>>>
>>> NOW
>>> NOW AT 11:00, CHURCH VANS GO UP IN FLAMES.
HOW POLICE SAY THE THIEVES
ACCIDENTALLY STARTED THE FIRE.
>> CAUGHT IN THE ACT, A WOMAN
SAYS THIS MAN WAS TAKING PHOTOS
OF A CUSTOMERS SKIRT.
>>> OREGON STUDENTS CAN TAKE
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>> TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME AND
RECOVER.
RECOVER.
RECOVER. >> NEW TONIGHT AGGRESSION MAN
BEATEN BY A HAMMER TALKS ABOUT
THE MOMENT HE WAS BLINDSIDED
AND NEARLY KILLED.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THE VICTIM GOT OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL TODAY.
HOSPITAL TODAY. THE SAME DAY THE ALLEGEDLY
ATTACKER WAS IN COURT.
>> NOW LOOK AT THIS MAN'S PATH.
>> Reporter: THE MAN AS A SKULL
FRACTURE AND SEVERED INTERNAL
BLEEDING.
BLEEDING.
BLEEDING. EVEN IN THAT STATE HE WANTED TO
SAY HOW THANKFUL HE IS TO THOSE
WHO STEPPED UP TO SAVE HIS
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> Reporter: TAKING A BLOW TO
THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER, PAUL IS
STANDING STRONG.
STANDING STRONG. ON HIS FRACTURED SKULL, A METAL
PLATE AND 12 STAPLES.
BY HIS SIDE HIS WIFE NATALIE.
>> WE ARE GLAD THEY CAUGHT HIM.
VERY GLAD.
VERY GLAD. >> Reporter: BALLS MEMORY OF
FRIDAY MORNING IS HAZY.
IT IS JUST AFTER 5:00, HE AND
HIS FRIEND ALEX WERE GETTING
COFFEE AT THE 711 ON NORTHEAST
181st NEAR HALSEY THAT'S WHEN
POLICE SAY 39-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN
JONES WALKED IN AND HIT PAUL ON
THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT GUY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I JUST GOT MY DRINK, TURNED
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. >> Reporter: NATALIE SAYS JONES
ALSO SWUNG AT PAUL'S FRIEND
ALEX WHO STEPPED INTO . OTHERS
DID, TOO.
DID, TOO.
DID, TOO. >> WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE GOOD
SAMARITANS THAT TOOK OFF HIS
SHIRT, AND TIED HIS FOUR HEAD
SO HE DOES NOT BLEED TO DEATH.
I THINK TO THE GUY WHO CALLED
THE POLICE.
THE POLICE. >> Reporter: THAT NIGHT, POLICE
ARRESTED JONES NEAR 160 A
TEMPERANCE EYE.
TEMPERANCE EYE. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE
CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED
MURDER AND ASSAULT.
>> I'M GLAD THEY CAUGHT HIM SO
NOBODY ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> Reporter: THAT IS LIKELY
WHAT HARRY ANDERSON THOUGHT
NINE YEARS AGO.
THAT IS WHEN JONES ATTACKED HIM
WITH A HAMMER OUTSIDE THIS
HAPPY VALLEY WALMART, HIT TWICE
IN THE HEAD.
>> THE HAMMER HE HAD, I WAS
DEAD MEAT.
DEAD MEAT. >> Reporter: JONES WAS
CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE
ASSAULT AND SENTENCED TO ALMOST
SIX YEARS IN PRISON.
IN 2011, JONES TOLD KGW FROM
JAIL THAT HE WAS HIGH ON METH
WHEN HE ATTACKED ANDERSON.
HE SAID VOICES TOLD HIM
ANDERSON WAS A DANGER TO
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. >> IF I'M WRONG I HOPE THE
INDIVIDUAL SUFFERS TOO MUCH,
BUT IF I'M RIGHT, I DON'T CARE.
>> YOU FEEL YOU WERE DOING THE
RIGHT THING?
RIGHT THING? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW PAUL IS
IN FOCUSED ON JONES.
