BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Suspect in wife's slaying won't waive extradition extradition (ĕkstrədĭsh`ən), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. In brief hearing Thursday at the Lane County Jail, fugitive Gordon Douglas Weaver declined to waive extradition to Minnesota to face charges of first-degree murder. Standing in the jail's courtroom, wearing an orange jumpsuit, Weaver, 47, said nothing as his court-appointed lawyer took the legal steps to challenge Minnesota's arrest warrant. Lane County Circuit Judge Cynthia Carlson allowed Minnesota authorities until June 18 to produce legal documentation needed to authorize them to remove Weaver from Oregon to face charges in Minnesota. Weaver is accused of killing his wife five years ago by setting her on fire in their suburban home near St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery . He was taken into custody Wednesday in Florence after an anonymous call to the "America's Most Wanted For the professional wrestling tag team, see . For the United States FBI list of fugitives, see . America's Most Wanted is a long-running TV show produced by 20th Century Fox. " TV show. Would-be car buyer robbed in parking lot A woman planning to buy a car was robbed at knifepoint knife·point n. The sharp end of a knife. Idiom: at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint. of $1,000 in cash, and police say a friend aware of her plans may have orchestrated or·ches·trate tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates 1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra. 2. the crime. The woman and a male acquaintance were sitting in a car in the Shopko parking lot at the corner of Coburg Road and Chad Drive on Wednesday evening, when a masked man forced his way inside and threatened the woman with a knife, Eugene police Detective Jeff Roth said. The man ordered the woman to drive across the street to the Costco parking lot, where he took her purse and her friend's wallet and fled, police said. The 22-year-old woman called police from inside Costco and said she thought she knew "who had this done," a police log said. She said she was going to buy a car and a female friend of hers knew she'd have a lot of cash on her that day, police said. Detectives arrested 18-year-old Erica Annette Adams in connection with the robbery. She was being held in the Lane County Jail on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. Detectives were still searching for the man involved in the crime Thursday afternoon. REGION Missing elderly woman found in roadside ditch DRAIN - An 86-year-old woman was found alive in a roadside ditch several hours after she disappeared from her granddaughter's home here Thursday. The Douglas County Douglas County is the name of twelve counties in the United States:
Wertz was unable to climb out of the ditch due to her frail medical condition, the sheriff's office reported. She was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
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