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>>> NOW AT 5:00, CONCORDIA
STUDENTS WALK OUT OF THEIR
CLASSROOMS, PROTESTING THE
DECISION TO SUDDENLY CLOSE THE
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. >>> A SERIAL PORTLAND
SHOPLIFTER TAKES A PLEA DEAL.
HOW LONG THE SO-CALLED
HAMBURGLER WILL SPEND BEHIND
BARS.
BARS.
BARS. >>>
BARS. >>> A CHILLY WAY TO SPEND
VALENTINE'S DAY.
VALENTINE'S DAY. PORTLANDERS ARE BRACING
THEMSELVES FOR A DIP IN THE
WILLAMETTE RIVER.
WILLAMETTE RIVER. THIS YEAR THEY'RE CELEBRATING
MORE THAN JUST THE HOLIDAY.
>>> HEY HEY, HO-HO, WHERE DID
OUR MONEY GO?
>> STUDENTS AT CONCORDIA
UNIVERSITY WALKS OUT OF CLASS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. THEY'RE PROTESTING THE SCHOOL
CLOSING AT THE END OF THE SPRING
SEMESTER.
SEMESTER.
SEMESTER. THEIR WALK-OUT STARTED ABOUT
10:00.
10:00.
10:00. THEY MARCHED TO THE PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE AND GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. STUDENTS SAY THEY ARE DEVASTATED
AND NOW THEY'RE SCRAMBLING TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'LL GO
NEXT.
NEXT.
NEXT. >>
NEXT. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US.
NOW SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED THEIR
DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS.
NOW WE'RE SCRAMBLING TO FIND A
SCHOOL TO GO TO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THE CLOSURE IMPACTS 5,000
STUDENTS AND 1500 STAFF MEMBERS.
WE TALKED TO THE MANAGER OF
CONCORDIA'S TECH CENTER.
HE'S BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR FIVE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> ANGRY AT THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR NOT TRYING TO SAVE THIS
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. I
PLACE. I THINK THEY DIDN'T WANT TO.
>> THE SCHOOL'S ACCELERATED
NURSING PROGRAM WILL STAY OPEN.
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ST. PAUL,
MINNESOTA AGREED TO INCORPORATE
PORTLAND'S PROGRAM INTO ITS OWN.
>>> ANOTHER LOCAL COLLEGE IS
STEPPING UP TO HELP STUDENTS
AFFECTED BY CONCORDIA'S CLOSURE.
LIN FIELD HAS AGREED TO WAIVE
ALL APPLICATION FEES ONLINE AND
AT ITS McMINNVILLE CAMPUS.
ANY STUDENT ENROLLED THIS SCHOOL
YEAR OR COMMITTED TO ENROLL NEXT
SCHOOL YEAR IS GUARANTEED A
MINIMUM FINANCIAL AID AWARD OF
$16,500 IF THEY ENROLL
FULL-TIME.
FULL-TIME. >>> TURNING
>>> TURNING TO THE DEADLY MAX ATTACK TRIAL.
DAYS BEFORE CLOSING ARGUMENTS,
JEREMY CHRISTIAN'S LAWYERS TRIED
TO SWITCH STRATEGIES.
MAGGIE VESPA IS HERE WITH MORE.
>> CHRISTIAN'S LAWYERS
BASICALLY FILED A MOTION TO ADD
EXTREME EMOTIONAL STRESS AS A
DEFENSE BUT THE JUDGE DENIED
THAT THIS MORNING.
THEY'VE BEEN ARGUING CHRISTIAN
HUSBAND A DIMINISHED MENTAL
CAPACITY AND COULDN'T HAVE FULLY
KNOWN WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE
STABBED THREE MEN ON THE TRAIN.
MENTAL EXPERTS TESTIFIED ABOUT
DIAGNOSING HIM WITH AUTISM AND
SYMPTOMS OF PTSD BUT NONE WERE
ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY SAY ON THE
STAND THAT CHRISTIAN IS OR WAS
LEGALLY INSANE.
LEGALLY INSANE. ALL THAT IN MIND, THE DEFENSE
HAS RESTED.
HAS RESTED. TODAY PROSECUTORS PRESENTED
REBUTTAL WITNESSES.
REBUTTAL WITNESSES. ONE OF THEM, THIS PORTLAND
POLICE DETECTIVE WHO ARRESTED
CHRISTIAN AFTER THE STABBINGS
AND TODAY DESCRIBED HOW LUCID HE
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. >>
WAS. >> HE WAS SPEAKING CLEARLY.
SENTENCES WERE COMPLETE.
HE BROKE OUT OF A CONVERSATION
HE WAS HAVING THAT ALSO WAS
CLEAR, THEN NOTICED SOMETHING
THAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM AND
EXPLAINED IT AND USED HUMOR.
>> SO CHRISTIAN
FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES
INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF FIRST
DEGREE MURDER.
