Gang Enforcement Team Arrests Man in Connection with East Portland Gang Shooting
On June 14, 2013, Gang Enforcement Team detectives arrested a 19-year-old man named Rasool Islam in connection with the June 13 gang shooting at 148th Avenue and East Burnside that injured 19-year-old Amel Johnson. Both Islam and Johnson are known gang associates. Gang Enforcement Team detectives developed probable cause to arrest Islam for the shooting [...]
New Alzheimer’s Research Suggests Possible Cause: Interaction of Proteins in the Brain
PORTLAND, Ore. – For years, Alzheimer’s researchers have focused on two proteins that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s and may contribute to the disease: plaques made up of the protein amyloid-beta, and tangles of another protein, called tau. But for the first time, an Alzheimer’s researcher has looked closely at not the [...]
Portland Bicyclist Hit and Run $1000 Reward
The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, is asking for the public’s help in solving a hit and run to a bicyclist in North Portland, offering up to a $1000 reward for any information. On Saturday June 15, 2013, at approximately 11:30 p.m., North Precinct officers responded to North Interstate Avenue, just [...]
Portland Feed the Hungry This Weekend
Have you felt called to help the hungry but didn’t know where to do it? If you live in the Portland, Oregon area -here’s your chance! The Portland Police Sunshine Division is asking for volunteers this weekend to feed the hungry – so bring a friend and come on out. The Portland Police Sunshine Division [...]
Gang Enforcement Team Investigating Two Non-Injury Shootings Overnight
In the past 10 days, Gang Enforcement Team investigators have responded to 11 gang-related shootings in Portland, Oregon. Today, the Gang Enforcement Team is investigating two non-injury shootings that happened last night. “The Portland Police Bureau Gang Enforcement Team and Gun Task Force are continuing to actively investigate gang and gun crimes in the City [...]
Glock Block A New Kind of Neighbourhood Watch
Say hello to a new kind of Neighbourhood Watch, the “Glock Block.” The residents of a town in Oregon say that they’re not going to call the police any more for help, they’ve taken a page out of the Bible and are “helping themselves.” The denizens of the Jennings Lodge neighbourhood have stopped relying on [...]
Oregon Teen Planned to Bomb School
Grant Acord, age 17, is in jail facing charges of ‘attempted aggravated murder’. Prosecutors believe he was planning to place bombs in his high school. Thursday, authorities received a tip that Acord was building a bomb, and was planning to attack West Albany High School, which is seventy five miles south of Portland, Oregon. [...]
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