December 19, 2018
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Holiday Food Boxes Going Out
The Portland Police Bureau Sun-
shine Division has packed 3,800
holiday food boxes to help local
families who struggle economical-
ly. Already accounted for, the food
will be home delivered on Saturday
in time for Christmas thanks to the
help of hundreds of volunteers and
two Portland Police Bureau pre-
cincts.
The boxes are supported by food
and funding donations through Al-
bertsons and Safeway stores, the
Safeway Foundation, Wells Fargo
Bank, the OCF Eddie Wilson Fund,
Botsford & Sons Produce, Ventura
Foods, Bob’s Red Mill and Franz
Bakery.
“The holiday food box program
is not only a Sunshine Division tra-
dition but a Portland tradition that
has fed hundreds of thousands of
local families over nine decades. It
represents the best of the spirit of
the holiday season and continues
to grow and improve thanks to the
support of the community,” said
Officer Matt Tobey, who oversees
the Sunshine Division.
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Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw and Police Officer Matt
Tobey collect donations for holiday food boxes at the Police
Bureau’s Sunshine Division. The boxes will be delivered this
weekend in time for Christmas with the help of hundreds of
volunteers.
Shaken by Break-ins
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Arrow Coffeehouse, on the cor-
ner of Northeast Martin Luther
King Jr. Boulevard and Alberta
Street posted to its Instagram page
video of a masked African-Amer-
ican man breaking through a glass
door of the business Saturday
morning.
Though there was no money
in the shop and the burglar didn’t
take anything in this latest intru-
sion, the series of break-ins has
rattled the owner, a 27-year old
Latina mom named Erica Escalan-
te, who has been helming the busi-
Providing Insurance and Financial Services
Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710
ness for the last six years.
“It is extremely unnerving and
emotionally difficult to be woken
up in the night to this kind of at-
tack for the fourth time. I am 8
months pregnant with a family at
home, and this has taken a toll [...]
It’s hard to sleep at night and the
possibility of this person returning
again is scary,” Escalante said in a
Facebook post Monday. She add-
ed that she hoped the suspected
burglar “can receive help.”
The latest break-in caused
$1,400 in damages, on top of the
already thousands of dollars that
resulted from the previous intru-
sions, Escalante told KPTV.
She urged community mem-
bers to call Portland Police if any-
one recognized the man, who she
said was also captured on camera,
without a face covering, a few
weeks ago. Both times the man
wore a puffy black jacket.
Though Escalante said police
believe the man to be a local to
the neighborhood, she stated the
incident is not typical of the com-
munity.
“I absolutely do not believe that
these acts are a reflection on our
neighborhood and I really con-
demn that notion. We will be and
have always been a neighborhood
place and we really love our peo-
ple surrounding us here.”
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