PagcA 2_____________________________________________ ( C f r e f f i o r t l a n f r O D b a e r u e r _______________________________Ja n u a ry 30,2002
Mounted Police Patrol Gets New Home Accused Family
Killer Faces
Death Penalty
Mayor Vera Katz
dedicates a new
permanent
horse barn for
the Portland
Police Bureau's
Mounted Patrol
Unit.
(AP) - A prosecutor on the
Oregon Coast last week said that
she will seek the death penalty
against Christian Longo, the man
accused o f killing his wife and
three small children near New
port last month.
Longo, 28, showed no em o
tion as Chief Deputy District
Attorney Paulette Sanders an
nounced the decision at a Jan. 23
hearing in the Lincoln County
Courthouse. Longo did not ap
pear in the courtroom, but moni
tored the hearing via closed-cir
cuit television.
To escape m ounting legal
troubles in Ohio and Michigan,
Longo moved his family to O r
egon about three months before
the bodies of his wife, MaryJane
34, and children — all younger
than 5 — were found in coastal
inlets between Dec. 19 and Dec.
27.
Prosecutors have so far re
fused to say how the killings
were carried out or to reveal a
possible motive.
P hot «, by
M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland
O bserver
Nine horses from the Port
la n d
P o lic e
B u r e a u ’s
m ounted patrol unit finally
have a new perm anent home.
A state-o f-th e-art horse
bam has opened on the dow n
town waterfront, north of the
Broadway Bridge. The facil
ity was designed to have easy
access to both downtown and
the eastside. It ends a de
cades old battle on where to
place the unit and w hether to
keep the historic horse pa
trols.
The 20,000 square foot
com plex has a horse training
ring, individual horse stalls
and adjoining outdoor cov
ered paddock. The facility is
also home for the bureau’s
canine unit.
Local, state and federal
agencies said they worked
together to ensure the facil
ity is environm entally sound
and architecturally com pat
ible w ith the surrounding
River D istrict.
Portland M ayor Vera Katz
an d P o lic e C h ie f M ark
Kroeker, the Friends of the
M ounted Patrol and com m u
nity leaders dedicated the
new facility at a Jan. 11 grand
opening celebration.
Boyfriend Plows Car Into Emergency Room
(AP) — An angry boyfriend
crashed his car into the emergency
room waiting area of Providence
Hospital in northeast Portland
Thursday in pursuit o f his girl
friend, who had walked inside,
police said.
Daunte Lavone Tognietti, 23,
drove his car through double glass
doors at Providence Portland
Daunte Tognietti
Medical Center at about 2 a.m.
after an argument with his girl
friend outside the hospital, police
said.
When the girl got out of the car
and walked into the hospital,
Tognietti chased her down in his
car, slamming through the doors
and down a main hallway before
crashing into a wall about 30 feet
N o t o n ly have ta le n te d Blacks sold
b illio n s o f tickets. They even in v e n te d th e
m achine th a t dispenses th e tickets.
Christian Longo
On Dec. 27, Longo fled from
San Francisco International Air
port to Mexico. He first stayed at
a youth hostel in Cancún and
then moved to a beach camp in
Tulum, a resort town 60 miles
south o f Cancún. He was cap
tured Jan. 13.
Longo was captured Jan. 13,
shortly after the FBI put him on
its “Ten Most W anted” list. A
Canadian tourist visiting Mexico
later recognized his picture and
called authorities.
Thief Slaps Congressman
inside the building, police said.
The car apparently hit the
woman, but the only injury she
sustained was a cut to her fore
head, according to the hospital.
The woman, who was not identi
fied, refused treatment.
Two other people were in the
emergency room waiting area
when the car crashed. Neitherwere
injured.
“If it had been any other
time, there would have been
a lot more injuries,” said
Paula Gunness, a hospital
spokeswoman. “W e're ex
tremely lucky.”
Police charged Tognietti
with assault, reckless en
dangerment, criminal mis
chief and several traffic
charges.
Teenager arrested after cell phone call to 911
(AP) — U.S. congressman
Earl B lumenauer said he did what
any other citizen would do after
seeing a teenager harassing a
man on a downtown street for
not giving him a cigarette— He
called police.
The O regon D em ocrat, an
advocate o f public transpor
tation, was w aiting at a dow n
town T ri-M et light-rail plat
form on Jan. 17 when he saw
the teen slap a man after he
was refused a cigarette. “I took
out my cell phone like any
body else and called 91 1 ,” he
said W ednesday.
The teen then demanded the
congressm an’s phone. W hen
Blumenauer refused, the teen
slapped him.
Blumenauer and another by
stander identified the suspect
to police a few blocks away.
A 15-year-old boy was being
held in a juvenile detention cen
ter on an assault charge. The
police report on the incident
noted the suspect was intoxi
cated at the time.
B lumenauer credited citizen
involvem ent and a quick re
sponse by Portland police and
dispatchers for the arrest.
