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May 15,2002
P olice / V ancouver
Domestic Assault Suspect Wanted
T h e P o rtla n d P o lic e
Bureau’s Domestic Violence
Reduction Unit, in coopera
tion with Crime Stoppers, is
asking for your help in locat
ing and apprehending Celeste
V eetta Owens.
A felony arrest w arrant
charges Owens with assault,
with bail set at $255,000.
O w ens, who also uses the
la s t n a m e o f O w e n s -
E ardley, is a 39 -y ear-o ld
black fem ale, w ith a date o f
Celeste Owens
Foxworth
Promoted to
Assistant Chief
birth o f Jan. 1, 1963. She is
5 foot 6 inches tall, w eighs
a b o u t 150 p o u n d s , h a s
brow n eyes, black hair, and
a scar on her chin.
Crime Stoppers is offering
a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000
for inform ation, reported to
Crime Stoppers, that leads to
an arrest in this case, or any
unsolved felony crim e, and
you need not give your name.
Call Crime Stoppers at 503-
823-H ELP.
Portland Police Chief Mark Kroeker has pro
moted Northeast Precinct Commander Derrick
Foxworth to the rank of assistant c h ie f
Foxworth will assume command o f the police
bureau’s operations support branch. He will
replace Assistant Chief Mark Paresi who re
cently resigned to become Chief of Police of the
North Las Vegas, Nev. police department.
Chief Kroeker said Foxworth’s unique expe
Man Charged in Pedestrian Death
A P ortland m an has been
ch arg ed w ith d riv in g under
the influence o f in to x ican ts
after a pedestrian w as killed
on S o u th e a st 5 5 ,h an d F o s
ter R oad.
P o l ic e s a id M ic h a e l
H o w ard F o rsm a n , 36, died
M ay 5 w hen he w as shoved
o n to a street d u rin g a fig h t
and then run o v e r by a p a ss
ing car. The fatality occurred
Richard Haggard
aro u n d 2 :3 0 a.m .
R ic h a rd A llen H a g g a rd ,
34, is accu sed o f driving the
car w hile drunk.
H o m icid e in v e stig a to rs
are attem pting to contact w it
n esses w h o m ay h a v e seen
the fig h t p rio r to the tra ffic
accident.
Anyone with information is
asked to call D etective Steve
O ber at 503-823-4033
rience, education and skills made him well quali
fied for the promotion.
Derrick Foxworth
photo
m M ark W ashington
Spring Auto Loan Sale
3.2%
R ates as low as
Oregon Sate Police Track ‘Profiling’
(A P)— White drivers are more
likely to be stopped by police, but
minorities are more likely to get
tickets or be arrested.
T hat’s according to new sta
tistics released by Oregon State
Police amid concerns about “ra
cial profiling” — the practice of
targeting people based on their
race or ethnicity.
About 14 percent of Oregon’s
population is made up of minori
ties.
The report also found that:
• Minority drivers are unlikely to
be stopped out o f proportion to
their numbers in the general popu
lation.
• Asians, blacks and American
Indians were involved in stops in
proportion to their shares of
Oregon’s population — or less.
• Some minority drivers are more
likely to be issued tickets or ar
rested than to receive warnings
after they are stopped.
Asians, blacks and Hispanics
were more likely to get tickets, and
American Indians and Hispanics
were more likely to be arrested.
Execution Halted for Racial Bias Study
(AP) - Maryland Gov. Parris
Glendening imposed a moratorium
Thursday on executions in M ary
land until the state completes a
study o f whether there is racial
bias in the use o f the death pen
alty.
Glendening issued a stay on
the execution o f W esley Eugene
Baker, who was scheduled to die
by injection in the next few days,
and said he would stay any other
executions that come before him.
Only one other state that has capi
tal punishment, Illinois, has im
posed a similar moratorium.
Baker is one o f 13 men — nine
of them black — awaiting execu
tion in Maryland.
Glendening, who supports the
death penalty for especially hei
nous crimes, had been underpres
sure to halt executions until he
receives a study that is due to be
completed in September by a re
searcher at the University of Mary
land.
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loans are subject to approval.
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Woman Charged in Check-Kiting Scam
P o lic e h a v e c h a r g e d a
V ancouver wom en w ith nine
counts o f forgery.
Deborah Kay Canada, 52, was
arrested May 6 in the C ascade
Park neighborhood.
Police say she opened a bank
account in early February to de
posit $3,000 in worthless checks
and then w ithdrew m oney from
the account.
P o lic e say se v e ra l o th e r
checks w ere fraudulently w rit
ten in a check-kiting scheme.
A u th o rities said bad checks
have been passed u n d e r the
a lia s n a m e s o f D e b o r a h
C anada
and
D e b o ra h
D om enghini and m ay still be
in the hands o f m erc h a n ts or
c o lle c tio n ag en cies.
TAKE TRI-MET.
Boy Recovers From Dog Attack Injuries
(A P) — An eight-year-old
boy is recovering from injuries
he received in a dog attack in
V ancouver.
Police say German Castro was
w alking in a V ancouver neigh
borhood on M ay 3 when the
Fire Death
Blamed on
Carelessness
(A P ) - A u th o r itie s in
boy spotted the dog, becam e
frightened and ran. Sergeant
Dave King said the 140-pound
A kita chased the boy and bit
him on the arm, fracturing it sev
eral times.
The animal then sunk its teeth
into the b o y ’s back w hen the
child turned over onto his stom
ach.
A fter the attack, authorities
tried to subdue the dog, but it
charged officers, w ho eventu
ally killed the animal.
WSU Vancouver
Commencement May 18
W ashington State U niversity V an co u v er’s 13th annual
c o m m e n c e m e n tc e re m o n y isse tfo r 1 p.m . Saturday, M ay
18, in the o utdoor cam pus plaza.
V ancouver blam e careless
The largest graduating class in W SU V ancouver history, a
sm oking for the death o f 61 -
total o f 574 students - 424 undergraduate, 148 graduate
year-old B ritta Freytag o f Ha-
students and 2 doctoral students - w ill graduate this year.
zel D ell, w ho died in a house
fire M ay 6.
C am pus Executive O fficer and D ean Hal D engerink will
A uthorities say the fire be
preside over the program , which includes acom m encem ent
gan in a sm all futon in the
address by R obert C. Bates, W S U ’s new provost and
family room ofher home. They
academ ic vice president.
say the fire exploded tanks o f
oxygen that were there to help
her breathe. Freytag had em
physema.
H er body w as found near
N early 4 ,0 0 0 people are expected to attend the cer-
emony.
(.e t th e re am i bat k w ith a b b o u r I r iM e t O tiik lik
Free shuttle service will be provided by W SU V ancouver
from the C -T ran Salm on C reek Park and R ide from 11:45
You ta n pure hase a O u ik lik at T ri M e t tic k e t
\ e iit lin g mat h in t s o r fro m t o u r bus d riv e r.
the frontdoor.
a.m .-3:15 p.m . before and after the cerem ony.
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