Police arrest suspect in violent Gorge assault

Police arrest suspect in violent Gorge assault

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Story Published: May 13, 2008 at 7:14 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 6:45 PM PST

By Associated Press

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HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Hood River authorities say a 33-year-old Carson, Washington man has been arrested for a violent robbery in the Columbia Gorge.
     
And investigators have named him a person of interest in a rash of similar crimes.
     
On Monday, Rigaberto Maldonado was arraigned on robbery and sodomy charges for an attack in the Cascade Locks area on April 18.
     
Deputies say a couple was sitting in their car when they were approached by a man wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun.
     
The couple told police the man took their credit cards, cell phones and laptop computer - and the woman was sexually assaulted.
     
Hood River County deputies took Maldonado into custody on April 24.
     
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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