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C R IM E S T O P P E R S
Crime Stoppers
Offers Reward
T h e C la c k a m a s C o u n ty
S h e riffs O ffice, in cooperation
w ithC rim e Stoppers, isasking for
your help in locating and appre
h e n d in g
K e n n e th
D o n a ld
“K enny" Brown.
Brow n is w anted on felony
charges out o f C lackam as County
and for a state probation viola
tion. He's a 22-year-old white male
with a date o f birth o f Aug. 27,
1979. He is 6 feet tall and w eighs
approxim ately 150 pounds with
green eyes and brow n hair that
may be bleached blonde. Brown
Protesters clash with police as pepper spray wafts through the air
Kenneth Brown
w as living in a house on Lucky
L ane in E stacada, but he is now
on the run.
Task Force Hunts Suspect
M ultnom ah County.
The Portland Police
Saranchuk is a 2 1 -
B ureau’s A uto T heft
year-old w hite male
T ask Force, in co o p
w ith a date o f birth of
era tio n w ith C rim e
Jan. 5 ,1 9 8 1 . He is 5
Stoppers, is asking for
feet, 8 inches tall and
your help in locating
w e ig h s a p p r o x i
and apprehending V i
m ately 160 pounds
tality A. Saranchuk.
w ith brow n hair and
A felony no-bail ar
hazel eyes. His last
rest w arrant, charging
know address was at
Saranchuk with U nau
VitalityA. Saranchuk
N ortheast 174th and
thorized Use o f a M o
C lackam as Street.
to r V e h ic le , is o n f ile in
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $1,000 for
information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in
these cases, or any unsolvedfelony crime, and you need notgi veyour
name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP.
Logging Truck Arson
(A P) — M em bers o f the O r
egon F B I’s Joint T errorism T ask
Force have arrested tw o m en in
last y ear’s predaw n arson o f log
ging equipm ent in E agle Creek
and are seeking tw o m ore sus-
, pects.
J
• Agents arrested Jacob David
Bardwell Sherman, 20, and Jeremy
David Rosenbloom, 25, at their resi
dences without incident following
their indictments. Also indicted and
at large are Angela Marie Cesario,
23, and M ichael Scarpitti, 28, also
known as “Tre Arrow.”
The arson at Schoppert Log
ging Co. on June 1, 2001, de
stroyed one truck and dam aged
Bush Visit Fans a Wave of Protests
another and a front-end loader,
causing about $50,000 in damage.
E ight incendiary bom bs w ere
planted in trucks parked in the lot,
but only four ignited. T here were
no injuries.
A uthorities said there were
sim ilarities in evidence found at
Eagle C reek and that found at an
April 15, 2001 attack that dam
aged three cem ent trucks at Ross
Island Sand & G ravel in Portland.
Damage there was about $200,000.
T he Earth L iberation Front
claim ed responsibility for the Ross
Island attack, but no group has
claimed responsibility for the Eagle
Creek incident, prosecutors said.
(A P )— Riot police used pepper
spray and struck som e dem onstra
tors with batons after ordering
hundreds o f people to leave a pro
test near the H ilton H otel where
President Bush attended a fund
raiser Thursday.
P rotesters ham m ered on the
hoods o f police cars as pepper
spray w afted through the air. P ro
testing B ush’s foreign policy, they
chanted “D rop Bush, Not Bom bs.”
Bush supporters in formal attire
w ere jo stled and taunted by pro
testers as they arrived for a fund
raiser for the O regon re-election
cam paign o f U.S. Sen. G ordon
Smith. A fterelbow ing through the
dem onstrators, they w ere checked
by Secret Service agents before
they were allow ed inside the h o tel.
Brian Schm autz, spokesm an for
the Portland Police Bureau, said
protesters threw things at the po
lice.
Protesters at one point pushed
dow n a barricade and a female
police officer w ho w as standing
behind it, police spokesm an Henry
G roeppersaid. The officer sprained
or broke her wrist falling down, and
tw o patrol cars w ere dam aged,
G roepper said.
Police ordered about 500 pro
testers to move. Riot police w ear
ing helm ets then w alked into the
area, pushing activists w ith their
batons. Som e activists fell. Police
then fired aerosol canisters o f pep
per spray at the protesters.
A Portland
police officer
aims pepper
spray at
protesters
who clashed
with law
enforcement
during
President
Bush’s visit to
Portland.
(AP photo)
and again that m ore cutting leads
to m ore fire. The new policy is a
hoax.”
Som e o f the activists w ere w o r
ried about a possible w ar with Iraq.
