A press release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department credits “leads provided by citizens” in helping them locate the truck and boat trailer of Newberg resident John Carothers (right).
Carothers—the man behind a hit and run on Highway 219 last Saturday—has been charged with a felony for fleeing the scene of the crime.
Here’s an excerpt from the press release:
The Vancouver Police Department has found the vehicle and is questioning its 15 year-old driver in yesterday’s hit and run assault of a seven year-old boy.
Here’s the official word:
Over on IShareTheRoad.com I’ve just posted a story about Arvin Bradley. If you ride across the Hawthorne Bridge, chances are you know who I’m talking about.
Read “Flagger brings happiness to the Hawthorne” on IShareTheRoad.com.
Breaking news in last Saturday’s hit-and-run out on Highway 219.
Washington County Sheriff’s Department has arrested 37 year-old John Carothers. According to reports, Carothers willingly turned himself in.
Carothers sent cyclist, surgeon and mother of triplets Cindy Sharp to the hospital with serious arm injuries after running her off the road last week a little west of Scholls, Oregon.
According to a report on Northwest Cable News Channel, Sharp was first harassed by Carothers’ vehicle before his boat trailer ran her off the road into a ditch.
[via the Portland Mercury Blog]
Portland lawyer Mark Ginsberg has filed an appeal in the Ayla Holland fixed-gear case.
Ginsberg waited to make his decision until after he and his staff could closely scrutinize the transcript from the initial trial.
Ayla Holland told me in a recent phone conversation that she feels strongly about taking this case to a higher court:
Jeff Smith is an avid cyclist and employee with the Transportation Options division at the City of Portland. His enthusiasm for touring and knowledge of great routes around the city has helped thousands of Portlanders find their way around (check out his great collection of Portland-to-coast rides).
At last April’s Bike Tourism Summit, Smith was chatting with event promoters Porter Childs and Ayleen Crotty and told them that Portland lacked a century ride that highlighted everything this city offers.
Our friends to the North need our help in finding a vehicle that was involved with a hit-and-run yesterday. The victim is a seven year-old boy and the accident happened in the 3700 block of NE 132nd Ave in Vancouver, just east of I-205.
According to official reports there were no apparent witnesses to the collision and the victim was only able to provide minimal information to officers.
silver Peugeot single-speed with that fancy Peugeot checkerboard decal on the vintage (80’s?) Reynolds 531 steel frame (not lugged); black chainring, alloy wheels, flat metal pedals, black
Blackburn rack that was broken and electrical-taped together again.
The bike’s serial number is on two lines: 2171948 on the first line,
PH1O 50 on the second line. Someone also carved a phone number on the
bottom of the downtube, but it was rather rusted over. Rust spots
scattered throughout the frame
The Portland Mercury Blog is reporting that Multnomah County Judge Dale Koch has denied lawyer Mark Ginsberg’s request to have his stack of fixed-gear tickets heard in a real courtroom, instead of in lowly traffic court.
Since the Ayla Holland case, Ginsberg has collected seven more cases of bicyclists being ticketed for not having a braking device on their fixed-gear bicycles.
According to the Mercury, Ginsberg believes the fixed-gear issue deserves a real hearing, not just a hurried run through traffic court. He says Koch’s refusal to hear these fixed-gear cases by an elected, sitting judge (as opposed to a “pro tem” traffic court judge) raises “constitutional issues.”
Rising Tide North America is an activist group that raises awareness for the “root causes of climate change.” Tonight, the group is using our monthly Critical Mass ride—and 28 others around the U.S. and Canada—to raise awareness for their cause and to draw attention to the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
According to the official press release (PDF):
The final chapter in the long-running saga of Mountain Cycle has now been written.
Mountain Cycle was once a beloved local brand with a factory in North Portland, a presence on the local cyclocross scene and even a ‘cross bike named the Stumptown.
According to a press release I just received, the new owners have decided to set up their headquarters in Seattle Washington.
The press release says that under new management the brand is poised for a “new lease on life,” and that “the company plans to rebuild Mountain Cycle back into the innovative and rider oriented brand that it started out as back in 1988.”
It’s too bad because I thought they were well on their way to doing that right here in Portland.
Download the press release (PDF).
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