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NOW.
NOW. >>>
NOW. >>> A SERIAL SEX OFFENDER
DUBBED THE TRIMET BARBER BACK
IN COURT TODAY.
HIS NICKNAME DOES NOT DO HIM
JUSTICE OR THE SERIOUSNESS OF
HIS CRIMES.
HIS CRIMES. JARED WALTER HAS BEEN ARREST
AND CONVICTED MULTIPLE TIME ON
SEXUAL ABUSE CHARMS.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'M CHRIS WILLIS.
CHRISTINE PITAWANICH BEGINS
OUR COVERAGE.
OUR COVERAGE. JUDGE DENIED THE PROSECUTION'S
REQUEST TO INCREASE BAIL ON
THIS GUY.
THIS GUY.
THIS GUY. >> Reporter: AND CHRIS, THE
DECISION TO NOT INCREASE BAIL
MAY SEEM SHOCKING TO SOME
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE JARED WALTER
HAS BEEN ARRESTED NEARLY 20
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. WE
TIMES. WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF HIS
VICTIMS, AND I CAN TELL YOU
WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY IS BOTH
DISTURBING AND A WARNING,
GRAPHIC.
GRAPHIC.
GRAPHIC. BACK IN COURT, THE ENVIRONMENT
ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR JARED
WALTER.
WALTER.
WALTER. HE AS BEEN ARRESTED NEARLY 20
TIMES AND HAS BEEN CON
VIADUCTED OF MASTURBATING AND
CUTTING WOMEN'S HAIR ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION. >> HE HAD EJACULATED NO MY
HAIR.
HAIR.
HAIR. >>
HAIR. >> Reporter: CRYSTAL WILLIAMS
IS BEYOND RANGERY THAT WALTER
IS BACK INTO COURT, STILL NOT
LOCK YOU HAD UP.
HE IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING A HAND
IN A WOMAN'S POCKET AND
TOUCHING HER THIGH ON ON A MAX
TRAIN.
TRAIN.
TRAIN. >>
TRAIN. >> I THINK WE OWE IT -- I OWE
IT TO THE PUBLIC TO AT LEAST
MAKE THE ARGUMENT TO THE COURT
THAT IT IS NOT SAFE ON TRIMET
FOR THE RIDERS THAT ARE BEING
TOUCHED INAPPROPRIATELY AND
HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AND ARE
AGAIN STILL TODAY.
INTHE BEST PLACE FOR HIM IS
RIGHT HERE IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY
DETENTION CENTER UNTIL WE GET
THIS CASE RESOLVED.
>> Reporter: BUT WALTER'S
ATTORNEY CITED TWO SUPREME
COURT CASES AS PRECEDENT THAT
SAY THE PURPOSE OF BAIL IS TO
ENSURE APPEARANCE IN COURT.
THE JUMP MADE HER DECISION
BASED ON THE ARGUMENT.
>> THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO
INCREASE BAIL AT THIS POINT.
BAIL WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
>> Reporter: SO THAT BAIL
AMOUNT, OF COURSE, STAYING AT
$9,000 WHICH MEANS THAT IT
WOULD TAKE $900 FOR WALTER TO
GET BAILED OUT.
PROSECUTORS DID BRING UP A TIME
WHEN WALTER APPARENTLY RAN FROM
POLICE MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO
IN TEXAS BUT HIS ATTORNEY SAYS
THAT RUNNING FROM POLICE IS NOT
THE SAME AS NOT SHOWING UP IN
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. HE
COURT. HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT APRIL
19th.
19th.
19th. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> TRANSIT POLICE MEANTIME
ISSUED A 09 HIGH PRESSURE DAY
BAN ON WALTER FROM RIDING
TRIMET.
TRIMET.
TRIMET. WE REACHED OUT TO TRIMET THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THEY TOLD US THEY ARE STILL
CONSIDERING WHETHER THEY CAN
ISSUER A LONGER BAN OF UP TO A
LIFETIME FOR WALTER.
>> HE TOOK ACTION THAT EVEN
HIMSELF AFTER BEING HARMED.
>> Reporter: A 53-YEAR-OLD
METROBUS DRIVE IS BEING CALLED
A HERO FOR WHAT HE DID
FOLLOWING A DEADLY SHOOTING IN
NORTH SEATTLE YESTERDAY.
POLICE ARE CALLING IT A
SENSELESS AND RANDOM ACT.
IT ALL BEGAN WHEN A # 3-YEAR-
OLD MAN TRIED TO CARJACK A
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. POLICE SAY HE SHOT A 56-YEAR-
OLD WOMAN IN HER CAR WHILE
WALKING INTO THE STREET AND
SHOOTING AT A BUS.
