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^ '^ o r t l a n ì t © hacrucr EMBRACING Dl VERSITI A ugust 17, 2005 Page B3 L aw & J ustice Four Arrested for Racial Harassment in Gresham Nazi emblem found on girl and store Local A frican A m erican Kamau H erndon, the 34-year-old son o f civil rights activist Ron Herndon, w as racially harassed on Sunday by a group o f people claim ing to they also had racist insults throw n b e lo n g to w h ite s u p r e m a c is t at them by the group outside. groups. All four o f the suspects W hen H erndon left the store, were arrested. the com m ents from the group grew Herndon was walking into a 7-11 louder and m ore vicious. A fter a store in G resham when he heard a b rief vocal confrontation, one o f man outside with three other people the men from the group pulled a m utter a racist slur. He ignored it. m achete from his car to w ave it in W hen A ngelo M assey and his H erndon’s face. M assey and M iller cousin Tyrone Miller, both 20, went cam e out to help H erndon, but were intothe store shortly after Herndon, also taunted by the m achete and shouts o f “W hite Pow er!” A ccording to M assey, the group slapped their chests and gave the N azi salute. T h e y ’d rep o rted ly draw n sw astikas on the side o f the 7-11. were pulled o ver about nine blocks each o f first-degree intimidation, first aw ay. degree attem pted assault and m en Police arrested 29-year-old W ill acing. iam P. H enry o f P ortland, and Henry, the driver o f the car, was Gresham residents Christian L. Coats, also accused o f reckless endanger 25; D ennis L. M othersbaugh, 25; ment. M othersbaugh had previous and Ariane E. Celis, 22. Celis had the charges forracial intimidation in 2003, Nazi em blem tattooed on her face. so he is being held w ithout bail for They were all booked into the violating his probation. H enry’s bail Justice C enter Jail and were sched was set at $90.000. Bail forC elis and uled to be arraigned on three counts Coats is $82,500 each. A fter the store clerk called the police, the group rushed into their C hevrolet Suburban and attem pted to run the three men dow n before driving east on Division Street. They Deaths Ruled Murder-Suicide Man Charged With Kidnapping, Rape Girls assaulted in neighborhood T w o 6 -y e a r-o ld g irls w ere k id n a p p e d and se x u a lly a s sa u lte d on A ug. 8 in north P o rtla n d , w ith th e a c c u s e d p e rp e tra to r, 5 8 -y e a r-o ld K en neth B ow ling q u ic k ly arrested and c h a rg e d w ith the crim e. T he g irls had been rid in g on a b ik e p ath n ear th e are a o f N o rth P o rts m o u th A v e n u e and N o rth C o lu m b ia B o u le vard in the early ev e n in g hours. P o lice said B o w lin g co n tac ted th em and d isp la y e d a k n ife and d ire c te d the g irls to the are a o f an a b a n d o n ed b u ild in g w here both g irls w ere assau lted . P o lice said afte r the assau lt, he help ed th e g irls find th e ir w ay b ack to w ard th e ir hom e. O nce ho m e, the v ic tim s to ld th e ir p a r en ts, w ho c a lle d the p o lice. O f K e n n e th B ow ling f ic e r s w e re d ire c te d b a c k to th e a r e a o f th e abandoned b u ild in g w h e r e th e y fo u n d B o w l ing an d took him in to c u s- to d y . P o lice said it ap p e ars th at th is w as a ran d o m a ssa u lt and B ow l- Prison Guard Writes Book N orth P recin ct o ffic ers d isc o v e re d th e b o d ie s o f 4 0 -y e a r-o ld S tacy S h a p le ig h an d 4 2 -y e a r-o ld R o b e rtC h a rle s M ikus a fte r o ffic ers w ere d isp a tc h e d to a re s i d en c e in the 9 5 0 0 b lo ck o f N orth Polk A venue for a “w elfare ch eck ” on July 21 at 10:33 a m. A n au to p sy has co n firm e d that b oth d ie d o f a sin g le g u n sh o t w o u n d to the head. In v e stig a to rs b e lie v e th a t M ik u s sh o t S h ap le ig h and th en tu rn ed the CRIME STOPPERS Details problems in prison system A uthorT im H am pton in his first book releases his soul in “Holding My O w n,” the com pel ling true story about his experience as a Texas prison guard. Tim spent a total o f 10 years w orking for the T exas Prison Sys tem. M any o f us often w onder how in m a te s are tre a te d by p riso