DEGREE MURDER. HE'S ACCUSED OF BOARDING THAT
CROWDED MAX TRAIN IN MAY OF
2017, AIMING AN ANGRY RACIST
RANT AT THOSE TWO BLACK GIRLS.
ONE WAS WEARING A HIJAB AT THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THEN HE'S ACCUSED OF STABBING
THREE MEN WHO EITHER INTERVENED
OR WERE STANDING NEARBY.
MICAH FLETCHER THERE IN THE
MIDDLE SURVIVED.
MIDDLE SURVIVED. IF CONVICTED, CHRISTIAN COULD
SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN
PRISON.
PRISON.
PRISON. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED
ON TUESDAY.
ON TUESDAY. AFTER THAT THE CASE GOES TO THE
JURY.
JURY.
JURY. >>>
JURY. >>> AN UBER DRIVER IS IN A
BEDFORD JAIL TONIGHT ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A PASSENGER.
POLICE SAY ANTONIO GONZALEZ
SALINAS PICKED UP A 21-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
SHE WAS ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY
FROM HOME BUT SHE CALLED AN
UBER, THINKING IT WAS THE SAFEST
MOVE BUT SHE NEVER ARRIVED.
HER FRIENDS TRIED CALLING HER.
THEN THEY TRACKED HER PHONE AND
FOUND HER TWO BLOCKS FROM HER
HOUSE WITH GONZALEZ-SALINAS.
HE TOOK OFF AND WAS ARRESTED
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. POLICE SAY WHILE THEY WERE AT
HIS HOME, THEY FOUND THE WOMAN'S
CELL PHONE.
CELL PHONE. >> SHE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE,
UNFORTUNATELY IT HAD A DIFFERENT
ENDING THAN WE OPENED FOR.
>> GONZALEZ SALINAS IS CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPPING, SEXUAL ABUSE,
AND ATTEMPTED RAPE.
UBER IS COOPERATING WITH
INVESTIGATORS AND HAS BANNED HIM
FROM THE APP.
>>> WE HAVE A FOLLOWUP TO A
CALL KYLE INVESTIGATION INTO A
PROLIFIC SHOP LIFTER.
THE MAN DEVELOPED NICKNAMED THE
HAM BURGLAR AFTER CATCHING HIM
STEALING MEAT.
STEALING MEAT. KYLE IBOSHI HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS FOR YEARS.
>> AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL,
BARRY SANDERS CONFESSED TO
STEALING A THOUSAND TIMES.
>> Reporter: A PROLIFIC
SHOPLIFTER DETECTIVES NICKNAMED
THE HAMBURGLER AFTER CATCHING
HIM STEALING MEAT AND SEAFOOD
FROM PORTLAND AREA STORES WAS
SENTENCED TO 20 MONTHS IN PRISON
AND FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION AS
PART OF A PLEA DEAL, BARRY
SANDERS AGREED TO STAY OUT OF
STORES HE STOLE FROM INCLUDING
SAFEWAY, TARGET, WINCO, HOME
DEPOT, AND FRED MEYER.
IF HE VIOLATES THAT PROBATION,
HE'LL FACE ADDITIONAL PRISON
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. IN
TIME. IN COURT PAPERS, SANDERS
ADMITTED HE SHOPLIFTED MORE THAN
A THOUSAND TIMES, BUT WAS CAUGHT
ONLY 10% OF THE TIME BECAUSE HE
WAS A, QUOTE, TALENTED
PROFESSIONAL THIEF.
PROFESSIONAL THIEF. IN 2017, A KGW INVESTIGATION
FOUND RETAILERS WERE FRUSTRATED
BY A FLAWED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED
SHOPLIFTERS TO REOFFEND WITHOUT
FACING SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
SANDERS' CRIMINAL HISTORY HELPED
TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROBLEM.
AT THE TIME THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD
A DETECTIVE.
A DETECTIVE. >> WOULD YOU SAY YOU'RE A
PROFESSIONAL THIEF?
PROFESSIONAL THIEF? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAW.
I KNOW THE RULES.
>> Reporter: SANDERS MADE
HEADLINES AFTER POLICE CAUGHT
HIM STEALING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
IN SHRIMP FROM PORTLAND AREA
STORES.
STORES.
STORES. THE PORTLAND MAN ADMITS HE'S
BEEN ARRESTED MORE THAN 100
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. IN
TIMES. IN 2017, OREGON LAWMAKERS
REDUCED MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR
SOME PROPERTY CRIMES.
MANY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OPPOSED
THE CHANGE, ARGUING IT WOULD
INCREASE CRIME.
INCREASE CRIME. LEGISLATORS CLAIM THE HOUSE BILL
WOULD FIX UNFAIR SENTENCING
RULES.
RULES.
