KPTV (Fox Portland) late news - 2009-05-11 - 1 of 2

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[0:00] We're both fine.

[0:01] >> Please,

[0:02] as someone who was once your friend, let

[0:04] me die in peace.

[0:09] >> Tonight, put away your operation board.

[0:11] How local doctors are going high-tech to

[0:13] practice dangerous surgery.

[0:16] Restaurant owners say someone stole from

[0:18] them and knew right where to get the

[0:19] cash. Only on 12, the quick trick

[0:21] someone pulled that has workers baffled.

[0:25] She went to work at a local fast food

[0:26] restaurant, but says she left that day a

[0:28] rape victim.

[0:29] >> I can't believe that she can't go to

[0:31] work and something like this can happen

[0:32] to

[0:32] >> New details about the co-worker accused

[0:34] of assaulting her.

[0:35] But first, a Mother's Day tragedy. A boy

[0:38] accidentally killed in his own home.

[0:41] >> I wouldn't want wish this up on anybody.

[0:42] >> How police say you can prevent the same

[0:44] thing from happening. First on Fox.

[0:48] >> Live from Fox 12 Oregon, this is

[0:50] breaking news.

[0:52] >> Good evening. We do begin tonight with

[0:53] some breaking news.

[0:54] >> The Salem Police Bomb Squad is

[0:56] investigating a suspicious device at a

[0:58] mall. It's happening right now at Salem

[1:00] Center Mall. KPTV's Mark Hanrahan is

[1:02] live on the scene with the latest. Mark.

[1:04] >> Well, Wayne, we can tell you just within

[1:05] the last 5 minutes or so, police took

[1:07] down the crime scene tape here on the

[1:09] corner of Chemeketa and Liberty Street.

[1:10] Within the last half hour or so, they

[1:12] detonated what they're describing as a

[1:14] small brown suitcase that was left in

[1:16] the parking lot. We were there as they

[1:18] detonated that. Our cameras were

[1:20] rolling. Take a listen.

[1:28] Now, this all started at around 7:55

[1:30] this evening when 911 dispatchers

[1:32] received a call from a woman parked at

[1:34] the mall. She said that when she

[1:36] returned to her car from the mall, she

[1:37] found an 18-in by 20-in brown suitcase

[1:40] by her car that was not there when she

[1:42] parked. That's when Salem Police's Bomb

[1:44] Squad came out to the scene to examine

[1:45] the situation. As we mentioned earlier,

[1:47] officers detonated a charge, rather, to

[1:50] disrupt that suitcase. And right now,

[1:52] they're investigating what's left of it

[1:54] to determine exactly what it was. In the

[1:55] meantime, police have evacuated part of

[1:58] the mall parking lot along with J.C.

[1:59] Penney and McGrath's Fish House as well

[2:01] as blocking off several of the nearby

[2:03] streets. Back out here live, we will

[2:05] continue to monitor this situation in

[2:06] downtown Salem and bring you the latest,

[2:07] but for now, reporting live in Salem,

[2:09] I'm Mark Hanrahan, the 10:00 news.

[2:11] >> Okay, stay with Fox 12 for continuing

[2:13] coverage of the story. If anything

[2:14] changes, we will bring you an update

[2:16] tonight at 11:00 or online at kptv.com.

[2:19] >> Now, a Mother's Day heartache after a

[2:21] 12-year-old boy died in an accidental

[2:23] shooting and police say the gun that

[2:25] killed him was family owned. It all

[2:27] happened yesterday in Hammond near

[2:29] Astoria. Police say a bullet from a .22

[2:31] caliber pistol struck and killed Austin

[2:33] Wesley and tonight crisis counselors at

[2:36] his school are helping classmates deal

[2:38] with the loss. KPTV's Mark Frost has

[2:40] been following the story all day. He

[2:42] joins us live from Warrenton now with

[2:44] the latest, Mark.

[2:45] >> And cops here in Warrenton say they,

[2:47] along with most agencies in the state,

[2:49] hand out gun locks like this for free.

