Çortlanh (Observer
November 23. 2011
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Parking Manager Charged
Former official
accused of
taking bribes
A fo rm er p ark in g o p e ra ­
tio n s m an ag er for the city of
P o rtlan d has been ch arg ed
w ith ac cep tin g b rib es in c o n ­
n ectio n w ith steerin g m u lti­
m illio n d o lla r city co n tra cts
to a F lo rid a p ark in g m eter
supplier.
A criminal indictm ent charg­
ing Ellis K. M cCoy, 60, of ac­
cepting bribes in connection
with his form er em ploym ent
as the T ransportation D ivision
M anager in Parking O p era­
tions for the Portland Bureau
o f T ransportation was filed
T h u rs d a y , s a id A m a n d a
M arshall, U. S. attorney for
Ellis McCoy
(KATU photo)
the D istrict o f Oregon.
From June 2004 through
July 2011, M cC oy is accused
o f acce p tin g ch eck s and cash
to ta lin g
a p p r o x im a te l y
$ 124,000, along w ith gifts and
travel o f undeterm in ed value,
w hich w ere in ten d ed to in ­
flu en ce or rew ard him in co n ­
nection w ith his m anagem ent
o f the c ity ’s sm art parking
N M M m
a a a M M M iM m
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m eter program .
The crim inal charge is the
result of a joint investigation by
the FBI and IRS. On Aug. 10,
FBI and Internal Revenue S er­
vice agents executed search
w arrants at M cC oy’s hom e in
H illsboro and at his Bureau of
T ransportation office in dow n­
town Portland.
The indictm ent is only an
accusation o f a crim e, and a
defendant should be presum ed
innocent unless and until proven
guilty, M arshall said.
M cCoy will be sum m onsed
to federal district court in P ort­
land for an initial appearance
before a m agistrate judge on
Thursday, Dec. 8 at 1:30 p.m.
He is re p re se n te d by Tom
Price and Patrick Ehlers o f the
F e d e ra l P u b lic D e f e n d e r ’s
O ffice in Portland.
H M H N N M M
Candlelight Vigil for Murdered Teen
N ovember C alendar page 13
R eligion _______________
C lassifieds
A candelight vigil was held on
Monday at the East Portland Com­
munity Center in memory of 13-
year-old Julio Cesar Marquez,
who was killed Nov. 6 in a sus­
pected gang-related shooting.
Community members, family
and friends came together to honor
the brief life of Marquez, who is
P o rtla n d ’s m ost re c e n t and
youngest victim of gang violence
within the city in over a decade.
Marquez was an eighth grader
at Rosie Hinton School, where
teachers said he was well-liked
and excelled in mathematics.
The vigil included words by the Julio Cesar Marquez
Marquez family, City Parks Com-
missioner Nick Fish, and other
concerned com munity leaders
about the rising rate of gang-
violence throughout the city.
Martinez was a member of
the skate team at the southeast
Portland community center and
spent a lot of time participating in
the center’s recreational pro­
grams.
The Latino Network has also
created a Community Response
Fund to provide financial support
to victims of violence within the
community and their families.
Donations to the fund can be
made to Latino Network by vis­
iting the website latent.org.
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Urban League of Portland Jobs Forum
The Urban League o f Port­
land will hold an Urban Jobs
Initiative Forum to offer prac­
tical help in finding em ploy­
ment and strategies on how to
reduce the burden of unem ­
ploym ent in our c o m m u n ities.
The forum will be held on
W ednesday, Nov. 30 from 6
p .m . to 7 :3 0 p .m . at th e
Advertise with diversity w The Portland
Call 503-288-0033
H um boldt G ardens O pportu­
n ity
C e n te r ,
5033
N.
V ancouver Ave.
Participants are encouraged
to bring their resume to the event.
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