August 19, 2015
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Unsolved
Murder
Revisited
Life Sentence for Portland Pimp
A repeat Portland sex offender who
prostituted a 15-year-old runaway last
year has been sen-
tenced to life in prison.
Anthony
Curry,
50, had other victims
come forward during
his high-profile case
in Multnomah Coun-
ty that concluded last
week, including two
women who said they
had met Curry when
they were teenagers
and that he had started Anthony Curry
prostituting them after
several weeks of manipulation and at-
tempts to garner their trust.
Even after the women escaped from
Curry, they testified via speakerphone
how they continued to suffer because
of his crimes and urged the court to put
an end to his ongoing behavior.
Authorities said Curry pushed his
last victim to strip at Portland’s Jag
Clubhouse after obtaining her a fake
ID. He then took her to other local
clubs, including The Dolphin II, Stars
Promise
Fulfilled
C ontinued from P age 3
Development Commission proposal
for a Trader Joes grocery to be built a
few blocks away on Northeast MLK
and Alberta. That plan was withdrawn
over community protests for failing to
address a critical shortage of housing
serving local residents. In its place is
a proposed Natural Grocers store, and
Monday’s announcement included an
update for the MLK and Alberta prop-
erty with Colas Construction, a black-
owned Portland company, and Majestic
Realty, a Los Angeles developer, plan-
ning to break ground on the store and
other commercial retrial space some-
time this fall.
“Through their focus on commercial
activity and affordable housing, both
projects will add to the vitality and
diversity of the community, and will
serve to underscore our commitment to
this vital section of northeast Portland,”
said Commissioner Saltzman.
“This is a happy, long awaited day,”
said Mayor Charlie Hales.
Travis Phillips, the housing develop-
ment manager for PCRI, said that there
would be a community engagement
process to decide what kind of units to
build and how many of them will go
into the space provided. This will bet-
ter equip them to share precisely how
many units will be available in the new
space.
Cabaret in Beaverton, and Sunset Strip
in Cedar Hills.
The victim’s moth-
er also addressed the
court by speaker-
phone and asked Judge
Janelle Wipper to put
away Curry for life.
Curry has a criminal
history, including con-
victions for third-de-
gree rape, and promot-
ing and compelling
prostitution.
Wipper
followed through with
the life sentence under
Oregon’s three strikes law for sexual
offenders, saying she was “unable and
unwilling” to go with anything less.
Ervaeue
Ronchelle Herring
Portland Police are coming back to
the community to find answers on a
murder case that’s slowly gone cold.
Last year, on Aug. 17 at 5 a.m.,
officers found the body of Ervaeua
Ronchelle Herring, 21, after reports
of a shooting at the Eastwood Vil-
lage Apartments on Southeast Powell
Boulevard. Herring was dead of an
apparent gunshot wound and it was
clear someone, maybe several people,
had shot into the apartment repeated-
ly. Herring was pregnant at the time.
Crime Stoppers of Oregon is asking
that if anyone knows about the shooting
or death of Herring, they bring infor-
mation forward by texting 823HELP to
CRIMES (274637) followed by the tip,
call 503-823-HELP, or visit crimestop-
persoforegon.com. Tips can be shared
anonymously and authorities are offer-
ing up to a $1,000 reward for informa-
tion that leads to an arrest in this case or
any unresolved felony.