Crime

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for the public's help in identifying the "Oxy Bandit", a robbery suspect.

At approximately 1:18 p.m. Feb. 21, a southwest Portland Safeway Pharmacy (8145 Southwest Barbur Boulevard), was robbed by a lone male. The suspect entered the store and stole Oxycontin from the pharmacy before fleeing the scene.

Within the past month, this same suspect has robbed several locations within the Portland-metro area and police need the public's help to find him.

The "Oxy Bandit" is a white male, in his 50s, between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and between 190-210 pounds. He has graying hair, a gray stubby beard and was wearing a red and black baseball cap. He has also been seen wearing a white baseball cap and glasses.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony, and you remain anonymous.

Video courtesy of the Portland Police Bureau

PORTLAND, Ore. - Police are on the lookout for a man who walked into a downtown Portland bank, handed over a demand note to a teller and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

The robbery happened on Wednesday, Feb. 17 just after noon at the Bank of America at 121 S.W. Morrison Street.

The suspect is described as an older white male between 50 and 60 years old and weighing approximately 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark coat and hat.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony, and you remain anonymous.  Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP (4357), leave a tip online, or text 823HELP plus your tip and send it to CRIMES (274697).

Photo at the scene Jan. 27, courtesy James Newman.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Eleven days after a fur protester died after lighting himself on fire in downtown Portland, a friend of the protester speaks out.

Fellow animal activist Ruth Eisenbud had this to say in a statement e-mailed to us Monday:

"On Jan. 27, 2010, Daniel Shaull set himself on fire in front of Ungar's Fur Shop in Portland, Ore., to protest the wasteful and cruel abuses of the fur industry. Not much accurate information has been released about the life of Daniel Shaull...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A person was stabbed several times in downtown Portland late Monday night and police have a suspect in custody.

The incident happened around 11 p.m. at Southwest Park Avenue and Oak Street.

Police say when they arrived, they found a person on the ground suffering from multiple stab wounds. The wounds were not life threatening.

Police arrested Demarcus Warner (pictured) in connection with the assault. He was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on a charge of assault in the first degree.