Date: 05/15/2014 04:00 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police detectives are trying to find a 51-year-old Springfield man last seen in March. Randel Jon Brown’s mother reported the disappearance to authorities in Klamath Falls a little more than three weeks ago. Police say Brown went to Portland because his wife checked into a hospital there. An uncle rented Brown a North Portland motel room for two nights, and Brown was last seen at the Gateway Transit Center – about 9 miles east of the motel. Relatives say Brown has a mental illness and doesn’t have much money.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon woman accused of fooling doctors into performing unnecessary surgeries on her children has had her bail cut by nearly 70 percent. The Oregonian newspaper reports that Multnomah County Judge Eric Bloch yesterday reduced Katherine Parker’s bail from $1.2 million to just under $400,000. Defense attorney Jon Martz said it’s still too much for his client to pay, and she will likely remain in jail until trial. An indictment alleges the Grants Pass woman medically abused a son, now 8 years old, and two daughters, ages 4 and 6.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Salem Police Department says a 25-year-old woman repeatedly tried to cock a handgun before she was shot and killed by a police officer. The department says officer Trevor Morrison stopped Jacklynn Rashaun Ford’s car on May 9 after she failed to signal a turn. When she ran, Morrison sent his police dog, Baco, after her. Baco stopped Ford and Morrison shouted commands at her. The department says Ford then produced a handgun, later found loaded, which she tried and failed to cock. Morrison shot Ford in the head and the chest.
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) – Wilsonville police arrested a man accused of taking an upskirt photo at a Rite Aid store. Sgt. Dan Kraus says 24-year-old Artemio Trenado-Trejo was detained by store employees Tuesday after a woman looking at items on a shelf felt something touch her leg and noticed a man crouched below holding a cell phone camera. Trenado-Trejo was booked into jail on a harassment charge and later released. He was re-arrested yesterday after a deputy connected him to a May 3 incident at a Fred Meyer store.
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