On this day, May 6, 2000 the first geocaching cache was found hidden outside Portland, Oregon, by Mike Teague.
Also on this day, May 6, 2004, facing allegaions of rape of a teenage babysitter back in 1973, former Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt resigned from the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and other public positions. Soon, he released a confession that he "had an affair with a high school student." The scandal not only implicated the former governor, but raised questions about why the media never reported on it for decades.
No arrests have been made
On November 20, 2020 at 6:45 p.m.,Portland North Precinct officers responded to the 4700 block of Northeast 106th Avenue on reports of a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver being kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint.
The UPS Driver had been delivering packages and was outside of his truck when four black male suspects confronted him. One suspect pointed a pistol at the driver demanding he give them his delivery truck. The other suspects duct-taped the UPS driver's wrists and forced him into their Honda with them. One suspect drove the UPS truck while the Honda followed. A short distance later, they stopped and the suspects stole packages from the UPS truck. The UPS driver was released unharmed. The suspects left the truck and fled in their light colored Honda.
Robbery Detectives responded to the scene and have assumed the investigation. If anyone witnessed this incident or has information about it please contact Portland Police Bureau
Robbery Detective Brett Hawkinson. or call 503-823-HELP (4357).
--Ben Fisher| Post Date: 2020-11-21 14:24:52 | Last Update: 2020-11-21 16:38:57 |
