THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 13, the
13th day of 2021. There are 352
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1982, an Air Florida 737
crashed into Washington, D.C.‘s
14th Street Bridge and fell into
the Potomac River while trying to
take off during a snowstorm, kill-
ing a total of 78 people, including
four motorists on the bridge; four
passengers and a flight attendant
survived.
In 1733, James Oglethorpe and
some 120 English colonists arrived
at Charleston, South Carolina,
while en route to settle in pres-
ent-day Georgia.
In 1794, President George Wash-
ington approved a measure add-
ing two stars and two stripes to
the American flag, following the
admission of Vermont and Ken-
tucky to the Union. (The number
of stripes was later reduced to the
original 13.)
In 1898, Emile Zola’s famous
defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus,
“J’accuse,” was published in Paris.
In 1941, a new law went into
effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S.
birthright citizenship.
In 1964, Roman Catholic Bishop
Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope
John Paul II) was appointed
Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by
Pope Paul VI.
In 1967, the Rolling Stones’ dou-
ble-A sided single “Let’s Spend
the Night Together” and “Ruby
Tuesday” was released in the Unit-
ed Kingdom by Decca Records.
In 1992, Japan apologized for
forcing tens of thousands of Kore-
an women to serve as sex slaves
for its soldiers during World War
II, citing newly uncovered docu-
ments that showed the Japanese
army had had a role in abducting
the so-called “comfort women.”
In 2001, an earthquake estimated
by the U.S. Geological Survey at
magnitude 7.7 struck El Salvador;
more than 840 people were
killed.
In 2005, Major League Baseball
adopted a tougher steroid-test-
ing program that would suspend
first-time offenders for 10 days
and randomly test players year-
round.
In 2010, Haitians piled bodies
along the devastated streets of
their capital a day after a powerful
earthquake, while in Washington,
President Barack Obama pledged
an all-out rescue and relief effort.
R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass
died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
at age 59.
In 2018, a false alarm that warned
of a ballistic missile headed for Ha-
waii sent the islands into a panic,
with people abandoning cars on
a highway and preparing to flee
their homes; officials apologized
and said the alert was sent when
someone hit the wrong button
during a shift change.
Ten years ago: A funeral was
held in Tucson, Arizona, for
9-year-old Christina Taylor Green,
the youngest victim of a mass
shooting that also claimed five
other lives and critically wounded
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Five years ago: Defense Sec-
retary Ash Carter laid out broad
plans to defeat Islamic State mil-
itants and retake the group’s key
power centers in Iraq and Syria.
The Al Jazeera America cable
news network said it was shutting
down two and a half years after
its launch. Three winning tickets
split a world-record $1.6 billion
Powerball jackpot.
One year ago: At a royal fam-
ily summit in eastern England,
Queen Elizabeth II brokered a deal
to secure the future of the mon-
archy; it would allow Prince Harry
and his wife, Meghan, to live part-
time in Canada. The Houston As-
tros fired manager AJ Hinch and
general manager Jeff Luhnow
after the pair had been suspend-
ed by Major League Baseball for a
sign-stealing scheme. Joe Burrow
threw five touchdown passes
and ran for another score, leading
top-ranked LSU to a 42-25 win
over No. 3 Clemson to capture the
national championship.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor
Frances Sternhagen is 91. TV
personality Nick Clooney is 87.
Comedian Charlie Brill is 83. Actor
Billy Gray is 83. Rock musician
Trevor Rabin is 67. Rock musician
James Lomenzo (Megadeth) is
62. Actor Kevin Anderson is 61.
Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 60.
Rock singer Graham “Suggs”
McPherson (Madness) is 60. Actor
Penelope Ann Miller is 57. Actor
Patrick Dempsey is 55. Actor Traci
Bingham is 53. V producer-writer
Shonda Rhimes is 51. Actor Nicole
Eggert is 49. Actor Ross McCall is
45. Actor Michael Pena is 45. Actor
Orlando Bloom is 44. Meteorolo-
gist Ginger Zee (TV: “Good Morn-
ing America”) is 40. Actor Ruth
Wilson is 39. Actor Julian Morris
is 38. Actor Beau Mirchoff is 32.
Actor Liam Hemsworth is 31. NHL
center Connor McDavid is 24.
— Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Oregon had most federal
domestic terrorism
prosecutions nationwide
BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN
The Oregonian
Oregon9s U.S. Attorney9s
Office filed the most cases
classified as domestic terror-
ism in 2020 compared to all
other federal districts, accord-
ing to a court tracking clear-
inghouse run by Syracuse
University.
Most of the cases stemmed
from consecutive nightly pro-
tests last summer outside the
Mark O. Hatfield United States
Courthouse in the wake of
George Floyd9s killing by police
in Minneapolis.
By the end of September,
40 people had been accused
of assault on a federal officer
and 15 faced the rare charge
of civil disorder during pro-
tests, according to the U.S. At-
torney9s Office. Others were
charged with destruction of
government property, arson
or attempted arson of federal
property and violating national
defense airspace.
The period covered the fed-
eral fiscal year that runs from
Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30,
2020.
Across the country, U.S. at-
torney9s offices filed 183 do-
mestic terrorism prosecutions
4 the most since such track-
ing began 25 years ago. That
compares with 90 in fiscal year
2019, 63 in fiscal 2018 and 69
in fiscal 2017.
The Transactional Records
Access Clearinghouse is a data
gathering and research organi-
zation at Syracuse University.
Cases categorized as domes-
tic terrorism include allega-
tions of assaulting, resisting or
impeding officers or employ-
ees, alleged threats against the
president, knowingly entering
or remaining in any restricted
building or grounds, importing
or storing explosives, civil dis-
orders and making threatening
communications.
