November 27, 2002
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P olice
Patterson
Arrested
( AP) — P ortland T rail Blazers
forw ard R uben Patterson w as ar
rested M onday night on a felony
dom estic assault charge.
T ualatin police spokesm an Sgt.
D oug N afziger said the five-year Blazer forward Ruben Patterson
veteran was taken into custody after
his w ife. S hannon, called 911 and under O regon law, N afziger said.
said he had assaulted her at their
P atterson w as booked in the
T ualatin hom e.
W ashington C ounty Jail, but later
N afzinger said that w hen police released afte r team m ate D erek
got to the hom e at about 5:20 p.rn, A nderson posted $ 1,000 bail.
“they found that M rs. Patterson
It's not Patterson's first run in
had m in o r assaults.”
w ith the law. In 2001, Patterson
T he co u p le’s children, ages 2 entered a m odified guilty plea in
and 10, w ere in the house w hen the W ashington to attem pted rape. The
alleged assault took place, police ch a rg e in v o lv e d a 2 4 -y ear-o ld
nanny to his children. He did not
said.
T he presence o f the children is adm it guilt, but acknow ledged there
enough to boost the reported inci w as enough evidence to convict
dent from a m isdem eanor to a felony him.
Portland firefighters extinguish a car fire at Russell and Vancouver Thursday. The owner o f the vehicle, an employee o f Legacy
Emanuel Hospital, finished her shift only to find the car in flames. The cause was determined to be electrical.
photo by D a vid Pi. E t hi TT he P ori land O bserver
Blazers Bounce into Judicial Court
con tin u ed
fro m F ront
W allace m ade public apologies.
“1 w ant to apologize to my wife
and kids, to m y coach and team
m ates,” W allace said. “W e d on’t
w ant this to be a distraction for
Blazer basketball.”
Blazers president and general
m anager Bob W hitsitt said he un
derstood that fans m ay be disap
pointed but he hopes that fans know
the organization does not condone
this type o f behavior from it’s play
ers.
“If found guilty, the organiza-
law.”
I f found guilty, the
It is the second tim e this year
Stoudam ire has been charged with
organization will take
m arijuana position.
appropriate action.
In February, police found a large
bag o f m arijuana at S toudam ire’s
For right now we need
house.
to respect the due
The player and his father w ere
charged w ith felony possession o f
process o f law.
m arijuana, but the charges against
- B o b W h itsitt, T r a il B la z e r s
his father w ere dropped.
In A ugust, a ju d g e declared the
tion will take appropriate action,” search illegal and rejected a pro s
W hitsitt said. “For right now we ecution request to use the m ari
need to respect the due process o f ju a n a as evidence.
Police Officer Sentenced for Fight
A form er P ortland police officer
w as sentenced to 21 m onths in jail
M onday for his involvem ent in a
fight w hile o ff duty.
Craig H am pton w as accused o f
beating a m an w hile shouting anti
gay slurs at him outside a Portland
nightclub last January.
He and fellow officer Grant Bailey
pleaded guilty to assault in May.
Both resigned from the police d e
partm ent.
a
Two Injured in Shamrock Shooting
G reenw ood suffered from three
bullet
w ounds and w as taken to
T he P ortland O bserver
Legacy Em anuel H ospital in a non
A non-fatal shooting outside a
life threatening condition. W atson
north Portland bar w as probably
w as treated and released.
the result o f an argum ent over
“T his w as an incident where
clothes and hairstyles, not gang
som ebody got angry and pulled
activity, p olice said.
out a gun and shot,” Portland Po
Ricky Lee G reenw ood, 21, and
lice D epartm ent Public Information
Donnell Lam arr W atson, 22, were
O fficer Sgt. Brian Schm autz said.
drinking at the S ham rock Bar and - Police Sgt Brian Schmautz
“W e have no reason to believe this
C afé on 4234 N. Interstate late
w as related to anything other than
S unday night w hen they alleg
alcohol consum ption and anger.”
edly got into a dispute w ith a fellow patron.
Schm autz said because o f incom plete coopera
Police said as they exited the parking lot ju st after
tion on beh alf o f the victim s, the police have been
m idnight, the suspect, allegedly the other m an in the
unable to apprehend the suspect.
dispute, pulled out a gun and opened fire on their car.
BY W Y N D E D Y E R
We have no reason
to believe this was
related to anything
other than alcohol
consumption and
anger.
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