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Mounted Unit Moves North
July °3,2002
FBI
Warning
Puts
Seattle on
Terrorism
Watch
Two officers with the Portland Police Bureau's mounted patrol stop to water their horses in
front o f Grandfather's Deli on North Mississippi Avenue. The officers had moved into north
Portland from more routine rounds downtown, because o f increased criminal activity around
Unthank Park, a few blocks away.
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The FBI says Islamic terrorists see Seattle as an “easy target.
(AP) — Islam ic terrorists co n
sider Seattle an “easy target” be
cause o f bad policing, the FBI
w arned area officials.
Charles M andigo, FBI special
agent in charge o f the Seattle of
fice, told the King County Council
that terrorists consider the area an
“easy target” and an undisclosed
num ber o f potential local collabo
rators are “w illing and able” to
help com m it terrorism.
M andigo gave his assessm ent
last w eek in a hom eland security
hearing that was closed to the
public shortly after it began. His
prepared rem arks were released
afterward by Sheriff Dave Reichert
and reported Friday by the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
“It has been noted by the high
est level o f our governm ent in our
n atio n 's capital that the Seattle
area has and continues to receive
a disproportionate high num ber
o f terrorism threats as com pared
to other parts o f the country, many
o f them com ing from overseas,”
M andigo said.
“None o f the threats has been
substantiated, but the trend is “very
disconcerting,” M andigo said.
He said the FBI is conducting
“a significant num ber” o f terror-
The Seattle area
has and continues to
receive a dispropor
tionate high number
o f terrorism threats.
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— FBI Special A gent
C harles M andigo.
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ism -re la te d in v e s tig a tio n s in
W ashington State, particularly in
the Seattle area, and “several o f
these investigations are consid
ered to be very significant.”
In an interview, M andigo would
not say how m any investigations
w ere being conducted or discuss
potential terrorist supporters or
cells, types o f threats, potential
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H ow ever, his briefing paper
singled out law enforcem ent staff
ing as a central concern, saying
there w as a perception o f a lack o f
law enforcem ent that could allow
terrorists do to their w ork u nde
tected.
Police C hief G il K erlikow ski
said M a n d ig o ’s co m m en ts on
potential terrorist threats are in
line w ith other recently released
information.
K erlikow ske also expressed
concern about staffing, w hich has
rem ained about the sam e for his
force for the last 20 years w hile the
city has grow n by 50,000 people.
T he m etropolitan area ranks
13th in population nationally, but
has the fifth highest crim e rate. 27 (
percent higher than the national
average, w hile the state has one.
police officer per 615 residents,
com pared w ith than the national
average o f one per 405 residents.
Portland Police, in cooperation
w ith C rim e Stoppers, is asking for
help in identifying and apprehend
ing the person, or persons, re
sponsible for graffiti vandalism to
certain large outdoor billboards in
southeast and southw est P o rt
land.
The vandalism has been mostly
lim ited to billboards that adver
tise Coors Beer, and the graffiti on
the billboards has included refer
ences to alcohol and/or the fem ale
m odels in the billboard ad.
C rim e Stoppers is offering a
cash rew ard o f up to $1,000 for
inform ation, reported to Crim e
S toppers, that leads to an arrest in
this case, or any unsolved felony
crim e, and you need not give your
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(A P ) — A man accused o f tor
turing and killing his girlfriend’s
3-year-old son p leaded guilty
Thursday and was sentenced to
life in prison.
Robert M cCann, 28, w ho co n
fessed to kil ling Christopher Robin
Peraza in A ugust 2000, will not be
eligible for parole, said M ark
M cD onnell, a senior deputy dis
tric t a tto rn e y in M u ltn o m ah
County.
M cCann, w ho used to date
C h risto p h er's m other, Beriane
V idal, led investigators to the boy ’ s
body inside an abandoned house
in southeast Portland in S eptem
ber 2000.
“I w ould like to apologize from
the heart, and accept full respon
sibility for my involvem ent in the
d isa p p ea ra n ce o f C h risto p h e r
Peraza,” M cC ann told the court.
“As a result o f m y actions and the
choices I m ade, a w onderful, lov
able little boy lost his life.”
O utside the courtroom , Vidal
told reporters that she d id n 't care
about the apology.
“A person w ho could kill a 3-
year old baby is not hum an," she
said.
A cco rd in g to co u rt papers,
M cCann said he took C hristopher
to the abandoned house because
he thought the boy was interfer
ing in his relationship w ith Vidal.
M cCann said he wanted to teach
Christopher a lesson, but then tor
tured the boy because he was mad
at the way the toddler continued to
“fuss and make noise."
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