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Police, victim on lookout for road rage attacker
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on January 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
"…he jumped out of his truck and ran at me with a baseball bat."
-Man who was attacked while riding his bike
Yesterday afternoon, while riding their bike in Northwest Portland, a man was threatened with a baseball bat and punched in the face in front of shocked onlookers by an unidentified man driving a royal-blue Hummer H2.
The victim has now posted to Craigslist in an effort to find the attacker and bring him to justice. Here's a snip from that post:
"Your help is requested in information that helps locate/arrest/prosecute/neuter/vivisect the driver of a new/newer Hummer H2, royal blue, who assaulted a cyclist at 23rd and NW Pettygrove last night.
Yesterday afternoon (4:30ish) a cyclist was run off the street, assaulted, threatened with a softball bat and punched in the face by the driver of a brand-new royal blue Hummer H2. Police were notified by several calls from about a dozen shocked passers by. The driver took off. The truck had no plates.
If you see a new royal blue H2 with no plates and a 5′8″, balding man in his mid-late 30s driving it, that'd be him. Call it in as the driver that assaulted the cyclist at 23rd and Pettygrove last night."
From an email I received that was forwarded to me from a friend of the victim, the man riding the bike initially passed by the Hummer as it was stopped in the parking lane. "I spit and he thought I spit on his car," is what the victim wrote. After that, he wrote,
"…he followed me and tried to run me into parked cars… I right turned and evaded him but he caught me on 24th and tried to run me over. I went back down to 23rd where there were people and he jumped out of his truck ran at me with a baseball bat and shoved me over and punched me in the face when I got up. What a fruit loop."
If you have information regarding this assault, please contact the Portland police at 503-823-3333. Also, tell the call-taker that the information is related to incident number PP0801211346. That will help the call-taker link your information to the original call.
Police, victim on lookout for road rage attacker
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on January 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
"…he jumped out of his truck and ran at me with a baseball bat."
-Man who was attacked while riding his bike
Yesterday afternoon, while riding their bike in Northwest Portland, a man was threatened with a baseball bat and punched in the face in front of shocked onlookers by an unidentified man driving a royal-blue Hummer H2.
The victim has now posted to Craigslist in an effort to find the attacker and bring him to justice. Here's a snip from that post:
"Your help is requested in information that helps locate/arrest/prosecute/neuter/vivisect the driver of a new/newer Hummer H2, royal blue, who assaulted a cyclist at 23rd and NW Pettygrove last night.
Yesterday afternoon (4:30ish) a cyclist was run off the street, assaulted, threatened with a softball bat and punched in the face by the driver of a brand-new royal blue Hummer H2. Police were notified by several calls from about a dozen shocked passers by. The driver took off. The truck had no plates.
If you see a new royal blue H2 with no plates and a 5′8″, balding man in his mid-late 30s driving it, that'd be him. Call it in as the driver that assaulted the cyclist at 23rd and Pettygrove last night."
From an email I received that was forwarded to me from a friend of the victim, the man riding the bike initially passed by the Hummer as it was stopped in the parking lane. "I spit and he thought I spit on his car," is what the victim wrote. After that, he wrote,
"…he followed me and tried to run me into parked cars… I right turned and evaded him but he caught me on 24th and tried to run me over. I went back down to 23rd where there were people and he jumped out of his truck ran at me with a baseball bat and shoved me over and punched me in the face when I got up. What a fruit loop."
If you have information regarding this assault, please contact the Portland police at 503-823-3333. Also, tell the call-taker that the information is related to incident number PP0801211346. That will help the call-taker link your information to the original call.