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ATF Inspects Area
Explosives Dealers
In the w ak e o f S ept. 11
te rro rist attac k s, th e S eattle
F ield D iv isio n o f th e B ureau o f
A lcohol, T o b a c c o an d F ire
arm s has co m p le te d in sp e c
tio n s an d se cu rity rev ie w s o f
the 5 00 p eo p le and b u sin e sse s
licen sed to m ak e, sell o r p o s
sess e x p lo siv e m a te ria ls in
W ash in g to n , O re g o n , A lask a,
H aw aii an d Idaho, an d in th e
N o rth e rn M a ria n a s Isla n d s,
w hich in clu d es G uam .
T h is d riv e, w h ich b e g a n in
O cto b e r an d w as c o m p le te d
th is m onth, fo cu se s o n th w a rt
ing the p o ssib le m isu se o f e x
p lo siv es by crim in als an d te r
ro rists.
N orm ally, these 5 0 0 lic e n s
ees w ould have been in sp ected
o v e r th e c o u rse o f a fu ll year.
E a c h in sp e c tio n in c lu d es an
ex a m in atio n o f ex p lo siv es stor
ag e fac ilities, th e co m p letio n
o f b ac k g ro u n d ch e c k s on those
w ith a c c e ss to ex p lo siv e s, an d
an in v e n to ry o f all ex p lo siv e s
m aterial.
S p e c ia l A g e n t in C h a rg e
C a r s o n C a r r o ll s a id , “ A l
th o u g h n o s e c u rity b re a c h e s
h a v e b e e n u n c o v e re d , so m e
in fo rm a tio n h a s b ee n re fe rre d
to o u r in te llig e n c e s p e c ia l
is ts f o r f u r th e r re v ie w .”
C a rro ll u rg e s th o se w h o use
o r s to re e x p lo siv e s to be e s p e
c ia lly v ig ila n t an d to im m e d i
a te ly re p o rt an y m issin g in
v e n to ry o r su sp ic io u s in q u ire s
to 1 -8 8 8 -A T F -B O M B .
Child Killed In
Traffic Accident
G illum was arrested on charges
o f m anslaughter, assault, driving
under the influence o f intoxicants,
possession and m anufacture o f a
controlled substance and crim i
nal mischief.
P olice say G illum disregarded
a traffic lig h t at the in te rsec tio n .
A se arch la te r tu rn e d up a m a ri
ju a n a g ro w in g o p e ra tio n at his
re sid e n c e .
(A P) — A C hristm as D ay traf
fic acc ident in Gresham killed a six-
year-old boy from Boring.
A venir Rybak w as ridi ng in his
fam ily ’ s car when it was struck by
a pickup truck driven by 42-year-
old Tim othy Paul G illum o f north
east Portland.
T he boy suffered severe head
traum a and died Dec. 26 at O H SU
hospital.
Hit and Run Driver
brow n car, possibly an older
Ford, w as traveling eastbound
at an estim ated speed o f 50 to 60
m iles per hour.
Investigators believe the ve
hicle may have front end or w ind
shield dam age as a result o f the
collision.
C rim e S toppers is offering a
cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for
inform ation, reported to C rim e
S toppers, w hich leads to an ar
rest in this case, o r any unsolved
felony crim e, and you can re
m ain anonym ous. C all C rim e
Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP.
T he Portland Police Bureau
Traffic Division is asking foryour
help in identifying and appre
hending the driver o f a vehicle,
w hich struck and seriously in
ju red a Portland man.
On T hursday, Dec. 6, at about
6:15 p.m ., 25-year-old M atthew
L eism er was riding his bicycle
next to the curb, in the 11100
block o f S.E. C herry Blossom
D r., w hen he w as struck by a car
w hich fled the scene w ithout
stopping.
A ccording to w itnesses, the
vehicle, d escribed as a dark
Airport Workers With Fake IDs Arrested
(A P ) - Federal im m igration
agents arrested 30 em ployees at
P o rtlan d In tern atio n al A irport
D ec. 12 on charges o f using fake
docum ents to get their jobs.
O f 2,159 em ployees screened
by the Im m igration and N atural
ization Service, 124 were found to
be working illegally, said Anthony
Ho, special agent in charge o f INS
investigations.
Ninety w orkers had com m itted
som e kind o f im m igration viola
tion; those arrested w ere the m ost
serious offenders, he said.
The 30 w orkers w ere respon
sible for baggage handling and
loading, construction and food
and jan ito rial services.
N one o f those arrested w orked
in secure areas, but m any had
badges allow ing them into sensi
tive areas. H o said.
“T hey w ere acard -sw ip e aw ay
from access to the airplanes,” he
said. “O ne can see w here this
poses a security problem .”
U.S. Attorney Mike Mosman said
the arrests are not part o f the nation
wide anti-terror investigation.
A ir p o r t D ir e c to r S te v e
S chreiber said no Port o f Portland
em ployees, airport em ployees or
security em ployees were arrested.
T he arrests w ere part o f O p era
tion T arm ac, an INS initiative fo
cu sin g on airp o rts acro ss the
country follow ing the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.
A irport businesses that em
ployed illegal workers were told to
fire them.
U nder federal law, em ployers
w ho know ingly hire unauthorized
w orkers face substantial fines and
possible crim inal prosecution.
