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<Th Page B2 L aw HOME OWNERSHIP UPGRADING DOWNSIZING I '1 TIME BUYERS INVESTMENTS Suite 145, Portland. O R 97219 (503) 890-1181 O ffiv e 5(15 -6 9 8-6 9 X 8 6915 S W M avadani. L i n J n ? a s A p r il 4. 2 0 0 7 J ustice Lottery Thieves Caught on Tape John Paris - Broker r c IJortlanb ©bseruer em ce Residential-Offices “Cleanliness is next to Godliness" Spring Cleaning Special call 503-839-6790 Linda J. Scott, Owner C oupon 10% o ff Insured — Bonded OH f it 'S t c le a n in g hair, w earing long shorts and ten nis shoes with a reflective strip dow n the top o f the shoes. Suspect num ber tw o is described as a white male, 20 to 30 years o f age, 5 ’ 9” and 2(X) pounds. The suspects may be associated with a white 1992 Suzuki Sam urai with a possible W ashing ton license plate o f 788PHG . Cri me Stoppers is offering a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for inform a tion, reported to Crim e Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, o r any unsolved felony, and you remain anonymous. CallCrime Stop pers at 503-823-H ELP(4357). T he Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Grime Stoppers, is asking for your help in identify ing tw o lottery m achine thieves caught on tape. Beginning March 9 a n d c o n tin u ing through March 21. tw o men have been breaking into lottery m achines during business hours. They walk into restaurants and/or bars, sit dow n at the lottery m a chines, take out a crow bar or some sort o f prying tool, pry the m achine open and take the cash. C u sto m ers have been sitting right next to the suspects unaw are o f the crim e being com m itted. The men take less than tw o m inutes to pry the m achine open and have taken thousands o f dollars during theirquick, undetectedcrim e spree. Suspect num ber one is d e scribed as a white m ale in his 30s. 5 ’9” tall, 220 pounds, with brown Police say this security video shows two men who broke into lottery machines during business hours at the Wooden Chicken on North east Sandy Boulevard. J L Emmett Till’s Family Gets Autopsy Report Are you cu rren tly in an adjustable rate mortgage? C o u sin : ‘W e ju s t w a n te d th e tru th .’ Is your rate increasing? Are you b ehind in your m ortgage paym ents? It ’.s never too soon to think about refinancing. Yon may have more options then you think. Save hundreds o f $$$$$ per month and Call Charlotte M artin 360-823-1441 1-888-849-0588 “ 222 N.E. Park Plaza Dr.. Suite 115 Vancouver. W A98684 ■■HnnHHMMMani HOMELOAN S 0 U R C 1 cmartin@homeloansource.com (A P) - M ore than h alf a century after 14-year-old Em m ett Till was brutally m urdered in M ississippi for w histling at a w hite w om an, his family sat dow n with federal inves tigators to discuss the final au topsy on the boy's exhum ed body and to hear about the investiga tion. The report released Thursday found that Till died o f a gunshot w ound to the head and that he had broken w rist bones and skull and leg fractures. W hen his body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in the sum m er o f 1955, the report said, "the crow n o f his head was ju st crushed o u t... and a piece o f his skull ju st fell out." T he report also set out a tim eline co n stru cted from w itness state- Emmett Till ments, and it said a third man had given a deathbed confession. Roy Bryant, the w hite w om an's husband, and his half-brother J.W . M ilam were charged in Till's death shortly after the killing but were acquitted by an all-w hitejury. Both men, now deceased, later confessed ina 1956 interview with Look m aga zine. A ccording to the new report, Leslie M ilam, a relative o f the tw o men, also confessed before he died. "W e ju st w anted the truth," said O llie G ordon. Till's cousin and one o f h alfad o zen family m em ber who review ed the report with federal investigators. "Just know ing the truth has been com forting to the family." The FBI reopened the Till case in 2004 and exhum ed the boy's body in 2005. but it decided last year not to press charges. T he case was turned over to local prosecutors, with the FBI suggesting a closer lookat Bryant'swife.Carolyn Bryant D o n ham ,now 73. A M ississippi grand ju ry ruled late last month that there was insuf ficient evidence to indict her, es sentially closing the book on the case. Till's cousin, Simeon Wright, was with the teenager the night he was kidnapped from an uncle's hom e in M oney, M iss., and he had pressed for a further investigation. "From w hat I saw, I think they had enough evidence to indict," W right said T hursday. "Every last person up to now has gotten away with m urder." In 1955, nearly 1(X).(XX) people had filed past Till's open casket during a four-day public view ing in the boy's hom etow n o f Chicago. A graphic photo o f his face appeared in Jet m agazine, and that im age stoked national outrage and fueled the civil rights m ovem ent. Till's m other, who had w anted her son's casket open to expose the brutality o f racism to the world, died in 2003. She was buried next to him. OPENING APRIL 6TH H ollywood T heatre . 4122 nesandyblvd .503.28 i .42 is VISIT HOLLYWOODTHEATRE.ORG FOR SHOW TIMES OPERATION HÖM l L uf WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE Surveillance video shows a man (center), believed to be 6-feet tall and in his 20s, who is a suspect in a multiple stabbing that occurred this past August at Exotica nightclub on Northeast Columbia Blvd. Reward Offered For Assault Suspect F ro m E x o tic a N ig h tc lu b a tta c k ET1C, MIC, CH ILLIN G JEVASTATING NY D aily N ews R.IVETI NG - S lant M agazine D eeply m o v in g - SALO N .C O M I A su m m er assau lt at the n o rth east P ortland n ig h tclu b E xotica left three secu rity p erso n n el in ju re d and a su sp e ct at large. O n A ug. 12 a m an d escrib ed to be in his tw en ties, 6 -feet tall w ith m edium build, black h air an d a p o ssib le m u stach e en tered E x otica, 240 N .E C o lu m b ia Blvd. T h e c lu b 's su rv e illa n c e v id e o cau g h t the su sp ect aro u n d 2:18 a.m . ap p ro ach in g the three v ic tim s from behind. T h e em p lo y ees w ere attem p t ing to b reak up an u n related fight w hen the suspect stab b ed them in the back an d side o f the a b d o m en. He w as then reco rd ed g rab b in g a fem ale an d leaving the clu b . T h e P ortland P olice B ureau an d C rim e S to p p ers o ffe r a cash rew ard o f up to $ 1,000 for in fo r m ation that lead s to an arrest in th is case. C all an o n y m o u sly at 5 0 3 -8 2 3 -H E L P (4357). WRMRNMMMt Precincts Stay Open Until Midnight New desk clerks added You may notice your Police Pre cinct open later these days. That's because four of the five Portland Police Bureau preci nets are now open until m idnight. M onday through Friday. Central Precinct remains open 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. Precincts were forced to close at 5 p.m. in 2(X)I because o f budget cuts, except for Central Precinct, which remained open 24/7. M ayor Potter has been com m it ted to keeping the precincts open later, and City Council approved funding foreight desk clerks toallow for the expanded hours. East Precinct Police Desk Clerks Keith Moore and Shonakee Fitzpatrick. "Keeping the precincts open later is a big step in the right direction. The precincts are located in the com m u nities in which we serve, so it makes sense that we arc open and acces sible as much as possible," said East Precinct Commander Michael Crebs. "I hope some day in the near future we can be open 24 hours-a-day. 365 days-a-year," said Crebs. In February, It) new desk clerks were hired. Fight were the additional positions authorized by Council, and tw o filled current vacancies. Each precinct received two new police desk clerks.