n guards. In H am pton’s book, he details som e o f the serious prob lem s that occur in the prison sys tem. He advocates for more training on ethics and hum an diversity for new ly hired guards. H am pton said he is the first fo rm e r b la c k p riso n g u a rd in Am erica to write such a book. Texas officials banned it before they even read it, w hich prom pted legal action and a court order to allow inm ates to obtain the book. N ow th e book is bein g banned u n d er ru les th a t do not allo w in m ates to have pho to s o f ja ils, Bodies found during welfare check ing had no p rio r c o n ta c t w ith th e v ic tim s o r th eir fam ilies. B o w lin g , w h o is a reg istered sex o ffe n d er, w as b o o k ed in to th e Ju stic e C e n te r Jail. D ete ctiv es are a ttem p tin g to d eterm in e if B ow ling had sim i la r co n tac t w ith any o th e r c h il dren . A nyone w ith in fo rm atio n is ask ed to call D etectiv e M ike P erry o f the P o rtlan d P o lice B u reau C h ild A buse T eam at 503-988-6411. Reward Offered in Bar Shooting Jordan B a b in e a u x o f th e S e a ttle S e a h a w k s p o in ts to w h a t h e c o n s id e r s th e b e s t b o o k h e 's e v e r rea d , w hile a u th o r Tim H a m p to n g iv e s th e ‘th u m b s u p . ' p riso n s, o r an y type o f law e n H am pton isc u rre n tly trav elin g forcem en t o fficial. O n the back acro ss the co u n try sp eak in g to c o v e r o f H a m p to n ’s b o o k , it youth about h isex p erien ces w o rk show s him lo oking at an unknow n ing in p riso n and also his sto ried priso n from afar, and the fro n t childhood. H am pton is also w o rk co v e r show s H am pton seem in g ly ing on his next book en titled ‘Still d efe n d in g an in m ate from tw o H o ld in g M y O w n ’ in w hich he w hite guard s. h o p es to have ready th is fall. C rim e S to p p ers is o ffe rin g $ 1,000 for inform ation about the July 27 m urder o f a man outside the J.D . S p o rts Bar on N orth V ancouver Avenue. P olice are in v estig atin g the death o f 26-year-old E yo Nyong, w hose body was discovered at 9:52 p.m. in front o f the bar shortly after shots w ere fired in the area. N yong had stepped outside o f the bar and was talking with sev eral people. Police said tw o A fri can A m erican men approached on foot and engaged N yong in a brief conversation. O ne o f the suspects pulled out a gun and shot Nyong m ultiple times. O ne suspect is about 6 feet tall, w eighing 190-195 pounds, with a very short Afro. He was w earing a dark, short sleeved T-shirt, dark jean shorts, and w hite N ike Air Eyo N yong Force basketball shoes. The o ther suspect was about 5- 8 to 5 feet 9 inches tall, w eighing 170 pounds and has black hair worn in braids. He was w earing dark shorts. All calls to Crim e Stoppers re main anonymous at 503-823-4357. gun o n h im self, c o m m ittin g s u i cid e. A h an d g u n o f th e sam e c a li b e r u se d in th e sh o o tin g w as fo u n d at th e scen e. T h e re is no p rio r h isto ry o f d o m e stic v io len ce at th e re sid e n c e an d d e te c tiv e s are still e x p lo rin g p o ssib le m o tiv es fo r th e crim e. A n y o n e w ith in fo rm a tio n is a s k e d to c a ll D e te c tiv e Jo n R h o d es at 5 0 3 -8 2 3 -0 4 5 9 o r D e te c tiv e L ynn C o u rtn e y at 503- 823-0451. Transient Arrested in Slaying On July 19, at about 9 a.m. P ort land Police hom icide detectives a r r e s te d 6 3 - y e a r - o ld H a ro ld W inford Hunt and booked him into ja il on one count o f m ur der, in co n n ec tio n w ith the April 7, 2004 m urder o f 30- y e a r-o ld E d w ard O b ian g w ho w as found stabbed H arold H u n t to death under the east side o f the B roadw ay Bridge. Hunt, a transient, had been stay ing in an area near T routdale known as 1000 Acres. T here w as an in creased police presence recently at 1(XX) A cres follow ing an unrelated hom icide there. A nyone with inform ation about this case is asked to call D etective Barry Renna at 503-823-0255 or D etective M ike G eiger at 503-823- 0768. BUSINESS/// recto ry MISS PATRICIA Michael E. Harper, Sr. tian h im IM IU IA M C I 9(M5SWBaihur. Suite 109 Rutland. 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