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Arrest Made in Red Racist Undertones Tied to Shooting Arrests
Cross Donation Theft Klamath Water Fight Brings Undercurrent of Racism Against Tribes
Portland Police have identi­
fied a suspect in the theft of Red
Cross donation boxes.
He is Duane Arthur Lamotte,
44. a man arrested for robbery
after he struggled with conve­
nience store employees to re­
tain control o f a Red Cross do­
natio n box in W ashington
County.
Police said Lamotte was not
charged with the recent theft of
Red Cross donation boxes from
four separate Portland area con­
venience stores.
FBI Tries to Identify
Bank Robber
The Federal Bureau of Investi­
gation Bank Robbery Task Force
seeks assistance identifying a
serial bank robber described as a
white male, 35 to 40 years old. 5
foot. 8 inches tall. 150 pounds
with sandy blonde hair.
He was seen wearing a gray
hooded sweatshirt under a dark
Columbia Sportswear type o f coat,
or dark green coat with a Nautica
logo on left side, sweat pants, light
colored athletic shoes, and dark
or black colored gloves, and car­
rying a brown or gray colored zip
up merchant bag.
The man is wanted in connec­
tion with several bank robberies
Adam Lee is one o f three
men arrested for a shooting
spree that carried racist
overtones. (AP Photo)
Wednesday. The men. all o f Bo­
nanza. east of Klamath Falls, were
released on their own recogni­
zance.
Each was charged with felony
intimidation because of their com ­
ments related to Indians plus con­
spiracy, unlawful use of a weapon,
reckless endangerment and crimi­
nal mischief, authorities said.
The Klamath Tribes consider the
Lost River sucker and shortnosed
sucker a gift from their creator. A
major ceremony is held each year
to mark the return of the fish to the
Sprague River to spawn.
Because the fish are on the
endangered species list, they were
a factor in the decision by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation to sharply
reduce irrigation water to more
than 1,000 farms on the Klamath
Reclamation Project. During the
drought last summer, water was
held back in Upper Klamath Lake,
where the suckers live, rather than
sending it to farms.
Though water was also held
back from farmers to increase flows
for threatened coho salmon in the
Klamath River, signs posted along
roadsides and carried at demon­
strations in Klamath Falls singled
out the suckers.
A draft report from Oregon
State University has character­
ized the Klamath Basin as sharply
polarized by the water issue with
an undercurrent of racism against
the Klamath Tribes.
Members of the Klamath Tribes
have long felt racial tension, but
“this is the most extreme expres­
sion of it w e’ve seen,” said tribal
Chairman Allen Foreman.
He said he was relieved to see
the arrests, because many locals
were afraid no one would be
charged.
Evinger said officers identified
the suspects immediately, but
held off on an arrest until they had
gathered testimony and evidence
to support each charge.
Investigators alleged in court
documents that the three went
duck and goose hunting at Upper
Klamath Lake, drank beer and then
drove into Chiloquin, where they
randomly fired 12-gauge shot­
guns at signs, portable toilets and
other structures.
Trip Permits Limited Wanted for Bank Fraud
A surveillance camera shows
a bank robbery suspect.
in the Portland area.
If you have any information
regarding this individual, please
contact the Portland Office of the
FBIat503-224-4181.
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(AP) — Three men have been
arrested for a shooting spree that
carried racist overtones stemming
from the summer conflict over
sharing water between fish and
farmers in the Klamath Basin, au­
thorities said.
Witnesses said the men drove
through the town of Chiloquin in
a pickup in broad daylight on Dec.
1, firing shotguns at street signs
and yelling, “Sucker lovers ” — a
reference to fish considered sa­
cred by the Klamath Tribes.
Chiloquin, a town of about 800,
is home to the offices of the Kla­
math Tribes.
“To be doing this, to me, is
really an act of terrorism,” Kla­
math County Sheriff Tim Evinger
said. "I consider it to be terrorizing
an entire community.”
George Curry, 23; Richard
Sharp, 26; and Adam Lee, 27, were
a rre ste d and a rra ig n e d last
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DM V will be making signifi­
cant changes to the way trip
permits for passenger cars and
light trucks, motorcycles and
light trailers are issued and
tracked by the agency.
Starting Jan. 1, DM V will is­
sue no more than two 21 -day trip
permits in a 12-month period to
any passenger vehicle. The fee
for each permit will be $20.
DMV will use an automated
tracking system that will allow
only two permits to be issued to
a vehicle. Once two permits have
been issued to a vehicle, no new
permits may be issued to that
vehicle unless 12 months have
passed from the time the first
permit was issued, or until there
is a complete change in owner­
ship o f the vehicle.
“There were concerns raised
about abuses with the old sys-
tem,” said Loma Youngs, deputy
director for the Driver and Mo­
tor Vehicle Services Division.
“The intent behind trip permits
is to give people a way to drive
legally while waiting for paper­
work from another jurisdiction
or to make repairs so that a ve­
hicle could pass emissions in­
spections. Instead, some people
were using them to get around
having to register their vehicles.”
