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PagcA2_________ ‘ßortianh ©bseruer celebrates Black History Month February 19.2003 P olice Broadway Cab Driver Murdered CRIME = STOPPERS Man Wanted for Attempted Murder Cabbie signaled emergency during early morning hours Sunday (A P)— Police found the body of a Broadway Cab driver in bushes beside a northeast Portland street a few hours after he pushed an em er gency button in his cab. Greigory Rogozhnikov, 33, a re cent immigrant from Ukraine, acti vated the emergency switch located in his cab around 5 a.m. Sunday, dispatchers said. The switch sends a signal fo dispatch to alert them that the driver is in trouble. About 45 minutes later, Broadway Cab dispatchers noti fied police. Police say they began looking for the cab and its driver. Shortly after 9 a.m ., they received a call that led them to Rogozhnikov’s body in some shrubs off W hitaker Way in northeast Portland. Police found R ogozhnikov's yellow Ford Crown Victoria cab ers said. ab an d o n ed on E ast B urnside He leaves behind his w ife, around 5 p.m. Sunday, according to Svetlana Rogozhnikova, 28, and his a Police Bureau statement. son, Dmitri, 4, according to neigh Police said they do not have a bor Oleg Pavlov. description of a suspect nor do Sunday's homicide was the first they have a motive for the killing. involving a Portland cabbie since Rogozhnikov came to the United Feb. 5, 2000, when Jonathan G re States with his family from Ukraine, gory Johnson, 30, was found shot where he ran his own business, in in the head at the wheel of his still- March 2002, friends and fellow driv running Broadway cab. The Portland Office of the FBI. Fugitive Task Force, in cooperation with Crime Stop pers, is asking for your hq|p in locating and apprehending Jorge Ortega Jr. on charges o f attempted murder and un lawful fight to avoid prosecu tion. Ortega is a 21-year old Hispanic male who is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs approxi m ately 180 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair. He has at least a dozen tat toos, including the tattoo “Juanita” which is very visible Turn off the Tiibe, at Least During Driving Bill would ban watching TV, playing Game Boys while driving in Oregon (A P) — W atching television S tate Sen. Jo h n M in n is, a or playing a video gam e w hile p o lice d etec tiv e an d ch airm an driving seem s like a bad idea, and o f the S en ate Ju d ic ia ry C o m it may also soon be against the m ittee, said d riv ers w ho are law in Oregon. w atc h in g th e ir G am e B oys in L eg islatio n has been filed at stead o f traffic p ro b ab ly co uld the C apitol that w ould m ake it alread y be cited fo r careless illegal to w atch d isp lay screen s d riv in g — but w ritin g specific that feature “e n tertain m en t o r la nguage in to the law books o th e r m aterial that d oes not aid w ill g ive m ore c e rtain ty to traf a person in the safe o p era tio n fic p atrol o ffic ers and ju d g es. o r nav ig atio n o f the m otor v e Senate Bill 299 was introduced hicle.” on behalf o f the O regon State < We ’d like to keep people focused on the job at hand. — State Sen. John Minnis, a police detective and chairman of the SenateJudlclaiyCommlttee Vancouver Keeps 1-5 Carpool Lane The V ancouver 1-5 H igh O ccupancy V ehicle Lane will continue for another tw o years based on four evaluations o f the carpool lane pilot, officials from the Federal H igh A dm inistration and the W ashington State D epartm ent o f T rans portation announced Friday. T he studies show ed that the lane is m eeting the goal o f m oving m ore people during a tw o-hour m orning travel peak than the adjacent general purpose lanes. Transportation officials said another im portant factor is the fact that signifi cant public transportation im provem ents are currently in the w orks in both north Portland and in C lark County, w hich will have a direct effect on use o f a V ancou ver lane. The transportation im provem ents in clude tw o new C-Tran Park and Ride Lots in V ancouver, the Interstate M AX light rail system and 1-5 w idening in P o rtla n d b e tw e e n D e lta P a rk an d Lom bard. Police O fficers A ssociation. The new offense w ould carry a m axim um $300 fine. “ W e’d like to keep people fo cused on the jo b at hand,” M innis said. The legislation w ould not pro h ib it the use o f d ig ital m aps nor the use o f h an d held d ev ices by o p e ra to rs o f e m e rg e n c y v e h icles. A h earin g w ill be sc h ed u led in the n ex t few w eeks, he said. 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 this case, or any unsolved felony crime, any you need not give your name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP. Protesters Arrested (AP)— Four protesters in Port land were arrested Saturday for blocking traffic and pounding the hoods o f passing cars. P o rtla n d P o lic e B u reau Spokesman Henry Groeper says officers arrested the two men and two women, all in their early 20s, more than two hours after a pro test against a possible war in Iraq gghered around Pioneer Square. They face charges o f disorderly on the left side o f his neck. Police said he is known to abuse alcohol and narcotics and should be considered armed and dangerous. conduct, harassment and resist ing arrest. The four were among about 40 people who continued marching into east Portland and ignored an order to disperse. Groeper says officers fired pep per spray at another four to six protesters. He says they were apparently not seriously hurt and declined medical assistance at the Large Trucks Banned Interstate MAX construction has permanently changed the geometry o f Interstate Avenue in north Portland resulting in turning restrictions for larger trucks. Trucks greater than 50 feet in length will not be allowed to make left or right turns onto the thorough fare from North Lombard and North Portland Boule vard. The traffic restrictions will be posted with signs at each intersection. TriM et officials said the big trucks are not able to negotiate these turns and can cause severe damage not only to the MAX station platforms but to them selves as well. SEASONS ENTER TO WIN! In celebration of our 3rd birthday, we're giving away a $100 shopping spree. No purchase necessary. Enter at any of our stores. One winner per store. 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