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lune i8 .2003
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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
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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.”
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Attempted Kidnapper Caught
(AP)— A Vancouver man
is in ja il after a woman
watched the stranger enter her
home — and try to grab her
infant daughter.
Police say 30-year-old Jer
emy Wall is being held on
charges of attempted kidnap
ping, burglary and malicious
mischief.
The mother, who police
would not identify, told detec
tives she was working in her
back door.
Vancouver Police Sergeant
Mark Rigali says the mother
quickly ran inside to find Wall
in her baby daughter’s bed
room, reaching into the crib.
The woman screamed and
the stranger fled into the sur
rounding neighborhood.
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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nam e
w ere dispatched to a fight on the
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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.
A u th o ritie s sa id W h ite b ra g g e d to p eo p le
a b o u t the c rim e.