HIS ONLY CONCERNS ARE HIS WIFE,
FOUR YOUNG DAUGHTERS, AND
ESPECIALLY GRATITUDE.
ESPECIALLY GRATITUDE. >> THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY AND
CHURCH MEMBERS FOR HELPING US
OUT, TAKING ONE DAY AT A TIME
TO RECOVER.
TO RECOVER. >> Reporter: NATALIE AND PAUL
HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE
ANDERSON ANDERSON'S, THEY SAID
THEY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL SINCE
THEIR STORIES ARE SO SIMILAR.
JONES PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND IS
BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
>> NICE TO SEE HIM OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL ON HIS FEET AND AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. HOPEFULLY HE RECOVERS QUICKLY.
>>> STOP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING,
TAKE A LOOK AT HER TV RIGHT
NOW, WE WANT TO KNOW IF YOU
RECOGNIZE THIS GUY ON THE
SCREEN BEHIND ME.
BEAVERTON POLICE WANT TO KNOW
IF YOU RECOGNIZE HIM AND WANT
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THIS IS THE GUY TAKING UP SKIRT
PHOTOS AT A BEAVERTON
DEPARTMENT STORE OVER THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. MIKE BETTER LIFE FOR US IN
BEAVERTON WITH THE DETAILS,
MIKE?
MIKE?
MIKE? >>
MIKE? >> Reporter: YEAH DAN THIS RACK
RIGHT ACROSS HIGHWAY 217 FROM
WASHINGTON SQUARE IS WHERE THE
LEWD ACT WENT DOWN.
DOZENS OF PEOPLES WALKED
THROUGH THE DOORS EVERY SINGLE
DAY, SO THERE'S NO WAY OF
KNOWING HOW MANY WOMEN WERE
VICTIMIZED.
VICTIMIZED. AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW OF JUST
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> JUST HAD THE WEIRDEST
FEELING FROM THE SECOND I
WALKED IN.
WALKED IN. >> Reporter: THIS WOMAN
IDENTIFIED ONLY BY HER FIRST
NAME STACY WAS AT BEAVERTON'S
NORDSTROM RACK CENTER WHEN
SOMEBODY CAUGHT HER EYE.
HE
HE
HE >>
HE >> THE
HE >> THE WAY HE WAS LOOKING AT
ME.
ME.
ME. >>
ME. >> Reporter: STACY DID NOT LIKE
IT, AND DISTANCED HERSELF FROM
THE MAN.
THE MAN.
THE MAN. BUT SHE KEPT WATCHING HIM, AND
THAT IS WHEN IT HAPPENED.
>> THERE WAS A GAL WHO HAD NO
IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND HE BENT DOWN TO THE GROUND
AND TOOK HIS CELL PHONE, AND
PUT IT UP UNDER HER DRESS.
>> Reporter: STACY WATCHED AS
THE MAN IN THIS PHOTO ALLEGEDLY
TOOK A PICTURE OF AN
UNSUSPECTING WOMAN'S SKIRT.
>> Reporter: AT --
>> AT THAT POINT MOM INSTINCT
KICKS IN AND I DROP MY STUFF
AND CHASED THEM OUT OF THE
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. >>
STORE. >> Reporter: STACY CONFRONTED
THE MAN WHO DENIED ANY
WRONGDOING AND SPRINTED AWAY.
STACY WENT BACK INSIDE AND HAD
A TOUGH CONVERSATION WITH THE
VICTIM.
VICTIM.
VICTIM. >> SHE HAD NO IDEA, AND AS I
WAS COMING BACK IN FROM CHASING
HIM, I SAID THAT GOD JUST PUT
YOURSELF IN UNDER YOUR ADDRESS
AND TOOK A PICTURE AND SHE
STARTED CRYING AND WAS VISIBLY
SHAKEN.
SHAKEN.
SHAKEN. SHE HAD NO IDEA.