BUS DRIVER WAS HIT BUT MANAGED
TO TURN THE BUS AROUND AND
DRIVE AWAY.
DRIVE AWAY. AFTER THAT, THE GUNMAN
REPORTEDLY APPROACHED A SECOND
VEHICLE AND KILLED A OTHER-YEAR-
OLD MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL.
HE THEN LED POLICE ON A CHASE
IN THAT MAN'S CAR, CRASHED INTO
ANOTHER VEHICLE, KILLING A 70-
YEAR-OLD MAN.
YEAR-OLD MAN. AFTER A BRIEF STANDOFF, POLICE
TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
WE ARE HEARING FROM ONE OF THE
PAGES ON THE BUS WHO ESCAPED
THE VIOLENCE.
THE VIOLENCE. >> I COULD SEE THE CARTRIDGE
SHELLS COMING OUT OF THE
WEAPON.
WEAPON.
WEAPON. YOU HAVE A SORT OF A FUNNY
REACTION TO T YOU THINK IT IS
FIRECRACKERS AT FIRST OR A
STARTER'S PISTOL.
STARTER'S PISTOL. THEN I SAID OH, MY GOD, THAT IS
A REAL GUN.
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY STILL
DON'T KNOW WHAT MOTIVATED THAT
CRIME SPREE.
CRIME SPREE. >>> TODAY, FAMILY AND FRIENDS
WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO A
WASHINGTON DEPUTY KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY.
RYAN THOMPSON WAS A SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY FOR KITTITAS COUNTY HE.
HE DIED IN A SHOOTOUT WAY ROAD
RAGE SUSPECT.
RAGE SUSPECT. THAT SUSPECT LATER DIED AT THE
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL.
HOSPITAL. A PUBLIC MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD
AT CENTRAL WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WILL BE AT THE NICHOLSON
PAVILION AT 2:00.
KSHB.COM SON WAS A 14 YEAR LAW
ENFORCEMENT VETERAN.
ENFORCEMENT VETERAN. >>> VANCOUVER POLICE NEED YOUR
HELP FINDING THIS TEENAGER,
HAND DORA HERTEL.
SHE HAS AUTISM.
SHE WALKED WAY FROM SCHOOL
YESTERDAY AND DID NOT COME
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. SHE
HOME. SHE IS 5'3", BROWN HAIR, BROWN
EYES AND WAS WEARING A BLACK
HOODIE WITH GREEN SWEATPANTS
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SEER HEALTH CARE REFORM CALL
VANCOUVER POLICE.
VANCOUVER POLICE. >>> ALSO IN VANCOUVER, THE FIRE
MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING WHAT
STARTED THIS FIRE AT A BASEBALL
FIELD BEHIND FORT VANCOUVER
HIGH.
HIGH.
HIGH. ALCOA THE LEAGUE USES THIS
FIELD.
FIELD.
FIELD. FIRE OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO PUT
OUT THE BLAZE YESTERDAY BUT NOT
BEFORE IT DAMAGED THE
ANNOUNCER'S BOOTH AND THE
STORAGE FACILITY THE LEAGUE
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY LOST A
PITCHING MACHINE, SNACK SHACK
SUPPLIES, SOUND SYSTEM BEING
UMPIRE GEAR AND A LOT MORE.
THE LEAGUE IS COLLECTING DON'T
-- DONATIONS THROUGH A GOFUNDME
PAGE.
PAGE.
PAGE. WE'LL HAVE MORE AT 4:00.
SOY A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR WELLS
FARGO SKYCAM.
FARGO SKYCAM. BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY.
IS IT GOING TO CHANGE THOUGH?
METEOROLOGIST ROD HILL TRACKING
THE THREAT OF STORMY WEATHER
LATER TODAY.
LATER TODAY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHRIS.
WE STILL HAVE THAT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS STARTING TO EXPLODE A
BIT ON US.
AT SOME POINT, LET'S SAY AFTER
4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS QUITE LOVELY
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE. GENERALLY, PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS
ALL OF OREGON UP INTO
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THERE ARE DEVELOPING SHOWERS TO
OUR SOUTH, JUST SOUTH OF EUGENE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THE CLOUD DECK STARTS TO
THICKEN UP.
THICKEN UP. HERE IS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES
WHERE IT WAS 32 DEGREES EARLIER
THIS MORNING RIGHT NOW UP TO
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD WARM-UP
WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW COOL YOU
WERE.
