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Teenager Shot in Northeast Home Invasion
T w o intruders dem anded m oney
from a 23-year-old man in a north
east Portland hom e T hursday and
then shot his 15-year-old brother
w hen the teenager tried to stop the
assault, police said.
The brother was shot three tim es
in the upper body, suffering a non
life threatening w ound to the top o f
a shoulder, near the base o f his
neck.
Police said the violence started
when two masked men kicked in the
door o f the hom e at 118 N .E.
Tillam ook around I a.m. Thursday.
Inside, they first confronted the
victim ’s older brother, identi tied as
D easha Allen.
Investigators said it’s possible
the shooting w as gang-related or
may have involved drugs.
Woman Shot Trying
to Drive Past Police
Traffic stop
on North
Skidmore
turns deadly
a rrest stem m in g from an A p ril 30
failu re to a p p e a r fo r e sc a p e and
d ru g -re la te d ch arg es.
H er fam ily is q u e stio n in g w hy
o ffic e rs d id n o t sh o o t o u t the
c a r ’s tires and w h y d e a d ly force
w as req u ired w h en p o lice c o u ld
h av e p u lled the 5 -fo o t-4 , 115-
A P o rtlan d p o lice o ffic e r fa
tally sh o t a 21 -y ear-o ld w o m an
w hen she tried to d riv e aw ay
from a traffic stop on N o rth
S k id m o re at the 1-5 o v e rp a ss
aro u n d 3 a.m . M onday.
P o lic e sa id K e n d ra S a rie
Jam es c lim b ed into th e d riv ers
seat from the back seat o f the
c ar a fter o fficers to o k h er b o y
friend, D arn ell W hite, 41, out
o f the c a r and into cu sto d y .
S he tried to d riv e o f f in the
2002 C h e v ro le t C a v a lie r rental,
police said.
T w o o fficers stru g g led w ith
Jam es a n d o n e fired a n o n -
lethal ta z e r gun in an a ttem p t to
sub d u e her. W hen sh e c o u ld
not be restrain ed , a 2 7 -y ear-o ld
o fficer w h o had ju s t fin ish ed
his 18-m onth p ro b atio n fired
o n e s h o t fro m h is s e r v ic e
w eapon, p o lice said.
Jam es h ad a w arran t for her
Lumber is brought in to make
repairs to the entrance of a
home on Northeast Tillamook
after two men kicked in the
door of the residence and shot
a teenager. The victim survived
a wound to the top of a
shoulder, near the base of his
neck.
P m n o av K o s W ashington /
T he P oh i i vnd O bserver
Kendra Sarie James
p o u n d w o m a n o u t o f th e car.
S ev eral re sp o n d in g p o lice o f
ficers said the o ffic e r re s p o n
sib le fo r h e r d eath b e lie v e d the
c a r h ad d riv en o r w as a b o u t to
d riv e o v e r his foot.
S tate law and P o lice B u reaq
p o licy say s that o fficers can use
d e a d ly fo rce “to p ro tect th e m
selv es o r o th ers from w hat they
reaso n ab ly b eliev e to be an im
m ed iate th reat o f d eath o r serio u s
p h y sical in ju ry .”
Prison releases save money, anger victims
Budget cutting
plan boosts time
for good behavior
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An early release plan for
prison inm ates given credit for good
behavior is saving the state o f O r
egon m oney but it has angered
crim e victims.
“ I f s just not right," said Janet
L o v e la c e , w h o se 1 2 -y e a r-o ld
daughter w as killed in a hit-and-run state b u d g et.
accident in Ju n e 2000.
Sen. Kurt Schrader, D -C anby,
T he man co n v icted o f th e g ir l’s said locking up an inm ate costs
d eath and try in g to c o n ceal it, $62 p er day, or roughly $23,000
L ee R u ssel S tu b b s , w a s s e n per year.
ten ced to 4 0 m o n th s in p riso n but
M arion C ounty D istrict A ttor
w as freed e arly th is y e a r a fte r he ney D ale Penn said he h o p esleg -
earn ed a 2 0 p ercen t red u ctio n in islators w o n 't give p r i s o n s a
the sen ten ce fo r good b eh av io r. chance to w in bigger reductions
Ben de H aan, in terim d ire c to r in th eir sentences.
o f the state C o rre c tio n s D e p a rt
“W e ’ve alw ays been opposed
m en t, say s e a rly re le a se c u ts to chan g in g the sentence after it
c o sts to e a se p re s su re on the is im posed," he said.
A photograph shows a
suspect in the robbery
o f the Sterling Savings
Bank at 3333 N.
Lombard on Thursday.
The FBI said the man
might have been hurt
when an anti-theft
device exploded as he
ran from the bank.
Bank Robber Injured by Device
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w ho w as injured in a bank robbery.
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T he robbery happened at the
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T hursday. T he robber entered the
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The robber is described as w hite
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DNA Links Inmate
to 1986 Murder
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An inm ate w as arrested
on m urder charges T hursday after
D N A ev id en celin k ed h im to a 1986
strangling in north Portland, au
thorities said.
Leon Lamont Phillips, 53, w ho’s
in the O regon State Penitentiary, did
not know the victim, SaraZirbes, but
he did live near her when the attack
occurred, police said.
A state law that w ent into effect
in January 2002 requires collection
o f DNA sam ples from every felon.
Z irbes, 30, a W isconsin native
w ho was taking S panish courses at
P ortland S tate U n iv ersity , w as
found inside her hom e »n Nov. 21,
1986. Herpartlyclad body with hands
bound, was found by neighbors.
Once the state crim e lab recorded
a DNA m atch that linked Phillips to
Leon Lamont Phillips
Z irb es' killing and sexual assault,
Portland hom icide detective Cheryl that they ju s t d id n ’t let it go.”
K anzlerreopened the investigation.
Zirbes moved to Portland in 1980
P h illip s, a c c o rd in g to c o u rt with friends, held jo b s as a w aitress
records, w as arrested in 1987 on at several taverns and had w orked
unrelated robbery and sexual a s as a com puter operator. She planned
sault charges. He is serving a sen to becom e a Spanish teacher.
tence o f m ore than 20 years.
She enjoyed backpacking and
Vikki A m ato.Z irbes' best friend, cam ping, and played guitar and
said she w as shocked w hen she sang at local bars.
recently got a call about the case.
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case and spent tim e on it years o ff the streets, unable to hurt oth
later,” she said. “ It’s rem arkable ers,” A m ato said.
Arson Charges Filed in Two Fires
O ne man and a teenager are fac
ing arson charges stem m ing from
tw o sep arate fires in southeast
Portland.
H enry A. T o w n se n d , 19, is
charged w ith arson and crim inal
m ischief. H e ’s accused o f using
gasoline to set fire to a 1991 Cadillac
Deville parked in the drivew ay next
to a house w here tw o occupants
w ere sleeping. The April 19 fire
occurred at 2:33 a.m . at 17441 S.E.
D ivision St. R obert Lee M ilhause.
28, is accused o f using an incendi
ary device to set fire to an occupied
apartm ent at the D am in Station
A partm ents located at 16000 S.E.
A lder St.