Victim in NE Portland shooting identified as stepson of anti-gun violence advocate
Updated 3:50 PM;
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The man killed in a shooting Wednesday near a food cart pod in Northeast Portland was identified as the stepson of a prominent pastor who has long advocated against gun violence in the city.
Jalon Yoakum, 33, was shot about 5:30 p.m. in the pod’s parking lot on Northeast Sandy Boulevard near Northeast 118th Avenue.
Yoakum is the son of Twauna Hennessee and stepson of Pastor J.W. Matt Hennessee of Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, an outspoken activist who has pushed city leaders to provide extra police and community resources to stem the surge of shootings.
3 men accused of trafficking women from China, beating them with hammers and robbing them in Oregon and Nebraska
Updated May 11, 8:41 AM;
Posted May 10, 6:53 PM
Three young men are accused of assaulting prostitutes with hammers and robbing them in hotels in Portland, Beaverton and Omaha, Nebraska, according to state and federal court records.Getty Images
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into prostitution, beating them with hammers and robbing them in hotels in Portland, Beaverton and Omaha, Nebraska.
The men face
the three have been involved in identical attacks in other states.
They’re accused of using zip ties to restrain the women in hotel rooms, then beating them with hammers and stealing the cash they obtained through prostitution, according to federal and state records.
Arson suspect arrested after string of weekend fires, officials say
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
A Portland man suspected of setting at least eight fires over the weekend, including this one at a tire store on Northeast Halsey Street, was arrested on multiple charges, officials said.
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A 31-year-old man was arrested on multiple arson charges after a string of Sunday morning fires in Portland’s east side, officials said.
Trevor MacDonald was arrested and charged with several counts of arson in connection with at least eight blazes, one of which grew to a two-alarm fire.
The first call came about 4:30 a.m., when fire crews responded to a trash bin fire near Northeast Sandy Boulevard and 116th Avenue, according to court documents. Residents said it was the second dumpster fire in that area within about 30 minutes, according to investigators.
Three charged with violent attacks on women in Oregon and Nebraska
Investigators believe the suspects are involved in sex trafficking in four states.
Three young foreign national men face numerous charges in Oregon and other states for robberies and violent assaults on women in late 2020, federal and local law enforcement agencies said on Monday, May 10.
Yuan Gao, Xinyu Zhou and Arian Esfandiari were arrested for other similar events in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 10, 2020, officials said. Just a week later, Gao and Zhou were indicted in Portland on serious charges.
Gao, 19, Zhou, 21 and 18-year-old Esfandiari are suspected of more similar crimes in at least three other states, officials said.
3 men accused of trafficking women from China,
Records say the men beat them with hammers and robbed them in Oregon and Nebraska By Maxine Bernstein, , oregonlive.com (TNS),
Published: May 11, 2021, 9:53am
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Three young men are accused of forcing immigrants from China into prostitution, beating them with hammers and robbing them in hotels in Portland, Beaverton and Omaha, Nebraska.
The men face indictments in the two states but authorities said they suspect the three have been involved in identical attacks in other states.
They’re accused of using zip ties to restrain the women in hotel rooms, then beating them with hammers and stealing the cash they obtained through prostitution, according to federal and state records.