Robber's racist comments lead to arrest
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man was arrested Friday in connection with the robbery of two people at knifepoint on a MAX train and a third robbery of a store.
Portland police said the man robbed two people on a westbound MAX train Friday afternoon and then got off at Southeast 122nd Avenue and East Burnside and robbed a convenience store at the intersection.
Authorities said the man then went into Don Pedro's restaurant and made some disparaging comments about Hispanics. Some of the restaurant patrons took offense and held the man until police arrived.
Stephen Darryl Pefley, 51, was charged with three counts of first-degree robbery, police said.
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