December 05, 2001
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$8 M illion Lottery Prize Claim Rejected
(AP) - The Oregon State
Lottery has refused to pay an
$8.35 million jackpot toaPort-
land man who says he holds
the winning ticket.
State police investigators
say the ticket held by Chris
Reamer was purchased more
than three hours after the
drawing. The Marion County
district attorney’s office is
considering whether to pros
ecute the case as attempted
fraud.
But Reamer insists he is
the rightful winner of the
$8.34 million, and has filed a
breach of contract suit against
the Oregon Lottery Commis
sion.
Reamer says he bought the
ticket on June 17 at a 7-Eleven
Store. When the next day’s
$8.35 million Megabucks draw
ing was held, the six numbers
Reamer picked came up, his
complaint says.
Reamer’s wife, Tanya, and
father-in-law Gilbert Brown
brought the ticket to lottery head
quarters in Salem the next day.
But lottery officials say
that’s not the way it happened.
They charge that after the
winning numbers for June 18
were drawn. Reamer entered
those numbers onto a play slip,
purchased a Megabucks ticket.
Feds May Question
Portland Foreigners
(AP) - Federal agents will likely
question 23 foreign visitors to the
Portland area because Portland
police w on’t, saying they can't do
the interviews because o f state
privacy laws.
Portland was the first city in the
nation to refuse the request to help
interview five-thousand foreign
visitors across the country as part
of the federal terrorism probe.
Last week, Corvallis also an
nounced it also w on’t be helping
with the interviews as requested
by the US Justice Department.
Corvallis Police C hief Pam
Roskowski says the department’s
resources are best used in track
ing down criminals, not in ques
tioning people who aren’t in
volved in crimes.
Roskowski says her depart
ment will continue to work with
federal investigators, but it will
only help when leads indicate
criminal activity.
Even though the state attor
ney general says there is nothing
in Oregon law that prevents state
investigators from helping with
the interviews, Portland officials
have a different interpretation.
They say they believe several
o f the questions overstep the line
allowed by state law.
Federal authorities want about
200 people in Oregon, here on
student, work or tourist visas,
questioned. All have come to the
state in the past two years from
countries known to harbor terror
ists.
went to lottery headquarters
saying he’d bought the ticket
on June 17 and he was there to
claim the $8.35 m illion
Megabucks prize.
Investigators discovered the
ticket had been purchased not
on June 17 but at 11:10 p.m.
the following day - more than
three hours after the drawing,
said lottery spokesman David
Hooper.
Hooper said the ticket pur
chased by Reamer was actu
ally for June 20, and it was
identified as such. The ticket
also stated the M egabucks
jackpot for June 18.
Reamer’s attorney, Karen
Thompson, insists that her
client purchased the ticket on
the day he claims.
Thompson said she has
spoken with about 10 ac
quaintances of Reamer who
say they saw him wildly cel
ebrating his win after check
ing his ticket hours before
lottery officials say he bought
it
She contends that the lot
tery computer system may
have made a mistake by spit
ting out a June 20ticket, rather
than one for June 18,
“Surely there could be
something wrong with the
machine,” she said.
Portland Police Bureau Detec
tives have arrested a man for a Nov.
14 murder in southeast Portland.
Danny Philip Flack, 33, faces a
charge o f aggravated murder in
the death o f 65-year-old Kenneth
Patterson, who was found in the
detached garage of a home in the
5200 block o f Southeast 57"’ Av
enue.
Flack was also charged with
two counts o f burglary and unau
thorized use of a motor vehicle.
Homicide detectives believe
Flack killed the victim during a
robbery, then stole his vehicle,
returning later to commit a bur
glary.
Police believe additional evi
dence of the murder may have
D anny Phillip Flack
been placed in a bag or backpack
and then thrown into a nearby
field or yard.
The investigation is continu
ing.
Teen Imposter
Man Awaits Hearing
Handed Prison Term in DMV Theft
Treva Throneberry
(A P ) — A 3 2 -y e a r-o ld
Vancouver woman who posed
as a high school student to ob
tain foster care and a taxpayer-
funded education w as se n
tenced last Wednesday in Clark
County to three years and two
months in prison.
Treva Throneberry was con
victed earlier this month on
seven counts of felony theft and
perjury.
Throneberry graduated from
E v e rg re e n H igh S ch o o l in
Vancouver in June o f last year,
and had received a tuition waiver
to attend Clark College before
she was arrested last March.
