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Sears Fraud Suspect Sought
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Vancouver
police
released
these store
surveillance
pictures to
show the
suspects in
an identity
theft and
forgery
case.
Celebrate National Black
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Friday, February 7, 2003
Police try to identify men
March to Mobilize in the Fight
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On Dec. 6 at approximately 5:50 on surveillance cam eras, but fled
p.m. tw o w hite male suspects en ­ the store before they were appre­
tered Sears at W estfield S hop­ hended.
ping C enter in V ancouver and
O ne o f the suspects has been
attempted to commit identity theft identified, but his name will not
and forgery. They were caught be released at this time. Theiden-
3:30 p.m. at the Urban League Senior Center
5325 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
at Killingsworth
All Community Members Are Invited
tity o f the second suspect is still
not known. D etectives are ask ­
ing com m unity m em bers to re ­
view the suspect photos p ro ­
vided and contact police if they
recognize him.
If you can identify the suspect
from the photo, please contact
the V ancouver Police Department
Tip Line at 360-696-8148. Callers
should referto D etective Boswell
and case num ber VO2-23712.
Free HIV Testing
Confidential and Anonymous
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Multnomah County Health Department
Northeast Health Center
5329 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
at Emerson
Man Beat with Bat in Racially M otivated Attack
Assailant told
victim to go back
to his country
The victim is a 26-year-old land­
scaper from Aloha who police said
was very fearful for his life after the
incident.
"He says he’s very concerned
(A P )— Police are searching for forhis safety," said Detective Den­
a man who allegedly beat a Mexican nis Marley of the Beaverton Police
man with a bat and told him to “go Department.
back to your country.”
The m an’s injuries were not se­
vere, and he was released a day
later from Providence St. Vincent
Medical Center after being treated
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up behind the victim, took a small,
dark-colored bat from behind his
back and hit him on the right eye.
The victim fell and blocked another
blow with his arm.
Kicking the victim and pinning
him to the ground, the attacker
yanked a gold chain worth $50 off
the victim ’s neck and broke his
watch while try ing to steal it. As he
left, the man turned and said, “You
Mexicans better go back to your
country.”
M arley said technicians
were working to enhance a sur­
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veillance video from a nearby
Portland, Oregon 97204
Bank of America so the attacker
might be identified. Police also
are working to put together a
composite sketch of the at­
tacker.
A reward of as much as $500
is offered for information lead­
ing to the arrest and conviction
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o f the man with the bat.
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Four Suspects Allude Police
Authorities can find no
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len eye and sore arm.
The victim told police two men
drove by in a newer, midsized, dark
maroon or red pickup truck with a
black sticker on the tailgate. As
they passed, the passenger yelled
something at him, according to
police reports.
About five minutes later, the man
with a shaved head and full beard
who had been the passenger came
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Detectives, in cooperation with Crime
Stoppers, are asking for your help in
solving a murder.
On Monday, Dec. 16 at approxi­
mately 4:30 in the afternoon, at South­
east 67'b Reed way, 20-year old Marcus
A. Moultrie was shot and killed, for an
unknown reason, by four subjects in
a vehicle.
A cc o rd in g to in v e stig a to rs,
Moultrie, who lived near the location
where he was shot and killed, was
walking home from a grocery store at
Southeast 57'*’ and Harold, where he
had just purchased food for his three
very young children.
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The suspect vehicle was described
as similar to an early 1990s Dodge
Colt, 4-door hatchback. The vehicle,
which was burgundy and silver, had
front-end damage, a cracked wind­
shield and “stickers" on the back.
The four suspects were described
as white males in their late teens to
early 20’s.
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Rapist
Convicted
Convict faces
life sentence in
brutal attack in
Vancouver mall
bathroom
(AP) — A man who previ­
ously spent 15 years in prison
for rape has been convicted of
raping a woman i n a restroom at
a shopping mall and now faces
a life sentence.
A nine-man, three-woman jury
deliberated for two hours Feb. 5 in
Clark County Superior Court be­
fore returning the verdict in the
case of Billy Jo Lynn Hcmenway,
43, rejecting his claim that the
woman consented to sex.
U n d e r W a s h in g to n ’s “tw o
strikes” law for sex offenders, he
faces life in prison without parole.
Hemenway was released from
prison in June after serving 15 years
for a similar offense in Nevada.
Defense lawyers said they prob­
ably would appeal the conviction.
H em enw ay w as arrested O ct.
8, tw o d ay s a fte r a w om an v is­
itin g from the M idw est said she
w a s a c c o s te d in a f a m ily
restro o m on the u p p er level o f
W e s tf ie ld
S h o p p in g to w n
V an c o u v er w here she had gone
to c h a n g e h e r 1 1 -m o n th -o ld
d a u g h te r's d iap er.
T he w om an te stifie d T u e s­
day that H em enw ay held a knife
to her th ro a t, fo rced her in to a
sta ll and rap ed h er w h ile she
held her baby.
She said she d id n 't fig h t b e ­
cau se she w an ted to su rv iv e.
“ I kept th in k in g . I ’ve got to
w alk o ut o f here a liv e ,’” she
te stifie d . “ I h av e to m ake him
th in k th is is w hat I w a n t.”
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
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pow er poles w here they belong, delivering
the po w er w e d epend u p o n an d expect. But
som etim es the weather, trees o r accidents
interfere an d knock them dow n. T hat's
w hen it gets dangerous. A dow n ed line
can look harm less, but it can still be a live
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Moultrie
was shot
and killed
as he
walked
home from
a southeast
Portland
grocery.