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B o x in g R e fe re e C h a rg e d
w ith Sex A b u s e o f M i n o r
(AP) - A 6 1 -year-old Port
land man who has worked for
years as a boxing referee and
volunteer with sports and rec
reation program s has been
charged with four counts of
sex abuse.
Jerry R. Dusenberry is be
ing held in the M ultnom ah
C ounty D etention C enter on
$1 m illion bail.
P o rtla n d p o lice say the
m other o f an eight-year-old
boy in the Portland area re
ported in late N ovem ber her
child may have been molested.
A fter interview s with the
child and D usenberry, detec
tives searched D usenberry’s
home and found evidence link
ing him to sexual activity with
children, officials said.
Since the initial investiga
tion, police say they have iden
tified additional victims.
Jerry R. Dusenberry
Dusenberry m ost recently
was a volunteer with Portland
Impact. He was form erly con
nected with Portland Parks and
Recreation program s, the U.S.
O ly m p ic C o m m itte e a n d
O lym pic team, the USA A m a
teur Boxing Association, Babe
Ruth Baseball, the Boy Scouts
and the B oy’s C lub o f Port
land.
Woman Guilty of
Forcing Prostitution
(A P ) — A P o rtla n d
w om an has pleaded guilty to
taking an 11-year-old girl to
V ancouver, British C olum
bia and m aking her w ork “the
kiddie stroll,” a street know n
for underage prostitutes.
M elinda M ae Carter, 25,
faces a maximum o f five years
in jail, but prosecutors will rec
om m end a lighter sentence in
exchange for her testimony
against co-defendants, Jabari
M cCrory, 26, and David M ar
tin Walker, 26.
M cC rory and W alker are
scheduled to be tried on Jan.
14 on charges o f conspiracy
and transporting a m inor
across state lines to engage
in prostitution.
Prosecutors say M cCrory
m et the victim at a Portland
mall, and then introduced her
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to W alker and C arter, who
devised a plan to go to C anada
so the girl and C arter could
w ork as prostitutes.
The girl was arrested in
February, while on “the kiddie
stroll.”
Once in custody, she told
her story to police.
A C anadian ju dge dropped
c h a rg e s a g a in s t C a rte r ,
M cC rory and W alk er b e
cause officials from O regon’s
O ffice for Services to C h il
dren and Fam ilies would only
let the girl testify through a
videotaped statem ent.
The O regon officials knew
that A m erican prosecutors
w ere pu rsu in g ch arg es in
Portland and did not want the
girl to testify tw ice, said John
F. Deits, an assistant U.S.
attorney.
Vancouver
Most
Wanted
Captured
Binh “Jim m y” Nguyen,
29, a m an on the Vancou ver
Police D epartm ent’s M ost
W anted w eb page was cap
tured Dec. 4 by detectives
w ho located him at a finger
n ail sh o p in d o w n to w n
Gresham .
N guyen is charged with a
hom e invasion robbery at
tempt.
D e te c tiv e s
fro m
V ancouver’s M ajor Crim es
Unit, acting on confidential
in fo rm a tio n ,
lo c a te d
N guyen at the nail shop and
via a cell phone, m ade an
appointm ent for services.
W hen detectives entered
the shop, they took Nguyen
intocustody without incident
Police Raid Nets Two
Arrests in Vancouver
Two men were arrested on drug
charges and face investigation for
mail theft after the Clark County
Regional Swat team made a tacti
cal entry Dec. 5 to serve a search
warrant on a home at 15906N.E.4“1
Way in Vancouver.
Police said the search resulted
in discovery and seizure of binary
explosives and blasting caps,
methamphetamine, heroin, U.S.
Postal “arrow keys,” mail lock
mechanisms, a large quantity of
stolen mail, counterfeit identities,
counterfeit and washed checks,
credit card production machinery
and stolen or fraudulent credit
cards.
Thomas Dale Peterson, 24, of
Hillsboro was arrested on an out
standing felony warrant and a
charge of possession of metham
phetamine with the intent to de
liver.
Ahmed Mohammed Matia, J7,
of Vancouver was arrested for
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possession of methamphetamine.
U.S. Postal Inspectors are con
sidering federal charges against
both men.
Gun Records Lead to Arrest,
(AP) — A sedfch warrant that
led to the Portland arrest of a Leba
nese native with terrorist training
was issued on the basis of four
felony convictions and his own
ing and trying to buy firearms,
federal court documents show.
A Tigard gun dealer tipped au
thorities after Ali Khaled Steitiye
allegedly gave false information
and refused to return a purchase
application form.
Steitiye, 39, was arrested early
on the morning of Oct. 24 at his
Beaverton apartment after agents
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms searched it and his
vehicles, according to an affidavit
filed in U.S. District Court.
It is illegal for a convicted felon
to possess a firearm or make a false
statement to a dealer when attempt
ing to buy one. The ATF affidavit
contends Steitiye did both.
Federal agents confiscated
weapons, ammunition, computers,
computer discs and components,
documents and other material.
Ali Khaled Steitiye
They found $20,000 in cash in
bundles of $2,000.
Steitiye was convicted in 1984
in Tulsa, Okla., on felony counts
o f larceny and jumping bond and
in 1986 in Oregon for forgery o f a
federal treasury check and ob
struction o f correspondence,
court documents show.
Investigators say Steitiye told
them he had received training at
guerrilla camps in Lebanon. Dur
ing the search of Steitiye’s apart
ment, police found a plaque bear
ing the word “Hamas,” a terrorist
group that has been conducting
su icid e b o m b in g s in Israel.
Steitiye has not been charged with
any terrorist activity.
Man Wanted for 10 Store Robberies
Portland Police Bureau Rob
bery Detectives, in cooperation
with Crime Stoppers, are asking
for your help in identifying an
apprehending an individual be
lieved responsible for a series of
at least ten armed robberies to
b u sin e sse s in n o rth east and
southeast Portland and Gresham.
The robberies were committed
between Nov. 14 and Nov. 22.
The suspect, who carries and
displays a black colored handgun
inside his coat, is described as a
male white in his twenties, 5’7” to
5’9”, 160 to 180 pounds, with
A surveillance camera shows
a suspect for the robbery o f a
Subway store.
brown or light brown hair. He usu-
ally w ears a gray h o o d ed
sweatshirt, beneath a black hip-
length denim coat, baggy pants or
jeans, and at times has on gloves
and a ball cap.
DMV Changes
Rules for ID
Cards
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(AP) — In an attempt to pre
vent fraud, the state Driver and
Motor Vehicle Services agency
will tighten rules for obtaining
replacement drivers licenses and
identification cards.
Beginning Jan. 1, only O r
egon residents will be given
DMV identification cards. Ap
plicants will have to show the
same proof o f residency as
needed for a driver’s license.
Among the proofs of resi
dency acceptable to the DMV
are a bill with a residence ad
dress, a utility bill, a checkbook
with a printed address, canceled
mail addressed to the applicant
or a voter registration card.
The DMV will accept as
proof o f identity an original or
certified copy o f a birth certifi
cate, a photo identification card
issu e d by a g o v e rn m e n t
agency, such as a branch of the
armed forces, a passport, an
alien registration card, or a valid
state or Canadian identification
card. A hospital birth document
is not acceptable.
DMV director Loma Y oungs
said applicants for ID cards or
replacement drivers' licenses
will be compared with digital
photos on file in the DMV sys
tem. About 75 percent of DMV
license and cardholders have
such photos, which are printed
on the face of the card.