Crime
Police reports proving elusive
I spent a sizable portion of my free time Sunday and today attempting to get the University’s police reports on the swastika painted on the LGBTQA floor last weekend. Unfortunately, neither the Eugene Police Department, nor the Department of Public Safety was willing to provide them, although both were very nice and apologetic about it.
Both [...]
Swastika spraypainted on LGBTQA floor
Over the weekend, a four-by-four-and-a-half-foot swastika was spraypainted into the carpet of the LGBTQA. The group’s computer monitor and television set were also painted over. The Department of Public Safety has evidently been called. I’m still waiting to talk to them.
Officer kills robbery suspect
Police are reporting that a Eugene police officer shot and killed a suspect in a robbery at Key Bank at 2829 West 11th Ave. Here is an account of the shooting from a police press release on Sept. 11:
At approximately 5:00 p.m. a man robbed Key Bank at 2829 West 11th Avenue with what he [...]
Bike theft nexus
A Dutch man traveled halfway around the world, only to have his bike stolen in Eugene, police reported Thursday.
Joseph Le Gros, 56, flew to the United States to ride his bike from Yorktown, Va., to Astoria, Ore. He got as far as Eugene, where he made the mistake of cable-locking his bike outside the Eugene [...]
Summit man robs Summit Bank
A man robbed Summit Bank on East Broadway today, according to information released by Eugene police. The police released the following statement, with the promise of more information to come:
The suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was displayed or purported during the robbery. He is described as a white [...]
Family's cross-country ride cut short by Eugene bike theft
A couple and their nine-year-old son rode their bicycles down from Washington to Eugene in preparation for a cross-country ride that would end in Washington, D.C. They arrived in town Monday and tied their bicycles up in front of the Coburg Road Safeway. After shopping for a few minutes, they left the building only to [...]
Gardener sues Frohnmayer
A gardener who claims she was hit by an unoccupied car that rolled down University president Dave Frohnmayer’s driveway while she was planting flowers is suing the the president and the owners of the car, the Register-Guard reported today.
Frohnmayer is accused of not telling the vehicle’s owners, his sister Mira Frohnmayer and Marcia Baldwin, to [...]
Breaking news: ATM robbery no. 3
Eugene police announced the third in a series of similar robbery incidents that have occurred around Eugene since Wednesday, May 27.
Just after 10 p.m. Sunday, May 31, a woman reported that two men approached her when she was in her car at West 18th Avenue and Chambers Street.
The men forced their way into the car and threatened use [...]
