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Found in
Georgia 30
Years Later
An Oregon Department of Cor-
rections (DOC) adult in custody
who fled from a work crew in
1994 is back in custody. Steven
Craig Johnson fled from a work
crew at the Mill Creek Correc-
tional Facility (MCCF) in Salem
on November 29, 1994.
Johnson was arrested in Macon,
Georgia by the U.S. Marshals Ser-
vice, Southeast Regional Fugitive
Task Force (USMS SERFTF) on
July 16, 2024. He was booked into
the Bibb County Jail and is await-
ing extradition back to Oregon.
According to the USMS Ste-
ven Craig Johnson aka “William
Cox,” 70, was taken into custody
by the USMS SERFTF on July
16, 2024, at approximately 2:00
Steven Craig Johnson Left to right: Oregon Department of
Corrections 1990s photo on wanted poster July 2024 Bibb County
Sheriff's Office (Photo Courtesy of Oregon Dept. of Corrections)
p.m. at an apartment complex lo-
cated at Vineville Ave. in Macon.
Johnson had been a resident there
and living under the alias of Wil-
liam Cox since 2011. Johnson was
wanted on an Oregon arrest war-
rant for escape.
MCCF was a minimum-securi-
ty prison located five miles south-
PPB Needs Public’s Help Locating
Person of Interest in Homocide
Breaking News
“Senseless” Shooting at Dawson Park
On Friday, July 19, 2024,
at approximately 4:05 p.m.,
officers responded to reports
of a shooting at Dawson Park
in North Portland. When
officers arrived, they located
one gunshot victim who was
subsequently transported to
the hospital. An additional
gunshot victim went to the
hospital on their own. Both
are expected to survive. The
suspect(s) had fled the scene
before officers arrived.
“While I am disheartened
to learn of the shooting at
Dawson Park, I am relieved
that the two individuals
Dawson Park, Two people
injured are expected to
were injured in a shooting
survive and this did not end
at a North Portland
with the loss of life,” Chief
park.
Photo
Credit:
Bob Day said. “I want the
Shawntell
Washington
community to know that
the Portland Police Bureau takes a holistic approach to
preventing gun violence. This work includes interdiction
efforts by our Focused Intervention Team and Enhanced
Community Safety Team. PPB also works closely with the
District Attorney’s Office, Parole and Probation, Ceasefire,
Office of Violence Prevention, and other community-
based organizations and oversight groups that value the
sanctity of life and are committed to tackling this senseless
violence head on.”
east of Salem on 2,089 acres. The
facility was unfenced and housed
approximately 290 adults in cus-
tody who were within four years
of release. MCCF opened in 1929
as the Farm Annex of the Oregon
State Penitentiary. The prison
closed June 30, 2021, by order of
Governor Kate Brown.
Above: Tiara Atencio. To the right: person of interest
Detectives are seeking the pub-
lic’s help in identifying a person of
interest related to the Tiara Aten-
cio homicide that occurred on Oc-
tober 19, 2023. While Trimet pro-
vided the Portland Police Bureau
with the attached photos of the
person of interest, it is important
to note the homicide itself did not
occur on a Trimet bus.
Anyone with information on
the identity of the person of inter-
est is asked to contact Detective
Scott Broughton Scott.Brough-
ton@police.portlandoregon.gov
(503) 823-3774 or Detective Eric
McDaniel
Eric.McDaniel@po-
lice.portlandoregon.gov
(503)
823-0833 and reference case num-
ber 23-274506.