Date: 03/03/2015 09:27 AM
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/258
Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley says a Portland woman who was detained for months in East Timor has been released by that Southeast Asia country and is headed home. Veterinarian Stacey Addison was arrested last September after sharing a taxi with a stranger who asked the driver to stop so he could pick up a package. Police stopped the taxi, determined the package contained methamphetamine and took everyone to the station.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Coast Guard says it has revoked the inspection certificate for a Salem-based sternwheeler vessel that operates on the Willamette River because the Willamette Queen’s owners have not completed an out-of-water hull examination. The captain of the vessel says he can’t comply because the Army Corps of Engineers has closed the locks that lie between Salem and the nearest drydock in Portland.
CORNELIUS, Ore. (AP) – The Washington County sheriff’s office says a sex offender fondled himself at the Cornelius Library while sitting at a table across from unsuspecting children. Librarians reported suspicious behavior yesterday and showed deputies video. Later deputies booked 46-year-old David Duane Johnson into jail on charges of public indecency and failing to register as a sex offender.
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – The family of a man who was killed while cleaning an industrial meat blender at a Clackamas plant is suing Interstate Meat Distributors for $5 million. The Oregonian reports the lawsuit filed last week by loved ones of Hugo Avalos-Chanon accused the company of failing to follow safety procedures.
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