A D N A te s t sh ow ed
Throneberry is the daughter of
Carl and Patsy Throneberry o f
Comanche, Okla.
Throneberry said she did not
know the couple, and witnesses
said she had told tales o f a
troubled past, including a father
who murdered her mother.
However, prosecutors said
Throneberry has passed herself
off as a teen-ager in other states,
including Pennsylvania, Texas
and Oregon.
Seeking African American Families with ADHD Children
for a Research Study
ADHD, Ethnicity, and Family Environment
Who is the Principal Investigator?
Man Arrested in
Southeast Murder
Judy Kendal!. RN, Ph D.
School o f 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
(AP) A prelim inary hear
ing was set for W ednesday,
Dec. 5 for Jody Gene Oates,
the H illsboro man accused of
identity theft in a scheme that
could have targeted m ore
than one million Oregon driv
ers.
He w as a rra ig n e d last
W e d n esd a y a fte rn o o n in
W ashington County.
O a te s w as a rre s te d on
Nov. 14, after police seized
com puter discs with Oregon
driver’s license records.
During a search of O ates’
apartm ent, detectives found
a CD ROM that likely in
c lu d e s the s ta te ’s e n tire
driver’s license database, in- ♦
eluding names, addresses and
dates o f birth.
,
In fo rm a tio n fro m th e
driver’s license database and
other docum ents can be used
to get Social Security num
bers and make fake docu
ments. Investigators say that
allows crim inals to conduct
virtually any financial trans
action in the country under
an assum ed name.
Red Cross Blood Donations
Memorialize Crash Victim
(AP) — A hundred Port
land firefighters are using then-
days off to donate blood in
memory of a comrade who
died in a plane crash last month.
The firefighters say they want
to ensure that the Portland area
has a steady supply of blood.
They’re inviting the public to
also give blood throughout the
month.
T hey’re m aking the dona
tions to the Red C ross in
m em ory o f Art Skipper Jun
ior, a firefighter and form er
N C A A c h a m p io n ja v e lin
throw er from the U niversity
o f Oregon. He was killed in a
small plane crash southeast
o f Portland in October. He
was 31 years old.
Skipper’s cousin, Ted Skip
per, has been in the hospital
since the crash with severe
injuries suffered in the crash.
After his track career, Art ♦
Skipper moved back to Sandy
and becam e a P o rtla n d •
firefighter, following his father
and uncle. He had just com
pleted his first year with the
department.
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Virtually no research exists on how African American
Scholarships Created For
Terrorist Attack Victims
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 at 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 participate as well.
• Families that arc willing to participate in one interview and complete a series of
questionnaires.
• Families that speak English or are willing to work through an interpreter.
The children of victims of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
will be eligible to receive a full
scholarship for a college edu
cation at one of the United
Negro College Fund’s 39 mem
ber colleges and universities.
Scholarships will be offered
to any child, regardless o f age,
who lost a parent or guardian,
as a result of these tragic
events.
The scholarships will be
awarded based on financial
need and will cover the cost of
tuition, fees, room and board,
books and supplies.
UNCF hopes other colleges
and universities around the
country join UNCF in making
the guaranty of a college edu
cation possible for each and
every victim of the Sept. 11
tragedy because, “A mind is a
terrible thing to waste.”
For more information on
UN CF,
go
o n lin e
to
www.uncf.org.
• Parents that are able to read and write at the 5lh grade level or are willing to have the
Simpson Home Searched
questions read to them.
(A P ) — F e d e ra l a g e n ts
searched O.J. Sim pson's home
early Tuesday as part o f an inves
tigation into an Ecstasy drug ring
that also laundered money and
stole equipment to activate satel
lite television signals.
Eight other people were ar
rested in Miami and two in Chi
cago as part of a two-year inves
tigation called Operation X, FBI
spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.
Simpson had not been arrested
or indicted and Orihuela wouldn' t
discuss his connection to the in
vestigation. Nine other homes in
Miami were also being searched
by the FBI along with the U.S.
Spanish interpreters can be available.
All 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.
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Drug Enforcement Administration
and the Miami-Dade Police De
partment.
Agents arrived at about 6 a.m.
and the form er football great
was at home. In a shot from a
television helicopter, Sim pson
could be seen w alking in the
backyard in a bathrobe. About
tw o hours after agents arrived,
Sim pson left the hom e alone in
his sports utility vehicle w ith
out talking to reporters.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter
arrived at the house and spoke to
agents for about 15 minutes. He
also left the home without speak
ing to reporters.