[2:51] Tonight, they want to encourage anyone

[2:53] who owns a gun to use them, along

[2:55] especially parents.

[2:57] Police and deputies responded to a call

[2:59] at this home just before 10:00 yesterday

[3:01] morning. They found 12-year-old Austin

[3:04] Wesley. Police say he accidentally shot

[3:06] himself with a pistol his family owns.

[3:09] It seems everyone in this tiny town

[3:11] knows what happened.

[3:12] >> No, it's it's it's tragic. I feel feel

[3:14] very bad for him. It's terrible.

[3:16] >> Cops are still investigating just what

[3:18] happened, but say foul play was not a

[3:21] factor.

[3:21] >> I wouldn't want wish this up on anybody.

[3:24] >> Today, Warrenton Grade School provided

[3:26] counselors and a safe room to grieve.

[3:29] Students made cards and shared memories

[3:31] of Austin.

[3:31] >> He was a pretty good friend and I knew

[3:33] him pretty well.

[3:35] >> Jason Miller was playing with his family

[3:37] this afternoon, but said he spent much

[3:39] of the day remembering his friend. The

[3:41] 11-year-old says he's struggling to cope

[3:43] with what happened.

[3:44] >> Well, I walked into school and everybody

[3:46] was like quiet and a few people were

[3:48] crying.

[3:49] >> Warrenton Grade School activated its

[3:50] crisis team to help kids and

[3:53] deal with the sudden death of one of

[3:55] their classmates. The principal says

[3:57] Austin was well-liked and will be

[3:58] missed.

[3:59] >> He was a funny and

[4:02] we hung out a lot.

[4:04] >> One father we talked to says he owns a

[4:05] gun, but does his best to keep it safe

[4:08] from his two young daughters.

[4:09] >> Cuz what's at stake by doing that kind

[4:10] of stuff?

[4:11] >> Oh, a child's life.

[4:13] >> Police in Warrenton give out gun locks

[4:15] like this for free. Tonight they want to

[4:17] remind every gun owner, especially

[4:19] parents, to keep their weapons safely

[4:21] locked up. They recommend storing guns

[4:24] and ammunition in separate places and to

[4:26] have a trigger lock or another locking

[4:28] mechanism on any weapons.

[4:30] >> Could be the difference between saving

[4:32] someone's life or a senseless tragedy.

[4:35] >> Right. How much you going to miss him?

[4:36] >> A lot.

[4:37] >> Austin's friend Jason Miller has a

[4:39] message for people who own weapons.

[4:40] >> I don't want their kids play guns.

[4:44] >> And back here live at Warrenton Grade

[4:45] School where the principal says they'll

[4:47] have counselors available for students

[4:48] throughout the end of the week.

[4:50] Reporting live tonight in Warrenton,

[4:51] Mark Ross, the 10:00 news.

[4:54] >> Police say St. Helens man accused of

[4:55] shooting and killing his neighbor over

[4:57] the weekend is cooperating with their

[4:59] investigation. Todd Marchant appeared in

[5:01] court today by video to face murder

[5:03] charges. He's been in custody since

[5:05] Saturday night when police say he shot

[5:07] Everett Brierly in the chest. Neighbors

[5:09] say the two men had been golfing

[5:10] together earlier in the day, but by that

[5:13] night they say the two men were drinking

[5:15] and fighting. Marchant went with

[5:17] investigators to the crime scene

[5:18] yesterday. Today the victim's family

[5:20] says they've suffered a great loss.

[5:23] >> It's just a sad tragic thing. Now that

[5:25] my my sister and my nephews don't have

[5:27] a, you know,

[5:29] a husband or

[5:30] a father.

[5:31] It's hard enough to say. It's just It's

[5:33] sad and just tragic.

[5:36] >> Marchant is being held without bail. He

[5:38] will be back in court on May 26th.

[5:40] >> A Stevenson man accused in the shooting

[5:42] death of his wife is behind bars tonight

[5:44] with his bond set at a million dollars.

