Date: 10/06/2014 09:20 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/260
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Eugene police say Oregon basketball players Elgin Cook and Jalil Abdul-Bassit were caught shoplifting at a grocery store near Matthew Knight Arena. Officers tell The Register-Guard that the players were arrested Sept. 12. Because the goods totaled less than $100, they were cited for misdemeanor theft. Coach Dana Altman did not reveal the players’ specific punishment.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Klamath County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of setting fire to a shed with two people inside. Steven Wise had been sought since the Sept. 29 fire and they found him at a home in Klamath Falls. He was booked into the county jail on charges of arson and attempted murder.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Eugene man who broke a cat’s back has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and two years on probation. The Register-Guard reports that Timothy Ahrens was jailed Sept. 25 after police learned that he injured his wife’s cat. The cat had to be euthanized. Prosecutors said Ahrens’s father and stepmother told police Ahrens has been abusing animals since he was a child, and doesn’t like cats.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Gresham police have arrested a couple accused of having sex with their 16-year-old babysitter. Police say the girl’s mother called police Sept. 28 after her daughter disclosed that she had sex with the couple numerous times in the months she had been babysitting for them. Police booked Troy Cawvey and Amber Whitford into jail on sex abuse and other charges.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The real Portland bookstore featured in comedy sketches about a feminist bookstore on the TV show “Portlandia” is in financial trouble. Board members of the In Other Words feminist community center met yesterday to discuss the money problems. The Oregonian reports board member Jane Knechtel says “Portlandia” has given the illusion the space is rolling in money. The IFC show pays a fee to film there, but that’s only two or three times a year.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Scientists are asking Oregon beachcombers and anglers to watch for bright orange transponders on the shore. The floating instruments about the size of a 2-liter soda bottle were set in the ocean from Japanese ports in 2011 and 2012 to help research movement of debris from the 2011 tsunami. The Daily Astorian reports anyone who finds a transponder should report it to the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a wounded man found at a southeast Portland home yesterday was erratic due to his injury and being high on bath salts. The man was detained for medical attention and is expected to survive. KGW reports the shooting happened elsewhere.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden will be in Portland Wednesday to speak in support of Sen. Jeff Merkley at the Oregon Convention Center. KPTV reports the event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 1 p.m. From Portland, Biden will go to Seattle for an event Thursday in support of Sen. Maria Cantwell.
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