RULES. >>
RULES. >> IF YOU HAVE A STORY IDEA FOR
KYLE TO INVESTIGATE, GIVE HIM A
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. OR
CALL. OR YOU CAN E-MAIL
CALLKYLE@KGW.COM.
CALLKYLE@KGW.COM. >>> WE'VE DONE STORIES BEFORE
ABOUT REPEAT OFFENDERS CYCLING
IN AND OUT OF THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM, AND OTHERS WHO DON'T
SHOW UP FOR COURT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. MULTNOMAH COUNTY JUST GOT A $2
MILLION GRANT TO HELP REVAMP THE
SYSTEM THAT MONITORS PEOPLE
AFTER THEY'RE ARRESTED.
PART OF THAT WILL BE THINKING
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHO STAYS IN
JAIL AND WHO DOESN'T WHILE
THEY'RE AWAITING TRIAL.
>> WE MAY BE RELEASING FOLKS
WHO WE WERE NOT RELEASING BEFORE
AND DETAINING FOLKS WE WERE NOT
DETAINING BEFORE AND THAT'S A
BIG SHIFT.
BIG SHIFT. >> INSTEAD OF LETTING PEOPLE
OUT OF JAIL SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY
COMMITTED A LOW LEVEL CRIME,
PRETRIAL SERVICES WOULD INSTEAD
LOOK AT SOMEONE'S RISK OF
REOFFENDING AND HOW LIKELY THEY
ARE TO SHOW UP FOR COURT.
IT'S STILL EARLY ON AND COULD
TAKE UP TO TWO YEARS TO MAKE
CHANGES.
CHANGES.
CHANGES. BUT THE GRANT MONEY IS A START.
>>> THE RED CROSS IS HOSTING A
MULTI-AGENCY RESOURCE CENTER
TODAY, HELPING THOSE AFFECTED BY
THE FLOODS IN EASTERN OREGON.
TODAY THOSE HOMEOWNERS WERE ABLE
TO GET SOME ANSWERS AND HELP SO
THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD.
THE FLOODS DESTROYED ROADS AND
HOMES, LEAVING MANY WITHOUT A
PLACE TO LIVE IN YUMATILLA
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. 400 BUILDINGS HAVE REPORTEDLY
BEEN DAMAGED.
BEEN DAMAGED. YOU'VE SEEN A STEADY STREAM OF
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING ALL DAY.
>> THEY'RE STILL COMING.
THIS EVENT GOES TILL 8:00
TONIGHT AT THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. THEY LOVE SEEING EVERYBODY IS
SHOWING UP ACCEPTING THE HELP.
AND AFTER BEING HERE ALL DAY,
IT'S NEEDED.
IT'S NEEDED. >> Reporter: WELL OVER 100
FILED INTO THE PENDLETON
CONVENTION CENTER.
CONVENTION CENTER. IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE PLACE THESE
HOMEOWNERS WANTED TO BE ON A
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. INSIDE, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND
HELP WITH A JOB SEARCH, DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY --
IMPORTANTLY -- >> GOING TO ASK FOR SOME
FEEDBACK, MAYBE GET HOUSING
ASSISTANCE.
ASSISTANCE. >> Reporter: MISTY HAD HER HOME
FLOODED AT THE ESTATES.
HOMES WERE FILLED WITH WATER,
MUD, AND HEAVILY DAMAGED.
>> I'M STILL DEVASTATED BY IT.
COME HOME FROM WORK AND IT'S
GONE.
GONE.
GONE. SORRY.
SORRY.
SORRY. >>
SORRY. >> Reporter: SADLY, DOZENS OF
HOMES WERE RUINED.
THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE SHOWING UP
TO HELP OUT TODAY.
>> THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO
US.
US.
US. WE
US. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
SAFELY GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR
HOMES.
HOMES.
HOMES. >>
HOMES. >> Reporter: WILLIAMSON IS FROM
SCAPPOOSSE AND A VOLUNTEER FROM
TEAM RUBICON.
TEAM RUBICON. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE
HERE FOR.
HERE FOR.
HERE FOR. >> Reporter: IT'S A
VETERAN-BASED ORGANIZATION
VETERAN-BASED ORGANIZATION HELPING OUT THOSE IN DISASTER
AREAS FOR FREE.
>> OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO MUCK OUT
A HOUSE AS THEY CALL IT.
IT'S MOVING IN AND WORKING ON
FLOOD DAMAGE.
FLOOD DAMAGE. >> THAT KIND OF MUD WAS JUST
EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
>> Reporter: BACK INSIDE HER
HOUSE, HER HOME IS DESTROYED BUT
HER SPIRIT IS NOT.
>> I'M GOING TO REBUILD.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME BOARD BY
BOARD.
BOARD.
BOARD. AS
BOARD. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'M
STAYING.
STAYING.
STAYING. >> LOVE THAT RESILIENCE BY HER.
THE GOVERNOR WILL TOUR THE