A 31-year-old Portland man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted sexual abuse
of a 12-year-old girl he improperly touched at a Beaverton MAX station last summer.
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 Hull said Hamilton, who is about 6-foot-1 and 300 pounds, got off a MAX light-rail
train at the Millikan Way station the afternoon of June 20 and sat down on a bench
beside the 12-year-old girl,

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 DECAPITATED BIRDS MAY BE LINKED TO RELIGION,
ANIMAL CONTROL SAYS
      Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
      May 23, 2001

Summary: Fowls, goats and a kitten in bags with pennies have been discovered on
rail and MAX tracks since December The headless chickens, doves, goats and
pigeons began showing up on railroad tracks around the Portland area last fall,
stuffed into plastic bags and usually accompanied by pennies.
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  * April 25: Tri-Met workers on the MAX tracks discover numerous headless animals,
including a goat, doves, chickens and 15 chicks on East Burnside Street at 97th, 155th
and 197th avenues, and at Southeast Stark and Burnside streets.
      * May 2: Tri-Met workers find four headless chickens and six pigeons on the MAX
tracks at Southeast 146th and 133rd avenues at Burnside Street.
      * May 21: Tri-Met workers find the decapitated bodies of seven birds and one kitten
on the MAX tracks at East Burnside Street and 193rd Avenue. Ten hours later, the bodies
of more decapitated birds are found on the MAX tracks at East Burnside and 109th Avenue.
 Almost all the animals discovered before Monday have been incinerated, Poetz said.
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Mary Fetsch, spokeswoman for Tri-Met, said Tri-Met police have talked to an
anthropologist at Portland State University, who told them that some Asian religions
treat animal sacrifice as a "blessing, or a way to cleanse the tracks."

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POLICE WILL LEAVE CARS TO PATROL IN HILLSBORO
      Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
      June 5, 2001
      RYAN FRANK - The Oregonian

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The increased patrols are in response to residents' requests for improved policing along
the light-rail line. Chief Ron Louie wants officers closer to the people they protect. He
said the improved access will give residents the opportunity and the comfort level to ask
questions or complain about crime.
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   In the past 12 months, Tri-Met has reported 41 assaults on the MAX line, which
runs from Hillsboro to Gresham, said Mary Fetsch, Tri-Met spokeswoman
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 The change marks the first time the Hillsboro department has dedicated officers to
the MAX line
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 Officers will focus on the high-density housing packed along the MAX line because
of its transient population. The theory is that residents who move often and don't know
their neighbors are more likely to harm or fight with them.
 

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