WERE.
WERE. TEMPERATURE AT NOON ARE RIGHT
AROUND 50.
AROUND 50. THIS IS KEIZER AT 48 DEGREES.
OUR LATEST FUTURECAST MODEL,
THIS IS 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON
SHOWING SHOWERS STARTING TO
FIRE UP COMING UP FROM THE
SOUTH.
SOUTH.
SOUTH. SHOWING HEAVIER ACTION ALONG
THE COAST RANGE.
HERE IS WHAT COULD BE A
THUNDERSTORM OR A HAILSTORM IN
THE SALEM AREA RIGHT AT 6:00.
AND AS THE SHOWER MOVE NORTH,
RIGHT NOW, THE LATEST MODEL
KIND OF FIZZLES EVERYTHING OUT.
CLEARLY, WE'LL BE ON WATCH FOR
SOME BLACKENING SKIES.
THERE WILL BE SCATTERED STUFF,
CHRIS.
CHRIS.
CHRIS. PROBABLY MOST OF US DON'T SEE
ANYTHING BUT SOME OF US COULD.
>> RAIN JACKET JUST IN CASE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY.
SOMEONE TOLD A PORTRAIT OF A
FORMER OREGON GOVERNOR AND
PORTLAND MAYOR FROM CITY HALL.
TAKE A LOOK AT.
THIS THAT IS WHERE THE PICTURE
OF GOLDSCHMIDT USED TO BE.
VIDEO SHOWS A MAN DRABBING THE
PHOTO BEFORE LEAVING CITY HALL.
POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING.
GOLDSCHMIDT WAS MAYOR FROM 1973
TO 1979 BEFORE SERVINGS ATHE
U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
AND THEN GOVERNOR OF OREGON.
IN 2004, HE CONFESSED TO HAVING
HE CAN WITH A TEENAGER DURING
HI FIRST TERM AS MRI BUT HE
COULD NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR
RAPE BECAUSE THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS HAD EXPIRED.
>>> HOMELESS CRISIS NOW.
NEIGHBORS DEALING WITH
PORTLAND'S HOMELESS CRISIS.
WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING SCENES
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. FIRES HAVE BROKEN OUT AT THIS
CAM OP 4th AND MORE AT LEAST
TWICE.
TWICE.
TWICE. HENCE, PILES OF TRASH, AND
HUMAN WASTE ARE A COMMON SIGHT
AT THAT INTERSECTION FOR YEARS.
NEIGHBOR HAS AN IDEA.
THEY CLEARED OUT THE TRASH AND
PLANTED ROSEBUSHES THERE
INSTEAD.
INSTEAD.
INSTEAD. LUND SAY NADRICH REPORTS THEY
ALMOST HAD TO RIP ALL OF THE
ROSEBUSHES OUT.
ROSEBUSHES OUT. >> IT WASN'T AN EYESORE BUT
KIND OF A SAFETY PROPONENT THAT
GOES WITH IT TOO.
AT NIGHT, A LITTLE SHADY.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS TELL ME
THEY DON'T WANT TO DEMONIZE THE
HOMELESS BUT THEY DO WANT TO
FEEL SAFE.
FEEL SAFE. AFTER REPEATED ISSUES, THEY
DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO RECLAIM
THEIR STREET.
THEIR STREET. ABOUT FIVE WEEK AGO, A GROUP OF
NEIGHBORS RAISED $700 TO CHEAP
UP GARBAGE, HUMAN WASTE AND
NEEDLES LEFT BEHIND BY ONE OF
THE CAMPS AND PLANTED ABOUT80
ROSEBUSHES IN ITS PLACE.
>> I THINK IT IS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AN GETTING
TRASH CLEANED UP AN MORE
PRESENTABLE.
PRESENTABLE. >> Reporter: ODOT RECENTLY
LEARNED THE ROSES WERE PLANTED
ON THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT A
PERMIT.
PERMIT.
PERMIT. THEY INITIALLY TOLD NEIGHBORS
THEY HAD TO BE REMOVED BY APRIL
1st.
1st.
1st. >>
1st. >> WE SO APPRECIATE THAT THEY
WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE
CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. AND
TIME. AND PEOPLE WANTING TO TAKE
OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR OWN AREA IS
TERRIFIC.
TERRIFIC.
TERRIFIC. BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS FOR
DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS AN
WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE WORKING
WITH US ON DOING IT RIGHT.