[5:46] Skamania County Sheriff deputies say

[5:48] that Darcy Banazek called a relative to

[5:51] tell them what he'd done. When deputies

[5:54] arrived at the couple's home, they found

[5:55] his wife's body in the bedroom.

[5:57] Investigators say that he shot her on

[5:59] May 8th in a fit of rage. He was in

[6:01] court today as a judge set his bail.

[6:03] He'll be formally arraigned in court on

[6:05] Thursday.

[6:06] The prosecution came out on top as the

[6:08] trial for the murder of Chester Young is

[6:10] about to begin. This morning, a

[6:12] Multnomah County Circuit Judge ruled

[6:14] there is enough evidence to show the

[6:15] store clerk died of a gunshot wound, not

[6:19] neglect of care at a nursing home. In

[6:21] 2007, Jimmy Kashi shot Young while he

[6:23] worked at the Belmont Market. He died 17

[6:26] months later. Three others now face

[6:29] murder charges.

[6:30] >> A local man is accused of assaulting one

[6:31] of his coworkers at a Milwaukee fast

[6:33] food restaurant. A woman says the man

[6:35] raped her at the Wendy's along Southeast

[6:38] McLaughlin, and tonight he's sitting in

[6:40] jail. KPTV's Chad Carter talked to the

[6:42] mother of his accuser and joins us live

[6:44] from Milwaukee with the story, Chad.

[6:46] >> Yeah, and Shauna, deputies are saying

[6:47] tonight that it is this man who's

[6:49] accused of attacking and raping the

[6:51] woman. And tonight, while the victim's

[6:53] mother did not want to be identified,

[6:54] she is speaking out about a crime she

[6:57] says could have been prevented.

[6:59] >> It makes me really angry if she told the

[7:01] manager then he should not be there

[7:02] right now and this would have not

[7:03] happened.

[7:03] >> Words of rage from a mom who on Mother's

[7:05] Day learned her daughter had been

[7:07] brutally attacked while she worked at a

[7:09] local fast food restaurant.

[7:10] >> Just anger. Just anger that he thinks he

[7:12] had the right to do something like that.

[7:14] And apparently, he thought he was going

[7:16] to get away with it if he didn't even

[7:17] bother leaving the scene, you know, the

[7:18] incident.

[7:19] >> Deputies say sometime yesterday

[7:20] afternoon, Avoni Voldoe Alejo Sebastian,

[7:23] a coworker of the victim, went into the

[7:26] Wendy's bathroom while the victim was

[7:27] inside and raped her. Clackamas County

[7:30] deputies interviewed the accuser and

[7:32] witnesses and soon after arrested Alejo

[7:35] Sebastian, who by video conference made

[7:36] his first court appearance this

[7:38] afternoon, using a translator to hear

[7:40] the charges against him.

[7:42] >> She's been independent, you know, she's

[7:43] making her own money and you know, she

[7:45] really liked working there. She, you

[7:46] know, for the most part like the people

[7:47] and

[7:49] you know, until now.

[7:50] >> The victim's mother says she didn't know

[7:52] it until yesterday, but says there had

[7:53] been previous attempts to hurt her

[7:55] daughter.

[7:56] >> Apparently in the last couple of weeks,

[7:57] um

[7:59] some things have happened that led up to

[8:00] this.

[8:01] >> Clackamas County deputies confirm an INS

[8:03] hold has been placed on Alejo Sebastian

[8:06] as they look into whether he is in the

[8:07] country legally or not. Something that

[8:10] doesn't sit well with the victim's

[8:12] mother.

[8:12] >> I'm not going to sit here and um be

[8:14] quiet about something like this. People

[8:15] need to know what's going on and if um a

[8:17] restaurant has illegal aliens working

[8:19] there, then people need to know what's

[8:20] going on.

[8:21] >> Tonight, Alejo Sebastian sits in the

[8:22] Clackamas County jail facing charges of

[8:25] rape and sexual abuse with a $250,000

[8:28] bail.

[8:29] >> But I hope, you know, uh

[8:31] you know, justice is served.

[8:33] >> Now, for enter