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January 22. 2003
White Teens Held in Shooting Spree
Suspects may have been targeting African American neighborhoods
Hiree white teenagers and a young
"Tlie Portland Police Bureau takes
man have been arrested a Iter a racial ly incidents motiv ated by hatred or preju­
motivated shooting spree in a multi­ dice very seriously,” Kroeker said.
cultural neighborhtxxl o f northeast
The tour who were arrested were
Portland, police said Monday.
identitiedas: Andrew T. Sherwood, 15,
N o o ne w as injured in the S u n ­ o f Portland; Denis P. Fahey, 18, o f
d a y m orn in g sh o o tin g s but P ort­ Redmond; Joshua D. Ridley, 19, o f
land Police B ureau inv estig ato rs Milwaukie; and Brian S. I leath,2 1, o f
are seek in g a d d itio n al w itnesses, C insham.
said C h ie f M ark K roeker.
The arrests fol lowed rept ills o f four
young whites driving a Chevrolet
Cainero convertible through a largely
black neighborhood early Sunday
m orning, tiring shotgun blasts at
houses, ears and at least one person,
Kroeker said.
Several "sh o ts fired ” cal Is cam e
in from the v icin ity o f N ortheast
M artin L u th er K ing Jr. Boulev ard
and c o n tin u ed in the a re a o fN o rth -
east S u m n er and G arfield . A bullet
sh attered a w indow from a car
p a rk ed along the curb.
DetectiveBrian Gross said the spree
apparently began earlier w ith souk
target practice with a saw edotTshot­
gun in a vacant field.
"They told m e they speci lically tar­
geted A friean-Aitiericans,”( iross said.
H e sa id d ru g s and a lc o h o l a lso
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free seminar for non-profit organiza-
tions that work with activities such as
youth sports to help them spot and
prevent embezzlement and fraud.
The session will be held Wednes-
day, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at the W ater
Resource EducationCenter,46(X)S.E.
Colum bia W ay. Officials will outline
procedures that non-profit organiza-
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Osborne noted that white residents
d e n t o f the P o rtlan d c h ap ter o f the o f the neighborhood were also put in
N A A C P , said it w as "u n fo rtu n ate danger.
th at in the y e a r 2 00 3 , and so close
“ It needs to be stressed that a bullet
to the n ational holid ay for the slain doesn’t have a color on the end o f if ”
civil rig h ts leader, the R e v . M artin he said. "I hope this is an incident that
L u th er K ing Jr., that a tragic in ci­ will bring us together."
d e n t like th is had to o c cu r." But he
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Oregon’s Oldest Licensed Pawnshop
4709 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd.
p la y e d a role.
Michael Louis Freitas
The C lackam as C ounty Sheri f t's
O ffice, in co o p eratio n w ith C rim e
Stoppers, is asking for help in locat­
ing a n d a p p re h e n d in g M ich ael
L ouis F reitas on m ultiple se x -re ­
lated crim es, including rape and sex
a b u se.
Freitas, w h o h as u sed a lia ses o f
M ichael L ouis S tew art, Jerry A n ­
drew Larson, Joseph T hom as Mazzi
and Steve Ja m es M arshall, is a 46-
y e ar old w hite m ale w ith a date o f
b irth o f June 1 , 1956.
H e is 5 feet 8 inches tall and
w eighs approxim ately 170 pounds
w ith brow n hair and hazel eyes.
He w as last know n to b e living in
the M ollalla/C o lto n area.
C rim e S toppers is o ffering a
cash rew ard o f up to S 1,000 for
inform ation, reported to C rim e
S toppers, that leads to an arrest in
this case, o r any unsolved felony
crim e. Y ou need not give y our
nam e. C all C rim e S toppers at 503-
823-HELP.
Underage Stripping Banned
OLCC rule£ also affect young musicians and performers
(A P ) — A state panel has d e ­
cided that letting m inors perform
nude d an cin g at adult c lu b s goes
too far.
The Oregon LiquorC ontrol C om ­
m ission voted to ban all undcr-21 s
from perform ing a t adults-only ven­
ues, from m usicians to strippers,
unless they signed an em ploym ent
co n tract before A ug. 15.
C o m m issio n ers have said they
think it’s the best w ay to stop
y o u th s from m ixing w ith drin k in g
patro n s.
T he O L C C rule, w hich o fficials
estim ate affects 10 percent o r less
o f nude d an cers at licensed v e n ­
ues. is part o f a recent trend re v ers­
ing the sta te 's traditional hands-
o f f attitude tow ard the strip club
b u sin e ss.
In O cto b er, a divided O regon
C ourt o f A ppeals ruled that nude
d an cin g is not p rotected e x p res­
sion u nder the state constitution.
S o m e n ig h tc lu b o w n e r s w h o
h ir e y o u n g m u s ic ia n s sa y th e
r u le v e x e s th e i r in d u s tr y , e v e n
i f th e y w e r e n o t th e in te n d e d
ta r g e t.