>> ODOT IS NOW WORKING WITH
NEIGHBORS TO GET A PERMIT AND
SAYS THE ROSES CAN STAY BUTT
HAND-MADE SIGN AND THE RIBBONS
TIED AROUND EACH ONE NEED TO
GO.
GO.
GO. >>
GO. >> WE
GO. >> WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE BE
REMOVED BECAUSE THEY COULD BE
SAFETY HAZARDS BEING A
DISTRACTION TO DRIVERS AND
ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO TRASH IN
THE AREA IF THEY DON'T STAY
TIED TO THE ROSES.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS DISAGREE
TELLING ME THE SIGN AND RIBBONS
ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AND SAY
IT IS NO MORE OF A DISTRACTION
THAN THE PILES OF TRASH THAT
WERE ONCE THERE.
THAT ISSUE HAS YET TO BE
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, FOLKS TELL
ME THE NEW PLANTS SEEM TO BE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
THERE IS ONLY ONE TENT THAT HAS
COME BACK.
COME BACK. REST ARE NOW FARTHER DOWN THE
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. >>
ROAD. >> VERY BIG DIFFERENCE.
DEFINITELY NOT A LOT OF TENTS
OR ENCAMPMENTS THERE.
IT SEEM TO BE WORKING.
>> THAT WAS LINDSAY NADRICH
REPORTING.
REPORTING. THE GROUP THAT PLANTED THE
ROSES TELL US US THEY PLAN TO
KEEP WORKING WITH ODOT ON THIS.
>>> WASHINGTON ONE STEP CLOSER
TO RAISING THE LEGAL AGE FOR
BUYING TOBACCO AND VAPING
PRODUCT.
PRODUCT.
PRODUCT. LAWMAKERS HAVE APPROVED A
PROPOSAL THAT WOULD RAISE THE
MINIMUM AGE FROM 18 TO 21 THE
MEASURE INCLUDES E-CIG VETS AND
VAPE DEVICES WHETHER OR NOT
THEY CONTAIN NICOTINE.
WASHINGTON WILL BE THE NINE THE
STATE INCLUDING OREGON TO RAISE
THE TOBACCO AND VAPE SALES TO
AGE 2167.
AGE 2167.
AGE 2167. >>> THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE WILL REVIEW THE
DECISION BY CHICAGO PROSECUTORS
TO DROP ALL THOSE CHARGES
AGAINST ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT.
IN A TWEET THIS MORE THAN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED THE CASE
A, QUOTE, EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. SMOLLETT'S LAWYER RESPONDED TO
THE NEW INVESTIGATION DURING AN
INTERVIEW TODAY ON THE TODAY
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. >>
SHOW. >> WE HAVE NOTHING TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE
WAS NOTHING ON YOU ARE OWNED TO
REQUEST THIS OR DO ANYTHING
IMPROPER AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
NOTHING IMPROPER WAS DONE.
>> SMOLLETT HAD BEEN INDICTED
ON 16 FELONY COUNTS FOR
ALLEGEDLY FABRICATING A HATE
CRIME AGAINST HIMSELF IN
JANUARY.
JANUARY.
JANUARY. POLICE SAY HE DID IT BECAUSE HE
WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE SALARY ON
THE FOX SHOW EMPIRE.
SMOLLETT MEANTIME, MAINTAINS
HIS INNOCENCE.
HIS INNOCENCE. >>> I THINK IT IS GOOD HE WAS
ABLE TO FINISH THE WORK.
>> THAT IS FORMER FBI DIRECTOR
JAMES COMEY NOW SPEAKING OUT
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED.
COMEY SAYS IT IS GOOD FOR THE
COUNTRY THAT ROBERT MUELLER DID
NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION
BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AN
RUSSIA BUT HE ALSO SAYS
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL JONBENET
RAMSEY BARR'S SUMMARY LEFT
QUESTIONS THAT ONLY THE FULL
REPORT CAN ANSWER.
>> THE OBSTRUCTION PIECE
CONFUSES ME.
CONFUSES ME. I THINK DEATH DIRECTOR MUELLER
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR ARE
ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOCUMENT THEY ARE PEOPLE WITH
STERLING REPUTATIONS BUT A LOT
OF WHAT IS SAID IN THAT LETTER
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
>> LATE THIS MORNING, A JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL REVEALED
THAT MUELLER'S REPORT IS MORE
THAN 300 PAGES LONG.
BARR RELEASE A SUM HAVE I THAT
WAS FOUR PAGES.
HE DID THAT ON SUNDAY.
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN OR IF
CONGRESS WILL GET THE FULL
REPORT.
REPORT.
REPORT. DEMOCRATS ARE DEMANDING