Date: 08/17/2012 10:29 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Archdiocese of Portland has offered an open-ended loan to the Rev. Angel Armando Perez to cover legal fees as he fights an accusation that he fondled a 12-year-old boy. The Oregonian reports Perez has hired prominent Portland attorney Marc Blackman, who has handled a number of high-profile cases. Woodburn police arrested Perez on Monday.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – Josephine County Commissioners have voted not to immediately spend what may be the county’s final federal timber payment. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports that commissioners will bank nearly all of the $4.7 million authorized by Congress last year. Some had wanted to use part of the money to expand the county jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 19-year-old man who gave a marijuana-laced cupcake to his friend’s mother in Troutdale is pleading no contest to misdemeanor harassment. Ethan Allen Lehmann told The Oregonian he regrets the incident, but didn’t intend to cause any harm. Felony charges were dismissed as part of his guilty plea.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) – A 73-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s who left her adult care home in an electric wheelchair has been dead near Grants Pass. The Josephine County Sheriff’s office says June Rice was reported missing from the home around noon Wednesday. A person walking a dog found her body next to the wheelchair near the Rouge River later that evening.
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