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Page A3 September 9, 2009 awareness,” he said According to Chief, a YMCA in another part of the county we don’t utilize it as a tool to found an employee featured in draw interest in our paper and the sex offender portion of the prompt people to buy,” Chief paper along with 24 o f their said, of his publication which members. In another location, a convenient store was robbed only costs a buck. by A manda G rear at knife point and the clerk was He said the criminal content T he P ortland O bserver able to identify the perpetrator is motivated in part by his own Have you been "Busted”? after seeing him in Busted for If so, people m ight have "personal desire to look inside another crime. my local paper and see who had seen your mug in "B usted," a But not everyone is a fan of new tabloid new spaper that been in trouble.” C h ie f has received som e the publication. has been blasting photos of P ublic D e fe n d e r N eal arrestees in the Portland area flack in year since his publica a lo n g w ith a lis t o f th e ir tion has been out - distributed Weingart of M ultnom ah D e in several markets nationwide, fenders Inc. said he has “no charges. Publisher Ryan Chief of cen mainly from “registered sex of ticed inaccuracies.” Having tral Florida uses fun, rich col fenders,” he said, but is quick had some of his clients featured ors, catchy stories and phrases, to point to the outpouring of in this paper, he said some of along with cartoon-like illustra support he said he receives from the listed charges were com pletely different from the actual tions to catch the eye of people community leaders. photo by J ake T homas / T he P ortland O bserv er “All I'm doing is conveying charges, which he said could “Busted" magazine gives its readers a cheap kick. But sh o p p in g in c o n v e n ie n c e public information. I’m in the become a potentially massive what does the magazine mean for people who have stores like Plaid Pantry. “It would be foolish to say b usiness o f creating public issue. actually been busted? Busted is no Bust Tabloid prints arrest photos “The information he's pub lishing is widely public infor mation. He’s not violating any criminal or civil laws, provided it’s accurate," said Alexander Hamalian of Rose City Defense Consortium.“There’s no differ ence than w hat they do on shows like COPS '’ But H am alian q u e stio n s whether the publication actu ally benefits the citizenry at large. He said it is the job of citizens who value civil rights to make sure people understand publishers like this have a fi nancial interest, not a civil in terest. But C hief asserts that his publication provides an extra level of accountability, particu larly for first time offenders. “Maybe, just maybe there’s a slim chance they w on't com mit that crime again,” he said. ussissippi 12, 2009 ■ ■ Seplemljer Mon r can ir a come Dane... I iienl lime: CS:00pm-l():()0pm) ion: On lht< (diner nl Mississippi l\ue.. «nul Hee.rli This year. H ie D ttan tty Institute s Jan on t k M i k itie site of the oH« 11 « j o ff célébration o f t k M I E study/piqjact sponsored by t k ftntland Ikadopm ent Commission. In this study/pnyect, a l dtimns am ¡nutted to help t k PDC identify resources lor smal businesses, housiny, homeownership, and ly buabdtty prqjeds In t k North and Northeast whan renewal T k table is s e t.. .en n e Join as and help. For More Information Contort: JensenTlassenj@pd(.us, 503^23-3352 wv/w.pdr.us/four/nnestudy, www forebook.rom/pdxN N EDI Harold C. Williams Two: Office (503)287 9836 / Cell (503)4900755 thediversityinstitute@giiioil.(omwv\v.thedfversityiiistitijte.coin