PagcA2 (F ljp ■ j p o r t l a n ò 0 ) b s e r ü e r lune i8 .2003 P olice Slain Woman Broke Rules of the Street Friends say Jessica was murdered because she talked to police (A P )— T here are tw o un b reak able rules on the street that the hom eless say can cost you y o u r li fe — d o n ’t snitch and d o n ’t lie. Jessica W illiam s w as killed b e cau se she broke both rules, a cc o rd ing to a friend w ho claim s he also w arned police about h e r “ street fam ily” o f hom eless teenagers and y o u n g adults. “T he m om ent she said som e thing to the police, they w ere going to nail her right then and there," said J e ff C am eron, 19, as h e stood Police Review Board Seeks Volunteers W illiam s w as not hom eless but o u ts id e the c o u rtro o m had been stabbed and w here tw o o f the three w orked dow ntow n and had b e bludgeoned. m ain suspects in the slay C am eron said m em friended young people w ho w ere in ing appeared on a g g ra bers o f the street family and out o f hom eless shelters. E ven vated m u rd er charges. kicked W illiams, hit her tually, she began spending tim e “Jessica w as labeled as with a belt, burned the w ith a street fam ily that had d ev el a lia r a n d a s n i t c h , ” palm s o f her hands with oped a reputation for violence. C am eron said. "T hey were W illiam s, how ever, w as a gentle lighters and burned her goin g to finish the job. face with cigarettes be giant at 6 feet 4 and 230 pounds, W hy not ju st kill her." fore oneofthe family lead according to fam ily and friends. Her sister, 18-year-oldN oelW il- Danielle M arie C ox and ers ordered her killed. Carl Alsup (left) is wanted for the murder o f Jim m y A aro n S te w a rt, Cam eron said the per I iam s, described her as "a big teddy Jessica Williams (right). both 18, are accused o f son w ho gave the order bear, the sw eetest, m ost kind p e r k illing W illiam s, 22, a tall young found out it w asn’t true, C am eron to kill W illiam s still has not been s o n .” w om an w ho allegedly had the m en said. H er friend, A m anda N elsen, 21, arrested. But shortly after the court tal capacity o f a 12-year-old be T en other young people, rang appearances ofC ox and Stewart, po w ho lived on the street for four cause she suffered from fetal alco ing in age from 16 to 27, also face lice announced that a M ultnomah years before finally finishing her hol syndrom e. charges in the death o f W illiam s, C ounty grandjury had indicteda 17- high school degree and enrolling in C am eron claim s W illiam s w as w hose body was found M ay 23 year-old boy, Carl Richard Alsup, co lle g e this fall, said W illiam s "w ould n ever hurt anybody — she killed because she told police that after a railroad engineer spotted it with aggravated murder. another m em b e ro fh e r street family near the only dow ntow n bridge that A lsup rem ained at large M on w as alw ays so nice to everybody.” had tried to m ake her into a prosti carries both rail and vehicle traffic day, described only as a w hite m ale N elsen said that the street fam ily tute. S om e m em bers o f the fam ily across the W illam ette River. w ith blond o r brow n hair going by had a saying for m em bers w ho b e beat up the young m an before they A n autopsy show ed W illiam s the street nam e "D .K .” trayed it — “ snitches get stitches.” T he Independent Police R eview D iv is io n o f th e P o rtla n d C ity A u d ito r’s O ffice is seeking volu n teers to se rv e o n th e C itiz e n R eview Committee. A p p lic a tio n s a re a v a ila b le at L o o k in g ^ ^ e x c e lle n t part tlm ejQ B ? w \yw ,ci,Po r tla n d e r ,t^ /a u d iiQf/i.pr. C all IPR D eputy D irector M ichael Hess with questionsat 503-823-4126. T heauditor’sofficesaidqualifica- tions w ould include the dem ographic and ethnic diversity o f Portland. What Part-time job will pay you up to $800.00 per month for only two days worth of work? 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Jeremy Wall She called police and offic front yard on Kansas Street. ers chased him on foot through She was stunned to watch the several nearby yards before man enter her home through a capturing him. Texas Dozen Freed Pending Appeals ( A P) — H ours after he and 11 others w ere released Forty-six people, 39 o f them black, w ere arrested from prison on questionable drug convictions, Freddie in July 1999 and accused o f possessing cocaine B rookins Jr. enjoyed the sim ple pleasure o f holding his follow ing an 18-m onth undercover operation. U n w ife ’s hand at an indoor picnic. dercover agent Tom C olem an, w ho is w hite, said he “ It feels so good out here,” B rookins said as he stood bought drugs from the defendants, but he w orked w ith his w ife, Terri, about a block from the Sw isher alone and used no audio or video surveillance. No C ounty Courthouse, w here a T exas ju d g e released al 112 drugs or m oney w ere found during the arrests. on bond M onday pending a ruling by the T exas C ourt M o n d ay ’s prison release com es