BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard METRO Downtown Washington Federal branch robbed Eugene police are investigating a bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. that took place late Tuesday afternoon at the Washington Federal Savings Washington Federal Savings is the savings and loan subsidiary of Washington Federal, Inc., a bank holding company based in Seattle, Washington that trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol WFSL. It has operations in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Texas. Bank at 11th Avenue and Pearl Street. Police responded to a holdup alarm shortly before 5 p.m. Investigators said a man entered the bank, passed a note to a teller and ran away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police describe the robber as a 30- to 40-year-old white male, about 6 feet tall with a thin build. He had dark, shaggy hair that was ear- to collar-length. He was wearing a light pink striped, button-down shirt. He was last seen on foot westbound on 11th Avenue. Anyone with information should call Detective Mel Thompson at 682-5187. Man pleads guilty to $84,000 robbery A Eugene man charged with the biggest bank heist Bank Heist is a maze video game developed by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600. Each level in Bank Heist is a maze-like city (similar to Pac-Man). The objective of the game is to rob as many banks as possible while avoiding the police. in the city's history pleaded guilty to bank robbery Tuesday in federal court. Raheim Antone Carter, 23, is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 26. Eugene police and FBI agents determined that Carter had help from his girlfriend, who worked at the Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. Bank branch near Valley River Center Valley River Center is a shopping mall located in Eugene, Oregon. As the largest shopping center south of Portland and north of San Francisco, this mall comprises over 130 local and national stores and restaurants. last December. Amanda Louise Jacobson, 21, of Eugene, is charged with conspiring with Carter. Her trial is set for Sept. 16, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. court records. Investigators believe that Jacobson arranged to be the last employee to leave and then delayed locking the door so that Carter could push his way into the bank and take nearly $84,000 from three vault doors and cash drawers that Jacobson had left unlocked. Carter faces 7 1/2 to 12 1/2 years in prison, depending on whether he is sentenced as a career criminal, according to court records. NORTHWEST Jet crash raises doubts about air show's future HILLSBORO - After the crash of a vintage fighter jet, neighbors of the Oregon International Airshow The Oregon International Airshow is an annual event held at the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The event began in 1988 with annual attendance of 65,000 people.[1] It is the largest air show in the Pacific Northwest. are questioning the future of the annual event. Among them is Intel Corp., the state's largest employer and a former sponsor of the show. It has three campuses near the Hillsboro Airport, the show's home, and it employs 17,000 workers in suburban Washington County Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named for George Washington. It is the most common county name in the United States. . ``The presence of families and business development in the local area has grown substantially,'' company spokesman Bill MacKenzie William "Bill" MacKenzie (born December 12, 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba - died May 29 1990) is a former Canadian ice hockey defenceman. MacKenzie started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1932. said. ``Intel has a multibillion-dollar global center ... just a short distance from the site of the jet crash. There may be a cause to consider all this in evaluating the air show's future.'' Despite Intel's concerns, Standard TV & Appliance - the air show's primary sponsor for three years - will continue with the event, said Mark Rossolo, a company marketing representative. On Tuesday, a contractor loaded the remaining parts of the Hawker-Siddely Hunter MK-58 that crashed Sunday, killing the pilot, Robert Guilford of Los Angeles, destroying a house and damaging others in a residential area of Hillsboro. Workers say Salem right spot for hospital SALEM - If the Oregon State Hospital Oregon State Hospital (OSH) in Salem, Oregon, United States, is the primary state-run psychiatric hospital in the state of Oregon since Dammasch State Hospital closed in 1995. closes down, the city of Salem is the ideal location for its replacement, workers from the existing facility told a state panel. Plans call for replacing the 123-year-old hospital with four new facilities: a 620-bed hospital in the North Willamette Valley, a 360-bed hospital south of Linn County and two 16-bed residential facilities east of the Cascades. On Monday, workers and union officials told a state committee developing criteria for siting the new buildings that Salem is the logical place to put the largest hospital. |
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