Police say this is similar to the suspect's vehicle.

The Portland Police Bureau just released a statement and photo they hope will help them find the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run case that happened on NE 122nd Avenue last week.

On Thursday, August 27th at 2:15am, 52-year old James Wagner was struck and killed by someone driving what investigators believe to be a four-door Toyota Corolla similar to the one in the photo above. The police also say that the vehicle would have glass broken out of the headlight on the passenger side. (more...)

Wayne Conrad Thompson

Police say today that 35 year old Wayne Conrad Thompson has been booked for allegedly causing a crash with a man on a bike yesterday afternoon at 2:00pm at NE 122nd and Glisan.

Thompson has been arrested and charged with one count of assault in the first degree. The charge is a Class A felony, and is used when police suspect there is an intention to cause serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon. (more...)

KPTV is reporting a hit-and-run that happened yesterday at the intersection of NE 21st and Columbia (map below) in Northeast Portland.

Here's more from KPTV:

"A hit-and-run driver crashed into Dahren at about 10 a.m...

Linda Poppino, Dahren's mother, said her son had been riding his bike through a crosswalk at the intersection when a driver in a mid-sized SUV slammed into Dahren's front wheel.
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Dahren suffered a broken nose and was missing four front teeth Monday. His face was also badly swollen. Despite her son's injuries, Poppino said Dahren will recover."

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Last Saturday night at about 2:30 a.m., a pedicab operator was allegedly run down by a man driving a late-model Mercedes while riding east on NW Davis Street in downtown Portland.

The woman, who has requested anonymity because she fears her safety and her job, says the impact from the collision caused her to "fly about twelve feet backwards through the air and land on the ground."

A witness says the car was traveling at about 40 miles per hour. The impact left the pedicab smashed, but the woman was miraculously unhurt.

I spoke with the victim this morning and she is still in shock and disbelief -- not just because of the crash and its aftermath, but because she feels the Police Bureau has not responded adequately to a situation she says could have easily ended in a fatality. (more...)

[Via the Oregonian]

Northeast Portland resident Daniel Whittlinger, who was arrested back in July 2007 after striking three riders in the Seattle-to-Portland ride has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.
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After pleading guilty last month, a judge sentenced Jeremy Jordan to five years and eight months in prison this morning.

Jordan is the man who sped out of a Safeway parking lot after being denied purchase of beer and struck Eric Davidson as he rode on NE Fremont street back in May. (more...)

The following incident was posted on PDXFixed this evening...

On my way to work yesterday (about 2:30), I was going down Moody, just past the Ross Island Bridge. I saw someone on a red road bike get hit by a black sedan, then the sedan drove off.

Front wheel looked all fucked up. Roadie started getting up and seemed alright so I pursued the car. Caught up to him 4 or 5 blocks later at a stopped intersection and got his LP number (while he got out of his car, told me to "mind my own fucking business," and started to approach me in a threatening way). I rode back to where said cyclist was hit, but he was gone.

Is this anyone on here or anyone's friend? I'd really like to get that info to the person so they can get their ride fixed.

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A 25-year-old man riding a bicycle was struck from behind while riding sounthbound on SE 39th Ave. just north of Powell Blvd. (map) in Southeast Portland at around 2:45 am this morning.

The hit-and-run incident left Cox with non life-threatening injuries but witnesses told KATU-TV that he was "pretty banged up".

UPDATE:
Here's the latest from the Portland Police Bureau: (more...)