“W e will use every tool and
resource at our disposal - from our
inspectional authority to the im m i
gration provisions covering the
work site,” said Ron Smith, INS
director in Portland.
Escapee’s Capture Follows New Assault
(A P )— A convicted rapist was
arrested last W ednesday after he
escaped from a state prison on
Christm as Eve and allegedly sexu
ally assaulted a w om an.
L eighton Bates, 41, w as a r
rested shortly after noon by tw o
O regon State Police troopers re
sponding to a call from a state
prison w orker w ho spotted Bates
along a m ain street near Interstate
5, police said.
Bates w as transferred to the
custody o f S alem police, who are
investigating a report that Bates
allegedly sexually assaulted a 46-
year-old w om an in the laundry
room o f her apartm ent building
sh o rtly a fte r his escap e, said
C apt.T im M cL ain o f the O regon
Leighton Bates
State Police.
State police w ill separately in
vestigate the Dec. 24 escape from
the m edium -security O regon State
C orrectional Institution, M cLain
said.
Bates apparently w rapped him
self in some type o f plastic and hid
in a delivery truck, said G erald
L ong, a corrections departm ent
spokesm an.
A m otorist w ho recognized a
picture o f B ates reported picking
up a hitchhiker fitting his d escrip
tion on C hristm as D ay and d ro p
ping him o ff at a tavern.
O n Dec. 24, a w om an reported
that Bates had threatened her with
a sh arp -ed g ed in stru m en t and
sexually assaulted her in the lau n
dry room o f her apartm ent bu ild
ing before her teen-age son cam e
to look for her.
Both the w om an and her son
w ere forced back to their apart-
Drug Bust Worth $1 Million
A search o f a so u th e ast P o rt
lan d a p a rtm e n t b ro u g h t th ree
arrests an d ab o u t 12 p o u n d s o f
h ero in , 4 .5 p o u n d s o f co cain e
and $ 6 ,5 0 0 in cash , acco rd in g to
o ffic ia ls w ith th e P o rtla n d Po-
lice B u re a u ’s d ru g s an d vice
d iv isio n .
T he street value o f the narcot
ics seized in the 600 block o f S.E.
148lh A venue w as pegged at $ 1.1
million.
L e tic ia M o n te s - S o to , 4 4 ,
L orenzo L opez-L erm an, 31, and
Joel M ontes-L una, 36, w ere all
charged w ith m anufacture, p o s
session and distribution o f heroin
and cocaine.
Pair Charged With Store Robbery
A m an and w om an have been
arrested as suspects in the Dec. 12
robbery o f the A ction M art at
4 5 0 1 E. Fourth Plain in Vancouver.
S haw nie L. C ardw ell, 29, and
Jesse T. N eal, 47, w ere arrested
d u rin g a se arch w arra n t at a
V ancouver apartm ent at 3412 N . E.
62nd, police said.
Cardw ell is accused o f attem pt
ing to rob the store by displaying
a paring knife and dem anding
m oney from the register.
N eal is accused o f driving a
g e t-a w a y ca r. N ea l w as also
booked on an unrelated charge o f
violation o f a dom estic violence
no-contact order.
Search Finds Stolen Property, Credit Cards
V an co u v er p olice recovered
stolen property, credit cards, com
puters and identification cards
during a search o f a residence at
1101W . 31 St.
Police said M ichelle Loueene
Boothby, 30, w as not present at
the tim e. She is w anted for q u es
tioning regarding the case. She is
described as a w hite fem ale, 5 foot
8 inches tall, weighing 300pounds,
w ith brow n hair and brow n eyes.
She is believed to be driving a
white 1991 Plymouth Voyager van,
W ashington L icense, 557 M KH.
m ent, w here the teen w as tied up
and both were threatened before
the w om an was forced to drive the
suspect to Silver Falls State Park
east o f Salem , according to Salem
police Lt. C huck Bennett.
B ates w as serving tim e for
charges including rape, kidnap
ping and robbery. T he earliest he
could have been released was
December 2037.
H e w as co n v icte d afte r he
posed in A pril as a stranded m o
torist and kidnapped and raped a
Eugene teen.
Bates escaped from the Salem
prison once before, in 1985. In
1992, he escaped from the m ini
m um security P ow der R iver C o r
rectional Facility in B akerC ity.
Liquor
License May
Get Pulled
T h e O reg o n L iq u o r C o n
trol C om m ission plans to can
c e l th e liq u o r lic e n s e o f
B alzer’s Pub & G rill, 53 N. W.
1st A v e., fo r a h isto ry o f se
rio u s and p e rs is te n t p ro b
lem s in v o lv in g fig h tin g , p u b
lic d ru n k en n e ss, th e fts, ille
g al d ru g activ ity an d e x c e s
siv e n oise.
T h e O L C C rec en tly sen t a
n o tice o f p ro p o sed licen se
cancellation to E m ie B ighaus,
p resid e n t o f JE B E q u ip m en t,
Inc., th e lic en see o f B a lz er’s.
B a lz e r’s w as re c e n tly d e
clared a chronic nuisan ce pre
m ises by the P o rtlan d P o lice
B u reau , the seco n d tim e in
se v eral years.
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