w hile the ap o fC rim in al A ppeals. “ It’s w eird. It’s been so long. I’m peals court considers a ju d g e ’s recom m endation so excited I c a n ’t even eat.” that all the convictions be overturned. A special The defendants had been sent to prison on the Contact your local Air National Guard Recruiter to determine eligibility testim ony o f a now -discredited undercover agent in a f i t \ , i l iu n .il f.n .n d T he Port o f Portland learned last w eek that the D epartm ent o f H om eland Security has aw arded $510,000 in federal grant m oney for security im provem ents at the P ort’s T erm inal 6-O reg o n ’s only container term inal for loading and unloading ocean-going vessels. T he m oney w ill be used for entry and exit gate upgrades, for m o n ito rin g a n d s u rv e illa n c e equipm ent and installation o f new sensor alarm s on perim eter fencing. “ O u r T e r m in a l 6 , w h ic h handles m ore than 400 container, autom obile and breakbulk ships per year, is sm all in com parison to ports like Los A ngeles and Se attle, but it’s arguably the high est profile m arine facility in O r egon and on the C olum bia River,” said Bill W yatt, Port o f Portland executive director. Convictions based on discredited undercover agent • Avionics • General purpose mechanic & vehicle operations • Computer maintenance & switching • Information & inventory management • Aircraft structural maintenance • Engineering • Water and waste plumbing specialist • Security Police l i n i Inin I n l i n e Port Awarded Security Grant 5 0 3 .3 3 5 .4 0 4 0 8 0 0 .3 9 2 .1 8 0 1 w w w .orport.ang.af.m il prosecutor has said he w ill dism iss all charges ifth e co u rt o rders new trials. case that divided this tow n o f 5,000 people and led to “ W e d o n ' t ha ve victory unti 1 they are rid o f these investigations by the U.S. Justice D epartm ent and the conv ictio n s," said E laine Jones, president o f the T exas A ttorney G e n era l’s office. N A A C P L egal D efense Fund. (5 0 3 ) 823 HELP 111S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 CRIME STOPPERS Clues Sought in Beating Death Go from "I went to the mall" to "I got the mall." Buy a $5 Mega Millions ticket. Win a $25,000 shopping spree. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesday* and Fridays and proceeds stay in Washington Portland police and C rim e W hi le the fight drew a crow d, Stoppers are asking for your help and 9-1-1 received several calls, in locating w itnesses to a fight including one from som eone betw een tw o m en that resulted in w ho death. “ N athaniel," the c row d quickly O n Thursday, M ay 29 at 11:50 w as few actual w itnesses. T he o ther m an involved is 1300 block o f W est Burnside. described as a 28 to 35-year-old U pon arrival officers found 47- y e a r-o ld Jo sep h M ic h a e l black m an, 5 feet 10 inches tall Joseph Paulson P aulson, u n c o n sc io u s on the sidewalk. and w eighing 155 to 165 pounds. A t the tim e, he w as w earing a silverjacket, longsilver basketball style shorts, Paulson w as transported by am bulance to silv er baseball style hat and black tennis shoes a local hospital, w here he died from injuries w ith short w hite socks. H e left the area with associated w ith the altercation. Paulson had tw o o ther black m ales in an unknow n A m eri been living in transitional housing in d o w n can m ade vehicle w ith O regon plates begin tow n Portland. ning w ith VAT. ( 'rime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to S1,000fo r information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to the resolution o f this case. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357. Men Sent to Prison in Cross Burning b u rn in g a c ro ss in the y a rd o f a w h ite w om an w h o se b lac k frie n d s v isite d her a t hom e. M ic h ae l A llen W h ite . 21, a n d B e n ja m in M ich ael S lo a n , 20, p le a d e d g u ilty to federal c h arg e s o f c o n sp ira c y a n d in tim id a tio n . T hey w ere se n te n c e d T h u rsd a y . V nam e w ere dispatched to a fight on the (A P )— T w o w h ite m en h a v e b e en s e n O v ti all «xidt t»l Mnqa M illion* me 1 43 Overall pi 'motKKMl n d tfi of w inning the $25,000 Shopping Spree depend on the number of entries Mm! be 1* in purchase or redeem Be i pmatt pleytM Know yow bmit. Problem Gernfthnq Halphnn. l -800 M? B133 h is dispersed, leaving officers with p.m .. C entral Precinct O fficers te n c e d to 8 '/ j and 1116 y e a rs in p riso n for Buy whatever you want. s a id A c o -d e fe n d a n t, L ee W ay n e B ray , 20, w as se n te n c e d last m o n th to six y e ars in priso n . H e said th e c ro ss-b u rn in g w as a d ru n k e n p ran k . A u th o ritie s sa id th e m en b u rn e d th e c ro ss at the H u n tsv ille , A la. h o m e o f R h o n d a K ay L yle last su m m er a n d sm a sh e d w in d o w s and a g lass d o o r w ith a sh o v el. L yle a n d her tw o c h ild re n m o v ed out the n e x t day. 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