From The Oregonian – October 4, 2006 James P. Chasse Jr., the 42-year-old man who died Sept. 17 after three officers struggled to arrest him, suffered more than a dozen fractured ribs, some that punctured his left lung and caused massive internal bleeding, according to an autopsy report released by his family’s attorney Tuesday. The […]
from the Associated Press + KGW.com, about September 23, 2006 Blunt force trauma is what killed a man in Portland Police custody, according to the state medical examiner. Officials say James Chasse died from a broad blow to the chest, and have ruled the death accidental. A toxicology report also came back negative, but examiners […]
From The Oregonian, September 23, 2006 The state medical examiner ruled Friday that James Philip Chasse Jr., 42, died in police custody from “broad-based” blunt force trauma to his chest, which occurred early in his encounter with officers. Dr. Karen Gunson said the injuries occurred as Portland police were attempting to take Chasse into custody […]
From The Oregonian, March 25, 2006 – not available online Timothy W. Grant died from a cocaine overdose and not from the two Taser stun gun shocks that a Portland officer applied Monday, the Oregon state medical examiner announced Friday. Dr. Karen Gunson said she found a very high level of cocaine in Grant’s blood, […]
From KGW.com, March 24, 2006 – no link available The Medford man who died shortly after being shocked with a TASER gun by Portland police earlier this week died of a drug overdose, The Oregon State Medical Examiner said Friday. “I have come to the conclusion that [Timothy] Grant died of a cocaine overdose with […]
From The Oregonian – November 8, 1999. Not available elsewhere online. Drug-related deaths in Oregon are up 28 percent from last year and continue on pace to set a new record, according to third-quarter statistics that will be released today. In the first nine months of 1999, 206 people died from drug-related causes, compared with […]
From The Oregonian, June 21, 1988 – not available online. A man who died June 10 shortly after being taken into custody by Portland police had overdosed on the medication he used to control his schizophrenia, the Multnomah County medical examiner said Monday. James Patrick Nydegger, 37, of 5712 N. Interstate Ave., had taken “an […]
Gunman Takes 5 Agents Hostage in Oregon Before He Is Killed From The New York Times, May 16, 1987 The body of Stanley W. Peregoy being removed from the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Portland. According to Charles Mathews, the agent in charge, Mr. Peregoy took five agents hostage in the building yesterday morning. […]
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