BRIEFLY.

Byline: The Register-Guard

Police seek information on suspect in holdup

Eugene police are looking for a man who held up the Oregon Community Credit Union on West 18th Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a man produced a note demanding money. No weapon was seen or implied, police said. An undisclosed amount of money was given to the suspect, who fled on foot toward the bike path behind the credit union.

The suspect is described as white, in his mid 20s, with a thin build, light-colored hair and clean shaven. He was wearing a white baseball cap, a white sweatshirt and possibly blue jeans.

People who may have information regarding the robbery are asked to call Eugene police at 682-5111.

Man gets prison term

for attack on woman

A parolee was sentenced Monday to almost 10 years in prison for attacking his girlfriend with a butcher knife during an argument in September.

Doug Scott Poffenroth, 44, brought the 50-year-old victim to McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center and stood over her in the emergency room while she told the hospital staff that she cut herself while washing dishes, Lane County sheriff's Sgt. Matt Keetle said. After the hospital staff separated the two, the victim disclosed the assault and police were called.

Sheriff's investigators determined Poffenroth argued with the victim, dragged her from his truck into her home in Goshen, beat her and threatened her life. The victim grabbed a butcher knife to protect herself, but Poffenroth took it from her and slashed her, Keetle said.

In a plea bargain last week, Poffenroth pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping and attempted first-degree assault for a nine-year, eight-month prison term. He was on parole on a 1994 conviction for rape involving a juvenile, Keetle said.

Man stabs guard who

confronted suspects

A grocery store security guard was stabbed in the back Tuesday night during a shoplifting incident at the Albertsons store on Division Avenue in Eugene.

The security guard was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center with a nonlife threatening stab wound to the lower back.

Police said that at 6:40 p.m., two shoplifters left the store and when the security guard contacted them in the parking lot, a third person confronted the guard, pulled a knife from under a shirt and stabbed him.

The three suspects were last seen running south across Division Avenue.

Police described the knife-wielding suspect as a white man in his early 20s, 5-feet-8, with a medium build and a shaved head. He was wearing a red sweatshirt and red pants.

One of the two shoplifters was described as a Hispanic man in his early 20s, 5-foot-5, medium build, wearing a dark jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt. The other is described as a white woman, with a thin build, dark brown or black hair and dark eyebrows. Police said she was wearing a dark jacket with a light stripe on the sleeves over a white shirt and blue jeans.

People with information regarding the incident should call the Eugene police at 682-5111.

Loose tires cause

traffic problems on I-5

CRESWELL - An accident on Interstate 5 just south of Creswell tied up northbound and southbound traffic Tuesday night.

A set of tires came off a southbound tractor-trailer rig and crossed into the northbound lanes at 5:55 p.m., according to the Oregon State Police. The tires struck a northbound pickup truck, forcing it into a medical delivery truck before going off the road. The delivery truck overturned. There were no major injuries.