TORONTO On Saturday morning, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon received a call from a Portland resident who reported seeing a “big cat with spots” near their neighbourhood. According to a social media post by the sheriff’s office, the caller said the animal looked like a cheetah, but “did not appear to be aggressive.” Police say big cats are not uncommon in the area and that cougars have been spotted periodically over the years, but the possibility of having a cheetah on the loose was uncharted territory for the sheriff’s office. On his way to investigate the threat, Deputy Sullivan says he notified the Oregon Zoo, but they reported no missing animals.
Deputies respond to cheetah sighting in Oregon that turned out to be stuffed animal
By Chris Williams
Pictures of stuffed cheetah. (Credit: Multnomah County Sheriff s Office)
PORTLAND, Ore. - Multnomah County deputies are poking fun at themselves after responding to a prank call of a sighted cheetah that turned out to be a stuffed animal.
They posted about the encounter on their Facebook page.
According to the post, deputies received a call from a person seeing a big cat with spots in an elevated position off the road in the Green Hills neighborhood. The caller explained the animal looked like a cheetah but wasn’t aggressive.
Arrest made in Reo s Ribs arson December 19 2020
UPDATE: A suspect is named in the fire that heavily damaged the Northeast Sandy Boulevard restaurant on Nov. 23.
Police have a arrested a suspect in the arson fire that heavily damaged Reo s Ribbs in Northeast Portland.
Jennifer Lynn Cole, 38, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on an Arson II charge, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff s Office. Her picture outside the restaurant had previously been released by the Portland police Bureau.
The fire happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 23 at Reo s Ribs on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the back of the building and discovered flames both on the exterior and interior. The blaze was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.
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First trip on boat for Scappoose grandmother, grandkids turns into fight for survival near Sauvie Island
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
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Susan Fought was excited about her new boat. Sure, it wasn’t exactly “new” new, but she had just purchased the 1967 Bellboy Cabin Cruiser in mint condition from the original owner.
So on Tuesday, Fought took her two granddaughters, ages 6 and 8, her fiance James Slater, and two labradors, a puppy named Buddy and a 14-year-old dog named Chaos, out for a spin in the Multnomah Channel near Sauvie Island.
“We didn’t realize that one of the gas tanks had a little leak in it,” Fought, of Scappoose, said Friday, describing the events that turned her “getaway boat” into a burned-out hull and sent her family swimming for their lives.