage and struck in the head with a beer can. Both officers w ere treated at a local hospital and released. Police said the assail ants w ere members o f the Crips gang. They described the assault More than 1,000 courses to choose from, including credits that transfer to just about any university. ♦ Sold in $10, $25, and $100 amounts in an attractive presentation folder. ♦ A great gift idea for parents, grandparents, family friends, aunts and uncles. Call 503-533-2882 to order by phone. We’ll mail your certificates to you the next business day or sooner. Portland Com m unity C ollege 1 he Portland Po lice Bureau and in vestigators from the Colum bia County S h e r if f ’s O ffic e confiscated stolen property and made a rre s ts d u rin g a Nov. 16 search o f a home at 10215 N. Polk. Arrested at the scene were Frank Frank Langworthy L angw orthy, 32, and his brother, Ri- • chard Langworthy, 30. A third suspect, Ernest Lee Walker Jr., 32, was not present during the execution o f the warrant, but was arrested later the same day. Investigators removed two vans full o f stolen property from the residence. The property has been moved to the Oregon State Parole and Probation Office at 7220 N. Lombard. Detectives are con ducting an inventory and attempting to locate bur glary and car prowl victims whose stolen property may have been recovered. Any question concerning this investigation should be directed to Sergeant Doug Justice o f the North Precinct Property Crimes Unit at 503-823-2122. Richard Langworthy Earnest Lee Walker Jr. Mail Centers Test Negative for Anthrax your 1 st husband (A P) — O re g o n ’s central mail pro cessin g an d distribution cen ters have tested negative for an thrax, the U.S. Postal Service said. A u th o rities n ev er suspected that anthrax spores w ould be found at the dow ntow n center and a small airport facility used for out-of-state mail. The processing centers were your 2nd husband am ong 260 post office buildings across the country tested. “W e are very pleased to hear the results,” U SPS D istrict M an ager D allas K eck said in a state m ent. “ W e w ant to ensure the safety o f our em ployees and cus tom ers and conducting these tests is part o f doing that.” Man Sentenced to Five Years (A P) - A m an w h o stole a patrol car in V ancouver and led deputies on a 3 0-m inute chase has been sentenced to five years in prison. S uperior C ourt Judge Jam es R ulli on M onday handed dow n the longest sentence possible to Jam es C lyde Shields. In July, Shields w as arrested forpossessing m etham phetam ine and driving w ith a suspended li cense. H e w as released on bail and told to ap p ear in court A ug. 2. H e d id n ’t, an d a felony w arrant w as issued for his arrest. Shields, 35, w as picked up on your lawyer the w arrant Aug. 26, placed in the back o f a C lark C ounty S h eriff's O ffice patrol car and left unat tended. He w riggled his cuffed hands from behind his back, bent a m etal screen separating the back seat from the front seat and slipped into the d riv er’s seat. H e led police on a chase that exceeded speeds o f 100 m ph and ended in a m inor crash on Inter state 5. O n Oct. 11, he pleaded guilty to theft, escape and attem pting to elude police. Collision Results in Manslaughter JRL Scratch. For everyone on your list. OwetaR o c k ft V 4ry b y g a in é M u s t ! * IM fO b »*»• Be r in t i t p i i v - t h n n v . >< m ii liu M pr. 4 4 ^ 0 ,1 ,4 M »hr* j M r l p l i f * P, i h ; . (A P ) — A 45-year-old m an is ch a rg ed w ith m a n slau g h ter in co nnection w ith a traffic accident that k illed a G resham w om an. M ary M argaret Ewing, 44, died Nov. 19 when her car • was struck in an intersection on Southeast Stark. G resham police say Ew ing was northbound in the left turn lane on a green light w hen an eastbound car struck her. T he collision pro pelled her car into tw o others. T he driver o f the eastbound vehicle, Joe D udley H ughes, suf fered critical injuries in the wreck. T he drivers o f the other tw o cars had m inor injuries. H u g h es is u n d er g u ard on charges o f m anslaughter, driving u nder the influence o f intoxicants and for violating felony D -U -I-I probation. J