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Man accused of spying on women is arrested

Police have arrested a man accused of spying on women in restrooms for sexual gratification.

An employee of a downtown Eugene office building called police at 9 a.m. Tuesday to complain about a man who had been in the women's restroom for a long time. A maintenance supervisor tried to detain de·tain  
tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains
1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard.

2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement:
 the man for police, but the man punched him and threw him to the ground and into a wall before running away, police said.

On the way out, the man dropped his wallet, and police identified their suspect as Richard Douglas Casavan, 38, of Creswell.

Eugene police shared the information with Springfield police, who said they had a similar case in their town on June 17.

Then, on Wednesday, Eugene police responded to the Hilton Eugene at 66 E. Sixth Ave. after employees reported a man acting strangely in an elevator. Police identified the man as Casavan and arrested him on charges of invading personal privacy and misdemeanor assault. He is also being held on charges from the Springfield case and for violating his parole from an earlier burglary conviction.

Traffic stop nets

alleged meth meth
n.
Methamphetamine hydrochloride.
 cook

SPRINGFIELD - A state police trooper arrested a man described as a "career meth cook" Friday during a traffic stop north of Springfield.

Senior Trooper James Hawkins stopped a 2002 Dodge pickup about 12:30 a.m. on Marcola Road for a traffic violation.

During the stop, Hawkins found a substance that looked like meth, as well as a backpack holding chemicals and equipment used in the cooking process.

Police arrested the passenger, 44-year-old Randy Hendricks Randy (Randal) Hendricks (b. November 18, 1945 in Missouri) is an attorney and sports agent considered a pioneer in the field of sports representation. He is managing partner of Hendricks Sports Management in Houston, Texas.  of Eugene, and lodged him at the Lane County Jail on charges of meth possession and manufacturing and being a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony.


felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison.
 in possession of a firearm. Hendricks has a long history of meth manufacturing, police said.

The driver, Edwin Gene Hawkins, 52, of Eugene was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and possessing methamphetamines. He was released with an order to appear in Lane County Circuit Court.

REGION

State warns of toxin in reservoir near Oakridge

Health officials are advising people to stay out of the water in the Larison Cove area of Hills Creek Hills Creek is a name found in several places in the United States.

In Tioga County, Pennsylvania:
  • Hills Creek State Park, a Pennsylvania State Park in Tioga County
  • Hills Creek, a tributary of the Tioga River in Tioga County, Pennsylvania
 Reservoir due to high levels of an algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that  known to produce a dangerous toxin.

People are advised by the Oregon Department of Human Services and U.S. Forest Service not to come into contact with the water in the cove, located in an arm on the west side of the reservoir and also known as the canoe area.

Drinking the water is particularly dangerous. People should avoid swallowing or inhaling water droplets, and should not let pets come into contact with the water.

A similar warning has been issued for Crane Prairie Reservoir in Central Oregon Central Oregon is a geographical region lying near the center of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is commonly considered to include Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Primary cities in Central Oregon are La Pine, Sunriver, Bend, Redmond, Madras, and Prineville.  south of Bend. Hills Creek Reservoir is four miles south of Oakridge.

The algae is a species of blue-green algae blue-green algae, popular name for those microorganisms that are now more properly called cyanobacteria. , Anabaena Anabaena

Genus of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). Found as plankton in shallow water and on moist soil, they occur in both solitary and colonial forms and are capable of nitrogen fixation.
, that produces a poisonous substance. Symptoms of exposure include numbness, tingling tin·gle  
v. tin·gled, tin·gling, tin·gles

v.intr.
1. To have a prickling, stinging sensation, as from cold, a sharp slap, or excitement: tingled all over with joy.
, dizziness and paralysis and can lead to breathing difficulty and heart problems requiring immediate medical treatment.

Children and pets are particularly susceptible. The toxin cannot be removed by boiling, filtering or treating water and there is no known antidote.
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