“It was really just a textbook
example o f what you’d like to
see the emergency response be,”
Blumenauer said.
Assault, Theft Suspect Flees
T h e C la c k a m a s C o u n ty
S heriff’s O ffice, in cooperation
with Crim e Stoppers, is asking
for your help in locating and
apprehending T heodore Ruel
Zacher.
Arrest w arrants are on file
charging Zacher with parole vio
lation, assault, and failure to ap
pear on a theft charge.
Zacher is a 24-year-old white
male with a date o f birth o f Aug.
27,1977. He is described as 5 ’8”
FT »
tall, weighing 170 pounds, with
hazel eyes and brown hair. His last
know n address is in A urora.
Zacher may be using the alias of
Paul Heinigne.
Crime Stoppers is offering a
cash reward of 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
at503-823-HELP.
Theodore Ruel Zacher
The ticket dispensing machine, was invented by Frederick lopes, lune 27, 1939, LIS Patent 2, l63,7$& »jj Dry cleaning process
for clothes, Thomas Imnings, ( First African American to receive a US Patent ) March 3, 1821, USJ’g tff&ifaoôX • Folding cabi
net bed, Sarah Goode, ( First African American woman to receive a US Patent ) ¡u ly j4,J88S)^UPatpnt 322,117 •
Urinalysis
machine, Dewey Sanderson, ¡uly 28, 1970, US Patent 3,522,011 • Keyword stand, ¡rHarding & 8. Hirschenson, Feb. 23, 1993,
I IS Patent 5,188 321 •
Steam boiler hrrnacc, Granville Woods, lune 3, 1884, US Patent 299,894 • Laser surgery process for
cataracts Patricia Bath, MF), ¡uly 6, 1999, US Patent 5,9/9,186 * ' Fire esuffittikider, ¡oseph Winters, May 7, 1878, US Patent
793,517 •
Wrench, lohn lohnson, April 18, 1922, US Patj^t 1,4
Patent 3,802,434 •
Disposable syringe, Phil Brooks, Apr. 9, 1974, US
Upine security with TV surveillance, Mprie V jfto w n , Dec. 2, 1969, US Patent 3,482,037 • Automatic
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sofety break system, ft/chard tykes, Ian. 2, 1962, US Patent^,015,522 •
Street sweeper, Charles Brooks, Mar 17, 1896, US
Patent 556,7! I • Mop, Ih n ^ S ie w a rt. tune 1 3, 1893, US Patent 499,402 • Electric heater, Fhert Stallworth, Oct. 16, 1928,
US Patent 1.687,521 • Fitted f t sheet.'&vlhu Berman, Ck£j6, 1959, US Patent 2,907,055 ♦ Oil stove, lohn Standard, Oct
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\ 29 1889, US Patent 113,689 * Stuir-climbing svhedchair, ^2iA^eavei, Nov. 19, 1968, US Patent 3,411.598 • Automatic
pressurecookcr^s\m 3 S f Maurice hid, sepF.2°. 1959, US Patent
U>72,J5 Patcyit 3.4,90,6 9 S t^
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191 • Vehicular restraint system, Leslie tones, Sept 12,
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Seniors Get Help With
Hazardous Waste Removal
Seniors and disabled residents in Vancouver
can now call for a free home pick-up of their
household hazardous waste.
Residents must certify that they are disabled or
a person over the age of 65 and that they have no
other means to dispose of their hazardous waste.
The program will focus on collecting hazard
ous items such as paint, paint thinners, car bat
teries, used oil, pesticides, poisons, spray cans,
antifreeze, and more. Home pick-up, however, is
not available for ammunition, medical waste,
nuclear/radioactive waste, explosives, or com
mercial chemicals.
Eligi ble residents are asked to call 1 -800-449-
7587 to make arrangements for the pick-up.
Curbside, Inc. representatives will verify the
caller’s eligibility, explain how the program works,
what is collected, and schedule a pick-up date.
“By introducing this service, we are respond
ing to a need to serve elderly and disabled
residents in Clark County who are looking for a
safe, convenient, and environmentally respon
sible approach for removing household hazard
ous materials from their hom es,” said Jim
Mansfield of Clark County Public Works Envi
ronmental Services.
Corpse Abuser Penalized
(AP) — A Portland man pleaded guilty
Thursday to corpse abuse and was sen
tenced to 170 hours of community service
and two years’ probation.
Police said 51-year-old Ralph Pedar
Sewell last September was in the apartment
of 41-year-old Darryl Carter when Carter
died of a heroin overdose.
From Inventions like the ticket dispensing machine to the many other unknown African American
achievements, Black history has touched our lives In many ways.
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Sew dl attempted to move Carter’s body,
but both he and the body rolled down some
stairs.
Police said Sewell left Carter’s body
wedged between the stairs and a doorway
while he sought medical attention.
A day later, police were called to the
scene and found the body.
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