>> Reporter: TOOK ANOTHER LOOK
AT THE SUSPECT, A HISPANIC MAN
MID 20s TO EARLY 30s, 200 TO
215 POUNDS.
215 POUNDS. HE WAS WEARING BLACK FRAMED
GLASSES.
GLASSES.
GLASSES. IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS GUY YOU
ARE URGED TO CALL BEAVERTON
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >> DEFINITELY A SICKNESS AMONG
BECAUSE HE WAS THERE FOR ONE
REASON AND IT WASN'T SHOPPING.
>> THERE COULD VERY WELL BE
MORE VICTIMS BEYOND THE ONE WE
JUST MENTIONED IN THE STORY.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE A VICTIM
OF THIS GUY YOU ARE URGED TO
CALL THE BEAVERTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANKS TO STACY FOR GETTING
INVOLVED, THAT IS A PRETTY
CLEAR PICTURE OF THAT MAN,
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN IDENTIFY AND
STOP THEM FROM DOING IT AGAIN.
STRUCK A PORTLAND MAN IS IN THE
HOSPITAL TONIGHT, A VICTIM OF A
HIT AND RUN AS HE WAS COMING
HOME WITH TIMBERS MATCH.
NOW HE IS HOPING YOU CAN HELP
FIND THE DRIVER WHO HIT HIM.
AT THIS LAST THURSDAY NIGHT,
JORDAN AND A FRIEND HAD JUST
TAKEN THE MAX TO THE MOTOR
CENTER, AND WERE CROSSING THE
ROAD NEAR THE INTERSTATE.
HIS FRIEND TELLS US AN SUV RAN
A RED LIGHT, HITTING JORDAN AND
SENDING HIM FLYING INTO THE AIR.
THE FRIEND WAS NEARLY HIT AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> I COULD FEEL THE BREEZE.
IF I HAD PUT MY FOOT THERE IT
WOULD HAVE RUN OVER MY TOES.
I MEAN, ALSO, THAT GAVE ME --
YOU KNOW, A FRONT ROW VIEW FOR
ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFIC THINGS
I'VE EVER SEEN, THAT IS ONE OF
MY VERY BEST FRIEND GETTING
ABSOLUTELY DECIMATED BY A
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. SEEING THAT VEHICLE TAKE OFF
WAS SHOCKING.
WAS SHOCKING. >> Reporter: JORDAN HAS A
FRACTURED SPINAL COLUMN AND
PELVIS.
PELVIS.
PELVIS. POLICE TELL HIM THE SUSPECT WAS
DRIVING A BLUE SUV POSSIBLY A
TOYOTA CRUISER LIKE THE ONE YOU
SEE HERE.
SEE HERE.
SEE HERE. IT HAD WASHINGTON PLATES.
THE FRIEND WE HEARD FROM SAYS
IT LIKELY HAS DAMAGE TO THE
CENTER OR RIGHT FRONT OF THE
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. CALL PORTLAND POLICE IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD
HELP SOLVE THIS CASE.
WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS STORY
FROM A VIEWER TIP.
EMAIL US AT NEWS TIPS AT
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FACEBOOK'S.
FACEBOOK'S. >>> GETTING YOU CAUGHT UP ON
SOME OF TODAY'S OTHER
HEADLINES, A MAN TRIED TO
SIPHON GASOLINE AND ENDED UP
DESTROYING THREE CHURCH VANS IN
OREGON CITY.
OREGON CITY. THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM
GRANDVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH AND IT
SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY MORNING. WE SEE THE MAN APPROACH ONE OF
THE VANS AND MOMENTS LATER,
SMOKE AND THEN FIRE.
THE MAN USED A DRILL TO TRY AND
SIPHON THIS GAS, THEN HE TOOK
OFF AFTER THE CAR -- AFTER THE
VANS CAUGHT FIRE.
THE PASTOR SAYS IT WILL COST AS
MUCH AS $40,000 TO REPLACE
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>>
THEM. >>> A MALFUNCTIONING WIND
TURBINE SPARKED WITH JUNIPER
FIRE BURNING ON THE GORGE,
BURNING ABOUT 250 ACRES 80
PERCENT CONTAINED THEY MADE A
LOT OF PROGRESS TODAY.
