Seven men tied to armed robbery.Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard Five men were arraigned Thursday and two others turned themselves in to Lane County sheriff's investigators in connection with a robbery at a home on Old Franklin Boulevard near McVay Highway north of Lane Community College on Wednesday. A woman who was sleeping in a tent on the property told authorities she saw a group of men prowling prowl v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls v.tr. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark. v.intr. around the property Wednesday morning. She confronted them with a BB gun, she said, and the men jumped on her and hit her on the head. She told police the men were dressed in black and wearing ski masks while creeping around the forested property carrying what appeared to be high-powered rifles. The 38-year-old woman suffered minor injuries in the assault, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Clint Riley said. Investigators are not disclosing possible motives for the robbery while the investigation continues, although they have determined the victim did not know her attackers, Riley said. He declined to comment on earlier reports that the targeted house may have been the site of a marijuana-growing operation. Investigators recovered a rifle, a stun gun stun gun, hand-held electronic device that produces a high-voltage pulse that can immobilize a person for several minutes with no permanent damage in most cases. and other weapons from the suspects and from two vehicles the men used, Riley said. Arraigned Thursday on charges of first- and second-degree robbery were Michael Wayne Burns, 32; James Raymond James Raymond (1915-1978), was a school custodian in Chicago, Illinois, USA at the Our Lady of the Angels School from 1945 to 1965. When a fire broke out at the school on December 1, 1958, Mr. Patton, 27; Raymond Lucious Waldorf, 22; George Stephen George Stephen is the name of several notable people
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sheriff and jail records. All are being held in the Lane County Jail. Court records show Burns has a record of felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. convictions for robbery, theft and drug possession running back to 1994. Ish also has convictions for theft and burglary. Patton was charged with illegal firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. possession in an arrest before Wednesday's incident, according to court records. Two other suspects, Lukas Don Heisler, 20, and Braden Russell Hollembaek, 18, turned themselves in on Thursday afternoon. They were charged with first-degree robbery. The alleged assault victim told police that the men fled into the woods west of the property after the incident. A sheriff's helicopter, flying on an unrelated assignment, joined deputies and officers from Eugene, Springfield and the Oregon State Police in the search. A security guard at LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. reported seeing a suspicious group before the robbery in two cars: a Nissan Sentra and a Ford Expedition The Ford Expedition is a full-size SUV built by the Ford Motor Company. Introduced in 1997 it slots between the smaller Ford Explorer, and the now discontinued and larger Ford Excursion. The Expedition offers up to eight passenger seating and a range of V8 engines. . A deputy soon spotted the Ford, carrying four men, and stopped the vehicle on East Amazon Drive. The road was closed briefly while officers arrested the men. Meanwhile, deputies in the helicopter spotted the Nissan on Bloomberg Road just off McVay Highway. Deputies took the driver into custody. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the sheriff's office at 682-4141. |
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