In late September, Oregon
U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams
issued a statement, saying his
office <is committed to prose-
cuting people who impede or
assault law enforcement offi-
cers, damage federal property,
and set fire to buildings. Make
no mistake: those who commit
violence in the name of protest,
will be investigated, arrested,
prosecuted, and face prison
time.=
In stark contrast, the U.S.
Attorney9s Office in Seattle re-
corded one alleged domestic
terrorism-classified prosecu-
tion, according to the clearing-
house figures.
In early July, President Don-
ald Trump sent 114 federal of-
ficers from the U.S. Marshals
Service and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to bolster
Federal Protective Service offi-
cers in Portland to help secure
the federal courthouse. On July
3, some people tried to bar-
ricade the front doors of the
courthouse and they shattered.
The enhanced and aggressive
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
A protester yells after a march to the Mark O. Hatfield United States
Courthouse on the night of the election, Nov. 3, in Portland.
federal law enforcement re-
sponse drew larger crowds of
demonstrators who demanded
that the extra contingent of
federal officers be sent home.
On July 29, Oregon9s Gov. Kate
Brown announced that state
troopers would replace fed-
eral officers outside the federal
courthouse for two weeks.
Domestic terrorism pros-
ecutions, as classified by the
federal government, far out-
numbered the 21 international
terrorism cases filed for the fis-
cal year.
Man accused of firing gun at federal courthouse in Portland
He had also been arrested 2 days prior outside
the state Capitol on a trespassing charge
Associated Press
PORTLAND 4 A man was
accused of firing a gun at the
federal courthouse in Port-
land, two days after he was
arrested at the state Capitol in
Salem in a trespassing case.
Cody Melby, of Beaver-
creek, pleaded not guilty
Monday in federal court in
Portland to misdemeanor
depredation of government
property.
On Friday evening, Melby
allegedly jumped over a fence
at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S.
Courthouse and fired several
rounds at the building with
a handgun, according to the
federal complaint.
A security officer saw him
on a video system walking in-
side the fenced-in area in front
of the courthouse, the federal
complaint says. Two security
officers went outside where
Melby told the officers he had
a gun and was arrested.
They removed a loaded
9 mm Glock pistol, which had
New owner of 300-foot
ferry may dock in Oregon
BY ROLF BOONE
The Olympian (Wash.)
The new owner of a former
Washington state ferry, which
has been docked at the Port
of Olympia for nearly three
years, said Monday he plans to
move the 310-foot vessel in the
next 30 days. Bart Lematta of
Vancouver, Washington, who
was the winning bidder for
the ferry late last year, said he
is getting insurance and a ves-
sel survey before he makes his
next move.
One possibility is to move
the ferry to Oregon, although
he declined to name a specific
destination. He also added that
he needs a dock large enough
to accommodate a 300-foot
boat.
Lematta said he is paying a
daily rate to dock the ferry at
the port.
Lematta said that if the ferry
isn9t moved in the next 30 days,
he guaranteed it will be gone
before the Ready Reserve Fleet
ships arrive.
The two ships, the Admiral
W.M. Callaghan and Cape Or-
lando, both of which measure
more than 600 feet, are part of
the Ready Reserve Fleet, also
known as the Ready Reserve
Force, which is part of the U.S.
Maritime Administration, a di-
vision of the U.S. Department
of Transportation. The two
ships are expected in March .
<My financing is secure,=
said Lematta. He has invested
in electric car maker, Tesla, an
electric car company in Van-
couver, British Columbia, and
he has ties to a family helicop-
ter business started by his fa-
ther, who later became a noted
philanthropist.
Lematta said he remains
committed to using renewable
energy and exploring whether
he can power the vessel with it.
<It9s central to everything I
am,= he said about his interest
in renewable energy sources,
adding that he believes in sus-
tainable jobs and a sustainable
environment, wanting to give
<future generations something
to look forward to.=
Lematta paid $290,000 for
the ferry at auction, a purchase
he still considers one of the
<best purchases of my life.=
a round in the chamber, from
a holster on Melby9s belt, ac-
cording to Federal Protective
Services agent John Dean.
According to an affidavit,
Melby said he was there, <Be-
cause I am tired of all the (ex-
pletive) you guys have to take.=
The 39-year-old U.S. Army
veteran has a YouTube chan-
nel with videos in support of
baseless <Stop the Steal= elec-
tion rhetoric and other QA-
non conspiracy theories, ac-
cording to the complaint.
According to the U.S. Attor-
ney9s Office, authorities at the
federal courthouse in Portland
found five spent 9 mm bullet
casings, three spent bullets,
three bullet holes in plywood
atop the building9s stone col-
umns, along with damage
near the building9s main en-
trance.
Melby told the security of-
ficers that he had been firing
his gun and had been <in front
of the courthouse for 20 min-
utes and no one came out,
so I fired several times into
the ground,= according to the
complaint.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul
Maloney said in court that
Melby was on pretrial release
for a state charge from last
week, when he was accused
of trying to get into the closed
state Capitol. He was arrested
on suspicion of trespassing
with a firearm. Melby posted
$500 bond in Marion County
Circuit Court and was re-
leased that day.
Maloney said the offense
at federal courthouse repre-
sented a <serious escalation=
since the Salem arrest. The
prosecutor said Melby has a
mental illness and hasn9t been
taking his medication. Court
records indicate he has a post
traumatic stress disorder.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie
F. Beckerman ordered Melby
to remain in custody pend-
ing trial. It wasn9t immediately
known if Melby has a lawyer
to comment for him.
Elaine Thompson/AP file
A Washington state ferry passes through a channel in the San Juan islands in view of Mount Baker in 2015.
The state operates the largest fleet of ferries in the United States. One of the ferries, out of commission and
auctioned off to a private buyer, could make its way to Oregon’s shores soon.
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