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Kidnap ordeal ends, police nab fugitive
By Kyle Spurr
EO Media Group
Russell Wayne Devin-
ey, the Everett, Wash., man
accused of kidnapping a
15-year-old California girl
Saturday, was caught Thurs-
day just outside Cannon
Beach.
Cannon Beach Police and
FBI agents arrested Deviney,
48, at about 11:15 a.m.
He was found behind a
locked gate in a privately
owned wooded area south of
Cannon Beach.
A passer-by saw Deviney
and called the Cannon Beach
Police Department.
When Deviney was asked
his name, he simply said,
“I’m the guy you’re looking
for.”
Deviney is being charged
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unlawful sexual penetration,
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A nationwide felony
warrant had been issued out
of Clatsop County Circuit
Court for his arrest.
“We cannot go into spe-
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formation we’ve obtained
during our investigation, but
I think the charges speak for
themselves,” Astoria Police
Deputy Chief Eric Halver-
son said.
Russell Deviney
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Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston speaks at a press conference regarding the arrest of
Russell Deviney Thursday. Deviney was taken into custody Thursday, May 14.
Deviney allegedly kid-
napped the girl on Saturday
in Sanger, Calif. He left the
girl and his 2004 Nissan
Pickup at McDonald’s in As-
toria Monday evening.
The girl was later re-
united with her family, who
drove up from their home in
Sanger. Police said she is in
good health.
According to court doc-
uments, the girl had been
chatting on the social media
application Instagram with
Deviney, who she believed
was an 18-year-old named
James Russell, or “JR.” She
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told investigators she be-
came upset with her moth-
er on Friday and shared her
feelings with “JR.”
“JR” suggested they go
on a one-day vacation, court
records state. She snuck out
that night with her overnight
bag and went to meet “JR.”
When she arrived, Deviney
was wearing a hood, so she
could not see his face, but he
eventually admitted he was
twice her age.
“Once she realized the
person she was meeting
actually was a 48-year-old
man, she was already in the
vehicle and under Deviney’s
control,” Halverson said. The
girl told Deviney she wanted
to go home. Court record re-
veal Deviney then took her
cellphone — removing the
SIM card that tracks location
— and told her they were go-
ing to Oregon. The girl told
investigators they crossed
the Golden Gate Bridge and
stopped at some point at a
Chevron, a Walmart, Lin-
coln Beach and visited Long
Beach, Wash.
Deviney allegedly sexual-
ly assaulted the girl at a rest
area, where a sign read, “His-
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tory of Oregon,” according
to court documents.
At some point during
their travels, court docu-
ments show, the girl was able
to get her SIM card back and
make brief contact with her
mother.
The girl’s mother told a
Fresno, Calif., news outlet
she received a text message
from her daughter’s phone
on Sunday. The message
said the girl was scared, did
not know where she was,
and wanted to come home
soon. The latest text message
from the girl’s phone came
from Seattle or along the
Oregon-Washington border,
according to the report.
While returning to Or-
egon from Washington,
the girl told investigators,
Deviney received a phone
call from the police Monday.
He then parked at the Mc-
Donald’s in Astoria and told
her he was going to obtain a
car part. However, court doc-
uments state, he then collect-
ed his belongings, including
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girl then entered the McDon-
ald’s.
Before his arrest, Deviney
was reportedly spotted at the
U Street Pub in Seaside and
the Seaside Outlet Mall ear-
lier Thursday.
“There is no indication
Astoria was their intended
destination,” Astoria Police
Chief Brad Johnston said.
Johnston encourages par-
ents to talk to their children
about online safety issues
and to monitor how their
kids use the Internet, social
media and cellular devices.
If any parent needs help,
Johnston said, a good re-
source is the National Center
for Missing and Exploited
Children’s website www.
missingkids.com
“This case highlights the
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social media. The victim in
this case did not have any
way to verify the identity of
the person she had been cor-
responding with,” Johnston
said. “However, once she
was recovered, the Astoria
Police Department was able
to use social media effective-
ly to communicate with the
public.”
Deviney is expected to
be arraigned on the charges
today in Clatsop County Cir-
cuit Court.
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