Vancouver woman arrested at Florida bus station, accused of killing Oregon owner of pawn shop chain OregonLive.com 1 hr ago Noelle Crombie, oregonlive.com
A 23-year-old was arrested Monday boarding a Greyhound bus in Florida after members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force tracked her down in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukie businessman who owned a chain of pawn shops in the Portland area.
Nistasha R. Tate is the prime suspect in the killing of Jimmy A. Pearson, 63, said the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
Pearson was found dead March 3 in his spacious riverfront property. He had been shot two days earlier, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said the remains have been identified as those of Kenneth Lee Bell, who was from Contra Costa County. Authorities made the identification based on personal effects found with his body. A DNA confirmation is underway, the Sheriff’s Office said.
A 23-year-old woman with a Vancouver address was arrested Monday boarding a Greyhound bus in Florida after members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force tracked her down in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukie businessman who owned a chain of pawn shops in the Portland area.
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Woman wanted for Oregon man’s murder arrested
April 14, 2021 GMT
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) A woman was arrested in Florida this week in the death of a man south of Portland in Milwaukie, Oregon, according to deputies.
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 23-year-old Nistasha Tate at a Greyhound station Monday in connection with the shooting death of 63-year-old Jimmy Pearson, KOIN reported.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said a co-worker found Pearson dead in his home on March 3, two days after he was killed.
Deputies said Tate was identified as a possible suspect after forensic evidence showed she visited Pearson the day he died. Investigators said Tate then left Oregon.