Date: 10/03/2014 09:17 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/276
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland police say two men suspected of mugging four pedestrians on the Burnside Bridge appear to be transients. Officers responded to a call early today and found two naked men, one bleeding. They said they had been robbed by two men armed with a box-cutter who demanded their property including their clothes. The suspects were found below the bridge and arrested.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – A man who was under the influence of drugs when his car crossed the centerline of U.S. 101 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the deaths of two people in the resulting crash. The Daily Astorian reports the car driven by Sterling Frinell collided head-on in Warrenton last year with a Volkswagen Beetle. Two Seaside residents on their way to church choir practice died.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A former business executive in Portland has been sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and ordered to pay more than $1.4 million in restitution to his old company, DAT Solutions. Prosecutors say David Schrader submitted bogus expense reports. A former company president testified that due to the recession and Schrader’s theft, DAT was forced to lay off multiple employees and adjust the salaries of others, many in Oregon.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The sheriff of southern Oregon’s Jackson County says he wants to retire at the end of his term, which is the end of this year. KDRV-TV reports Sheriff Mike Winters said yesterday that he endorses his November ballot challenger, Ashland Police Department Deputy Chief Corey Falls. The sheriff remains on the ballot in a runoff election against Falls.
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