Youngs said the two 21-day
perm its should give people
ample time to take care of what­
ever business they need to in
order to get their vehicle regis­
tered properly.
Vehicles in the Portland area
are also required to get a vehicle
emissions inspection certificate
from the Department of Environ­
mental Quality before they are
re-registered with DMV.
The Portland Office o f the FBI,
in cooperation with Crime Stop­
pers, is asking for your help in
lo c a tin g and a p p re h e n d in g
Beverly Lois Waldock.
W aldock has an outstanding
arrest warrant for using more than
20 false identities to commit baftk
fraud.
From July 1996 to August 1999,
the indictment alleges that Waldock
obtained driver’s licenses and state
ID cards in assumed and false iden­
tities. She then allegedly used this
identification to open numerous
checking accounts in Oregon and
Arizona.
Waldock is accused of depos­
iting counterfeit checks into these
accounts and then withdrawing
the money. All totaled, the banks
lost more than $ 100,000.
Waldock is 46 years old, with a
date of birth of Dec. 11,1954. She
is described as 5 ’ 8” tall, weighing
250 to 300 pounds, with brown
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hair, brown eyes, and scars on her
left ankle, right eye and left eye.
A ccording to investigators,
W aldock was recently seen in the
Portland area, and may be using
the alias of Laura Livingston.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward o f 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 can remain
anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers
at(503)823-HELP.
Anthrax In Oregon Senator’s Office
(AP) — Sen. Ron W yden’s
office tested positive last week for
trace amounts of anthrax follow­
ing a new round of tests con­
ducted by an Army lab in Mary­
land.
C ongress’ attending physi­
cian, told Wyden, D-Ore., that his
staff has already taken the right
safety steps and was confident
the small amount of spores did not
pose an additional health risk.
Most o f W yden’s staff members
are taking a 60-day supply of the
antibiotic Cipro, though no one
has tested positive for possible
anthrax exposure.
“These are issues that present
w hat am ounts to an unprec­
edented public health challenge
as far as Capitol Hill is concerned,”
Wyden said. But “the staff was
very composed. There was abso­
lutely no panic.”
The Hart office building was
closed Oct. 17, two days after a
staff member for Senate Majority
Leader Tom Daschle opened a
letter filled with anthrax. Experts
are now working to decontami­
nate the building.
Senators and their staffs with
offices in the building, including
Wyden, are working out of tempo­
Judge Mulls
Penalty
Against Juror
rary quarters. Wyden’s office is
among 16 in addition to Daschle’s
where anthrax spores have been
found, W yden’s spokeswoman
Lisa Wade Raasch said.
The spores found in W yden’s
office were discovered upstairs
from the main suite. Interns and
the computer networks adminis­
trator work there.
The area had been tested be­
fo re, b u t R aasch said m ore
samples taken Dec. 7 provided a
positive result for a “trace amount
o f anthrax.” It is unclear how the
spores got there, and more tests
are being done.
(AP) — It was bad enough
when the juror settled into a
determ ined snooze during
opening statements in Clark
C ounty S uperior C ourt in
Vancouver.
When the same man ignored
a warning and was 20 minutes
late returning from lunch. Judge
John F. Nichols replaced him
and now says he may be penal­
ized.
“Theoretically, he is in con­
tempt o f court,” Nichols said.
“I think we should do some­
thing, but what? Not pay him
his $ 10 (daily juror’s fee)?Make
him show up for jury duty
again?”
Juror No. 11, appearing to
be in his mid-40s, dozed off a
week ago Monday morning
two-thirds of the way through
d e p u ty p ro se c u to r T ony
G olik's opening statement in a
domestic violence case.
First the judge tried staring
at the No. 11, who wore a T-
shirt depicting a frazzled-look-
ing man with the words, “I’m
not stressed — just focused.”
Then he coughed, dropped
books on the counter and pro­
nounced the slumberer’ s name
loudly, all to no effect.
It took two nudges from
Juror No. 10 to rouse the man.
W ith the rest o f the jury
out o f the courtroom , Nichols
questioned No. 11, who said
he had been up late the pre­
vious night and assured the
judge h e’d be OK.
Before lunch, Nichols gave a
standard pep talk about the im­
portance of returning on time,
noting that each a jury trial costs
the county $ 1,000 an hour.
Anthrax Hoaxes Tied to Suicidal Woman
(AP) — The FBI has traced a
string o f anthrax threats in the
Portland area to a Salem woman
who killed herself during a stand­
off with police.
Agents suspect that Debra
Brock m ailed C hristm as cards
and letters containing a white
pow dery substance and threat­
ening statem ents to OHSU H os­
pital, the PacW est C enter in
Portland, and State Farm Insur­
an ce o ffic e s in S alem and
M ilw aukie. The mail was post­
marked Dec. 11.
The next day. Brock wounded
her landlord and a Marion County
sh e riffs deputy after they ap­
peared at her front door to serve
an eviction notice. Brock fired a
single shot through the door.
After a seven-hour standoff with
police. Brock shot herself in the
chest.
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