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Update, Jan. 26: The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) has identified the target of Mayor Ted Wheeler's pepper spray as Cary Cadonau, a local real estate lawyer and heir to the Alpenrose Dairy company. In a police report made public this afternoon, and first reported on by the Oregonian, PPB officer Matt Miller said he called Cadonau Monday afternoon. "Mr. Cadonau told me he was an 'attorney' and was hesitant to discuss the matter with me,"...

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer regrets pepper-spray incident; ex-FBI lawyer avoids prison   Lawyer expresses regret after he is pepper-sprayed by mayor A lawyer who was pepper-sprayed by the mayor of Portland, Oregon, has expressed regret for the incident that provoked the response. Mayor Ted Wheeler had pepper-sprayed Cary Cadonau after the lawyer confronted the mayor in a restaurant parking lot and accused him of failing to practice social distancing while dining outdoors with a companion. The may...

REVEALED: Man who was pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler after confronting him over COVID restrictions is a partner at downtown law firm and heir to a dairy fortune worth tens of millions Cary Randall Cadonau has been identified as man pepper-sprayed by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler outside a local restaurant on Sunday evening  Wheeler told police that a man in his 40s accosted him and began questioning him for not wearing a mask while he was dining in an indoor tent  The mayor was din...

Mayor of Portland, Oregon, pepper-sprays lawyer in parking lot   Image from Shutterstock.com. Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a lawyer who confronted him in a restaurant parking lot Sunday about COVID-19 risks, according to police. Wheeler was not familiar with Cadonau. He told police that he was confronted in the parking lot by a middle-aged white man who appeared to be capturing the incident on a cellphone video. The man wasn’t wearing a mask, yet he accused Wheeler of s...