“I d o n ’t think any A m erican
boys’ lives are w orth a barrel o f
oil,” said Rob M oitoza, 57, w ho
carried a sign that said: “V ets
A gainst Bush.”
M oitoza said he served tw o
years in the N avy aboard an air
craft carrier during the Vietnam W ar
and fears a m uch w orse conflict if
U.S. troops are sent to Iraq.
If he (Bush) starts a w ar against
Iraq, it will be to get re-elected. All
Police also used pepper spray
after ab o u t 150 d em o n strato rs
blocked vehicle access to M orrison
Bridge.
Five protesters w ere arrested
through the afternoon, G roepper
said.
M any o f the protesters criticized
a new forest initiative announced
earlier in the day by Bush that
w ould m ake it easier for tim ber
com panies to cut wood from fire-
prone national forests.
T h e n ew p o lic y is c la s s ic
d o u b le s p e a k ,” s a id K e n n e th
K reuschu, 24, o f C ascadia Forest
A lliance. “It has been show n tim e
he ca res ab o u t is w ea lth and
pow er,” M oitoza said.
Before flying to Portland from
M edford, Bush was taken to a still
sm oldering fire.
A bout a dozen protesters d o t
ted B u sh ’s m otorcade route. Som e
w aved signs saying, “N o attack o f
Iraq. Y ou can ’t fix D ad d y ’s m is
ta k e ” an d “ M ore fo re sts, less
Bush.”
T he dem onstrators along the
route w ere far outnum bered by
people w aiting at the ends o f their
drivew ays w ho held signs saying
“W e love you” and “W e support
y o u .”
Man Charged in Vancouver Kidnapping
Escolástico Borboa
(A P ) — A n O reg o n m an has
been arrested fo r in v e stig a tio n
in the A ug. 16 ab d u c tio n F rid ay
o f a 2 -y ear-o ld girl from a fam ily
g ath erin g . T he ch ild w as fo u n d
an h o u r later, th ree m iles aw ay.
E scolástico C asey B orboa, 46,
o f S ilv erto n , w as b o o k ed into the
C lark C o u n ty Jail fo r in v e stig a
tion o f first-d e g ree k id n a p p in g
and seco n d -d eg ree assau lt, p o
lice said.
T he girl w as trea ted at S o u th
w est W ash in g to n M ed ical C e n
te r and released .
“ She su ffered som e p retty se
rio u s in ju rie s,” said C pl. M ike
D avis.
A bout a dozen m em b ers o f the
g irl’s fam ily w ere p la y in g b a s
k etb all in a city p ark w h en they
n o tic ed she w as m issin g at ab o u t
9 p .m .
A fter a 20-m inute search, they
called police.
An hour later the girl show ed
up, naked and bleeding from her
mouth, at a hom e on a quiet cul-de-
sac about 3 m iles from the park.
“I was in the kitchen to get som e
thing to drink — then I looked and
there she w as,” said the resident,
Lillie Sang.
“She w as trying to point and
show m e som ething, but I co u ld n ’t
u n d e r s ta n d b e c a u s e sh e w as
speaking S panish,” Sang said.
V an co u v er p olice Lt. M arla
Schum an said officers d o n ’t know
how she w as abducted.
“B ecause o f her age, trying to
get that from her has been hard,”
Schum an said.
B orboa speaks only English,
Schum an said.
Loved Ones Help Former Offenders Make Successful Transitions
T wo community groups are join
ing forces to help form er inm ates
m ake a successful transition back
to society.
The M ultnom ah C ounty D e
partment of Com m unity Justice and
the C itizen’s United for Rehabilita
tion o f Errants have developed a
series o f w orkshops to em pow er
the fam ilies and friends o f the in
mates.
T he o rien tatio n provides an
opportunity for fam ily and friends
to ask questions and receive infor
mation before their fam ily m em ber
is released about w hat they can do
to assist w ith successful transi
tion, as w ell as w hat is expected
from the offender once released.
A ttendees will receive a copy o f
“A G uide to R elease and S upervi
sion for O ffenders, T heir Fam ilies
and Friends.”
D e p a rtm e n t o f C o m m u n ity
Ju stice’s m ission is to enhance
co m m u n ity safety an d red u ce
crim inal activity by holding youth
and adults accountable in a fair
and ju st m anner, assisting them to
develop skills necessary for suc
cess, and effectively using public
resources.
T he upcom ing orientations are
held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on T hurs
day, Aug. 29, T hursday, Sept. 26
and T hursday, O ct. 24.
For m ore inform ation, location
o f orientation, or to register, co n
tact M ultnom ah C ounty D epart
m ent o f C om m unity Justice, T ran-
sition Services Unitat 503-988-3081
exL 22103.
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