BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene man is given 6 years for identity theft A Eugene man with a record of theft was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for identity theft. He had acquired detailed information from a stolen passport application that had been left in a briefcase inside a car. Scott John, 36, and an accomplice ran up thousands of dollars in charges within a few days on accounts they set up using the Social Security number and other information from the application. It could not be determined whether John stole the briefcase or acquired it from the thief, Deputy Lane County District Attorney Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan (born December 3, 1959, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA) is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career. Jordan's best performance in a Grand Slam singles tournament was runner-up at the 1983 Australian Open, where she lost to said in court. A suspicious store clerk reported John's activities. Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). police and the Eugene police financial crime team investigated. Under the state's repeat property crime law, John, an admitted methamphetamine user, is subject to a mandatory 13-month prison sentence for every felony theft he does. He accepted a plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the on six counts. REGION Bomb squad destroys found pipe explosive MARCOLA - A pipe bomb was discovered Wednesday in a gravel turnout off Marcola Road, near Parsons Creek, the Lane County Sheriff's Office reported. Workers in the area found the explosive device just after noon and reported the discovery to Mohawk Valley The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is a suburban and rural area surrounding the industrialized cities of Utica and Rome, along with other smaller commercial centers. Fire officials. Fire officials cordoned off the area surrounding the bomb until Lane County sheriff's deputies arrived, police said. The bomb was a 3-inch-long galvanized gal·va·nize tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es 1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current. 2. metal pipe containing gunpowder gunpowder, explosive mixture; its most common formula, called "black powder," is a combination of saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon in the form of charcoal. Historically, the relative amounts of the components have varied. and metal fragments, police said. A bomb squad from the Eugene Police Department responded to the scene and destroyed the device, police said. |
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