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November 7, 2012_____________________________ ^ o rHa„h <©bseWer_________________________ Page 7 L aw Elections Worker Accused of Cheating Suspected of altering ballots to favor Republicans Ashley Chavez Hit-and- Run Driver Sentenced A Portland woman who was intoxi cated and behind the wheel of a car in a fatal hit-and-run accident, and then tried to cover up the crime, has been sen tenced to six years in prison with her drivers’ license revoked for life. Ashley Chavez cried as she was sen tenced Monday. After changing her plea to guilty, Chavez’s attorney said “She is truly sorry for what happened.” The victim , 6 3-year-old N ancy Schoeffler, died in the collision. She was left lying on West Burnside Street where the accident happened last March. Five other people were accused of helping Chavez cover up the crime that led to a multi-state search for Chavez earlier this year. Authorities were tipped to Chavez’s whereabouts in Bellingham, Wash, where they captured her evading arrest. Five other defendants including Chavez’s boyfriend, Christopher Rhea, her brother Josh Chavez, and Angela Kaps- Collins, a passenger in the car at the time, have been charged for crimes associated with the cover-up. Shoeffler’s family released a state ment Monday about the case. “This has been devastating for our family, not just the loss of Nancy, but also the cover up.” T h e te m p o ra ry e m p lo y e e , Deanna Swenson, 55, of Oregon City, tearfully told the W illamette W eek that only two ballots were involved, but authorities won't say how many ballots might have been altered until an investiga tion is com plete. Tam pering with ballots is a Class C felony; Swenson has not been charged with a crime. Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall said a crim inal violation o f election law was uncovered by her office last W ednesday and An investigation is under way into a report of ballot tampering in Clackamas County where an elec tions worker is suspected of using a pencil to fill in a straight Republi can ticket on ballot races that voters Deanna Swenson left blank. rep o rte d to the secretary o f state's Elections Division. C ounty com m issioners met M onday to investigate and reas sure voters. The alleged tam per ing happened last W ednesday. The secretary o f state now has two people m onitoring the election and enforcing a rule that no pens and pencils will be al lowed near the ballots. Elections workers are instructed to use a special bright color ink that c an ’t be reg istered by voting m a chines. Protest March Turns Violent Police respond with pepper spray; make one arrest Occupy Portland and other groups held an “anti-austerity march” near Holladay Park in northeast Portland Saturday, where roughly 300 people rallied against funding cuts to social and public services. The event was mostly peaceful, but ended in one arrest and several people pepper- sprayed by officers. Police tried to stop protestors from turning northbound onto Northeast 14th Street in the Lloyd district. When protestors marched for ward with wooden-board signs, a police bike brigade pushed back. As protestors broke through the line, a few officers stumbled off their bikes. Officers deployed pepper-spray to front line demonstrators and seized their “ramming devices and shields,” police said. Demon strators then backed up and walked east- Molotov Cocktail Arrest A man riding a bicycle threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a po lice car parked early Monday morn ing in a lot on Northeast Emerson S treet across from the police bureau’s North Precinct. No officers were inside the car at the time. Portland Fire and Rescue arrived and put out the fire. There were no injuries or damage to the police car. Police caught up to and arrested the suspect, Sergey Yefimobich Turzhanskiy, 24, on charges of at tem p ted arson and five oth er charges. Sergey Turzhanskiy ous. Demonstrators near Holladay Park in northeast Portland Saturday during a ‘Solidar ity against Austerity’ march. (KOIN-TV photo) bound on Halsey Street. One man, 44-year-old Johnny Christopher Wells, was arrested for running away with a police bicycle and swinging it at officers as they caught up to him. Demonstrators continued to march around the Lloyd Center and the march ended at Holladay Park. 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