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
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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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