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November 06, 2002 Page A2 CRIME STOPPERS (503) 823-HELP 111 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 Bates Eludes Police a 47-y ear old black male with a date of birth of June 21, 1955. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs approximately 185 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and has a scar on his right wrist. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $ 1,000 for informa tion, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony crime, and you need not give your name. Call Crime Stop pers at 503-823-HELP. Portland Police, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, are asking for your help in locating and apprehend ing William Raymond "Ray” Bates. A felony arrest warrant charges Bates with burglary. He’s also wanted for questioning in a series o f burglar- Bates, who has used aliases of Kenneth Alfred James, Raymond Marcus Johnson, James Edward Bea ver and Kenneth Duran W illiams, is William Ray Bates Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $1,000fo r Information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony crime, any you need not give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP. Hate Crime Suspect Charged Man charged with using intimidation to deny civil rights Prosecutors say Hauth recruited 8,2000, Hauth allegedly drove an the boys, then drove them to vari other person to the Korean church, ous places in southeast Portland where he encouraged him to paint where the boys com m itted the a swastika on the wall. On Jan. 4, crimes. It also says Hauth told the 2001, he allegedly took several boys that he wanted everyone to people there again where they know there was an active skinhead painted another swastika and a rac ist slur with an “X ” over it in red. group in southeast Portland. They allegedly called their gang They allegedly also used a baseball the "Oregon State Boot Boys,” the bat to break a window. The same day, Hauth allegedly affidavit says. Skinhead groups often identify with boots, which encouraged others to paint two swas they use as a kicking weapon in tikas on pillars of the front gate of the Jewish cemetery. And on March 12, fights, as a symbol of violence. The crimes al legedly began with 2001, Hauth and the boys allegedly the Nov. 1,2000 spray-painting of built crosses at Hauth’s home and a swastika on the back o f a South ignited them in Brentwood Park and east Portland food market. On Dec. at the cemetery. (A P )— A federal grand jury has indicted the suspected leader of the "Oregon State Boot Boys,” a southeast Portland hate group that allegedly burned c ro sse s. after spray-painting swastikas at a Ko rean church and Jewish cemetery. Brian Raymond Hauth, 26, was charged last week with conspiracy to deny civil rights through intim i dation and using fire to commit a felony. The charges follow the prosecu tion o f five teenage boys who au thorities say took their cues from Hauth. The boys each pleaded guilty to various crimes and are on probation. Accused Coach Fails to Show in Court (A P) — A P ortland youth soc cer coach charged w ith sexual abuse is w anted after skipping a court date w hile out on bail, po lice said. Law rence C ohen, 61, was sup posed to m aintain contact with De La Salle North Catholic High School police said. Cohen was first arrested in Sep tember 2001, when a former player told police that his coach m o lested him five years earlier. C ohen was released on bail, and arrested again in M ay w hen his attorney, surrender his p ass port and have no contact with his accusers or anyone under the age o f 18, including his third-grade son. He was also supposed to a t tend a pretrial hearing on O ct. 1, Bust Sickens Deputies OPEN HOUSE (A P) — Tw o C lark County sh e riffs deputies were taken to a hospital after they were sickened dur ing an investigation at a suspected methamphetamine lab. Deputies Linda Hayes and Barry Folsom were released after treatment at Southwest Washington Medical Center. Hayes suffered burning, w a tery eyes, a runny nose, throat irrita tion and dizziness. Folsom was taken to the medical center as a precaution. T he tw o dep u ties w ent to a N orthw est C alef Road address last Sunday, November 17, 2002 1:00 pm-4:00 pm 7654 North Delaware Portland, OR 97217 (503) 285-9385 The School that Works! W ednesday looking for 44-year-old Brian K eith C ard, who was w anted for escaping from com m unity cu s tody. When they w ent inside a school bus on the property, they encoun tered a man and a woman and what appeared to be a meth lab, said sh eriff sSgt. M elanie Kenoyei. Both persons were arrested on unrelated charges. Card was arrested when he returned home as drug detectives were taking apart the lab and collecting evidence. a second accuser cam e forw ard. A uthorities originally believed C o h en ’s w ife and son were m iss ing because they were not living in their Lake O sw ego home. They have since been found 1 » ’¡ng else w here, police said. Arson Fire Tied to Fireworks A Portland grand jury has charged a Portland area resident with setting two fires to downtown buildings using illegal fire works. Michael Joseph Mey erriecks, 19, was indicted on two counts o f arson and one count of attempted arson. Bail was set at $520,000. One o f the fires occurred June 26 in the Skidmore Fountain Building at 28 S.W. First Ave. M eyerriecks is accused of throwing a ground bloom flower fireworks device into the Poster Planet Shop on the first floor, from the m ezzanine level while this building was occupied. The fire did $20,000 damage. Two automatic fire sprinkler heads activated to help control the fire. The second fire was set at 929 S.W. Salmon. In that case, Meyerriecks is accused of throwing the same kind of fireworks into an open window of small apartment that was occupied by a 56 year old resident. Damage was minimal and no injuries were reported. SEASONS M A R K E T p re-o rd er your F R E E -R A N G E Turkey 3 . EASY W AYS S to p b y th e M e a t D e p a rtm e n t a t Jfr a n y o n e o f o u r 4 lo c a t io n s . C a ll o n e o f o u r s t o r e s a n d a s k f o r th e M e a t D e p a rtm e n t — y o u c a n p la c e y o u r o r d e r o v e r t h e p h o n e . 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