DECREES SAY THE FIRE WAS SO HOT
AT ONE POINT IT MELTED PART OF
THE TURBINE.
THE TURBINE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE FIRE IS
THREATENING MORE THAN THREE
DOZEN BUILDINGS BUT SO FAR NO
STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
OTHER THAN THAT TURBINE.
STRAKA DRIVER PLUNGED SEVERAL
FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND
ONTO A PLAYGROUND.
AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE VIDEO
THE CAR IS MANGLED THE DRIVER
WE ARE TOLD IS OKAY AND
FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO KIDS
ON THE PLAYGROUND AT THE TIME
OF THE CRASH.
IT HAPPENS NEAR THE HEALTHY
START CHILDREN CENTER IN
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND.
SOUTHWEST PORTLAND. POLICE BELIEVE THE DRIVER HAD
SOME SORT OF MEDICAL ISSUE.
>>> OREGON IS MAKING A MAJOR
CHANGE TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE
WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
>> IT IS NOW ONE OF THE FIRST
STATES TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO
TAKE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS AS AN
EXCUSED ABSENCE.
EXCUSED ABSENCE. SOME PEOPLE DO WORRY THAT
STUDENTS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> WHILE YOU ARE LISTENING TO
THIS STORY, LET US KNOW WHAT
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KGW.COM/VOTE.
KGW.COM/VOTE. KATE SNOW EXPLAINS HOW THE NEW
LAW WORKS.
LAW WORKS. >> Reporter: HALEY HARDCASTLE
AND DEREK EVANS WERE SENIOR
WHEN THEY LOBBIED STATE
LAWMAKERS FOR A NEW BILL.
WHEN OREGON STUDENTS HEAD BACK
TO SCHOOL THEY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO CALL IN SICK NOT JUST IF
THEY ARE PHYSICALLY ILL, BUT IF
THEY NEED A MENTAL HEALTH DAY.
>> I THINK THE MOST AMAZING
PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING IS
THAT IS WAS STUDENT LED HER TO
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: DEREK TOLD
LAWMAKERS HE STRUGGLED WITH
ANXIETIES IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> BEING MARKED ABSENT AN
EXCUSE CAN'T MAKE UP HIS
ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE THE WILLPOWER TO GO TO
SCHOOL TODAY.
SCHOOL TODAY. IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
AND THERE IS NO SYSTEM SET IN
PLACE TO HELP ME.
>> Reporter: OREGON HAS ONE OF
THE HIGHEST RATES OF TEEN
SUICIDE IN THE COUNTRY.
IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH FOR 10 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS
IN THAT STATE.
NATIONALLY, SUICIDE IS AT A 50
YEAR HIGH.
YEAR HIGH. UNDER THE NEW OREGON LAW MENTAL
HEALTH DAYS WILL BE CONSIDERED
EXCUSED ABSENCES.
EXCUSED ABSENCES. HER PARENTS STILL HAVE TO CALL
THE SCHOOL BUT NOW THEY CAN BE
HONEST ABOUT TAKING A DAY OFF
TO DEAL WITH THEIR DEPRESSION.
TO DEAL WITH A PANIC ATTACK, DO
NOT HAVE TO BE ANXIOUS ABOUT
NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE UP WORK.
DESPITE OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS
MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS VALID
AS PHYSICAL HEALTH.
>> Reporter: THERE HAS BEEN
SOME BACKLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA
WONDERING IF KIDS WILL TAKE
ADVANTAGE.
ADVANTAGE. >> CHILDREN ARE ALREADY MEANT
MISSING SCHOOL FOR MENTAL
HEALTH REASONS THE THING IS
THERE LYING ABOUT IT.
WE HOPE THIS WILL GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO START A POSITIVE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY THEY ARE
-- WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY
THEY NEED HELP.
>> YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO LET
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