(Elje ^lortlanh (Observer
Page A2
Septem ber 10. 2003
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BEACONS OF HOPE
CRIME
STOPPERS
Thiefs Steal Money and Identity
Two beams of light will
once again shine from
the Oregon Convention
Center's twin spires on
Thursday when the city
pauses to remember
the second year anni­
versary of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on the
East Coast.
Police photo­
graphs show a
couple wanted
for identity
theft and
fraud.
Portland Police, in cooperation
with C rim e Stoppers, are asking
for your help in identifying and
apprehending a w om an w ho hi­
jacked another p erso n ’s identity
and her boyfriend w ho is w anted
for parole violations.
In O cto b er 2001, a person
falsely claim ing to be 27-year-old
N oelleS usanne M alone got a jo b
as a clerk for Plaid Pantry. During
this y e a r’s July 4'h w eekend, she
disappeared with a substantial
am ount o f deposited m oney from
tw o Plaid Pantry stores.
A cco rd in g to d e te c tiv e s, the
“real” M alone lived in S outhern
C a lifo rn ia and had h er id en tity
sto len . S h e re p o rte d ly is still
try in g to cle a r-u p th e legal and
fin an cial “ m e s s” c re a te d by the
" fa k e ” M alo n e, w h o w as even
a r r e s te d fo r p r o s tit u ti o n in
L asV eg as.
T he suspect is described as a
w hite w om an in her m id- to late-
20s, 5 feet I inches tall, w eighing
about 130 pounds, w ith blue eyes
and brow n h air that m ay be dyed
red. She m ay be traveling w ith a
b oyfriend, 32-year-old Delbert
C lifford Socha, w ho has an ou t­
standing w arrant for parole viola­
tion on a fraud charge.
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Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to SI, 1)00 for
information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in
this case, or any unsolvedfelony crime, and you need not give your
name. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357.
Ex Chief Potter Runs for Mayor
A police figure from Portland’s
past is adding competition to the
city’s mayoral race next year.
Form er Police C h iefT o m Potter
a n n o u n c e d h is c a n d id a c y last
W ednesday, the day after Rep. Earl
B lum enauer announced he w ould
not jo in the race.
Despite rum ors ofpotential can­
didates only one other candidate.
City Commissioner Jim Francesconi,
has formally joined the race.
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moriaI” to th ev ictim so fth eS ep t. 11
terrorist attacks.
The beams will shine beginning at
9:11 p.m. on Thursday on the two-
year anniversary o f the East Coast
attacks and will shine each night
through V eterans Day, Nov. 11.
A public lighting cerem ony will
be held outdoors in the northeast
plaza area o f the C onvention C en­
ter near the co m er o f M artin Luther
K ing Jr. B oulevard and N ortheast
Tigard Settles Police Abuse Case
to destroy records o f the stop and
arrest.
The settlem ent also resolves a
previous federal law suit filed by
Brown, w hoclaim ed he w as unlaw ­
ful ly stopped and detained at Tigard
H ig h S ch o o lin 1999 because o fh is
race.
(A P) — The city o f T igard has
In that instance, T igard police
settled a law suit claim ing police had Brow n perform a field sobriety
abused their pow er w hen one o f­ test w hen they saw him sm oking a
ficer offered another a steak di nner cigar and drinking a pop w hile
to arrest a black m otorist.
parked outside the school. Police
Jim m y Brow n, said the officer released B row n an hour later w ith­
bore a grudge against him and per­ out filing any charges.
suaded a colleague to follow him
In his second suit. Brown claimed
after he left a pub and arrest him for that a policem an originally nam ed
drunken driving last D ecem ber. in the first suit, M ichael W ebber,
H ow ever, a breathalyzer and urine w as out for revenge w hen he hap­
test found no traces o f alcohol, and pened upon Brow n drinking with
the charges w ere dropped.
his w ife in a T igard pub.
The city does not adm it any
“This should cause the com m u­
w rongdoing in the $ 127,500 settle­ nity to begin to think about som e
m ent, reached last w eek, but agrees things, to think about the policies
and practices o f this departm ent,”
B row n, said.
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A ccording to B row n, he and
his w ife w ere having drinks at
O ’B rie n ’s p u b w h en he saw
W ebber w alk in about 10 p.m.
w earing his uniform .
Brown said W ebber left the pub.
W hen the couple left the pub about
an hour lateraftereach having two
alcoholic drinks, another officer,
B ruce Peters, stopped B row n and
asked him to take a field sobriety
test.
W eb b er, a n sw e rin g w ritten
q u e stio n s from B ro w n ’s a tto r­
ney , said he “jo k in g ly ” to ld P e­
ters he w o u ld buy a steak for
a n y o n e w ho issu ed a tic k e t to
Jim m y Brow n.
C ity attorneys confirm ed there
had been a d isc u ssio n o f a steak
d in n er, but said th ere w as p ro b ­
ab le c a u se to pull o v e r B ro w n 's
car.
B row n said th e a rre st has
m ade him afraid to drin k socially
in p u b lic.
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Layoffs
Budget cuts land 200
screeners on
unemployment line
(A P ) — A lm ost 200 airp o rt
screening jo b s at Portland Interna­
tional A irport arc being trim m ed as
part o f a nationw ide effort by the
T ransportation Security A dm inis­
tration to cut costs.
Since January, about 80 federal
screeners have quit or been fired.
A nother 110 will be let go in the
com ing months. T h at's about 20
percent o f the screening staff.
At the Portland airport, the cuts
will m ean longer lines at security
checkpoints in the afternoons, said
Bob Jackson, the federal security
director there, w ith w aits o f about
10 m inutes.
But he said the transportation
agency w ill be adding som e part-
tim e screeners. Jackson said the
cuts will not have too great an ef­
fect on security.
In A pril, the agency announced
it w ould cut 6,000 o f its approxi­
m ately 55,000 screeners by the end
o f Septem ber. The agency said the
staffing cuts are based on a review
o f each airport, its security needs,
and the num ber o f travelers pass­
ing through.
T he agency has also had its
budget cut, from $6.16 billion in
2003 to a proposed $4.82 billion in
the com ing year.
Still, the cuts have provided ad­
ditional am m unition for congres­
sional critics w ho say the agency
has been poorly m anaged. T he
transportation agency w as criti­
cized this spring after it w as show n
that m ore than 1,200 screeners al­
ready w orking at U.S. airports, in­
clu d in g so m e w h o had felo n y
records, w ere fired for failing back­
ground checks.
A bout 25 had been transferred
to other airports. A nd about 50
quit. Jackson said.
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