Jewelry thieves hold homeowner at gunpoint in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two men armed with a handgun held a homeowner at gunpoint as they ransacked his house in Southeast Portland on Thursday afternoon.
The armed robbery happened around 1:45 p.m. at a house near SE 72nd Avenue and Burnside. Two men, one of whom had the handgun, approached Jerry Dunken as he worked in his garage, according to Sgt. Pete Simpson.
Dunken told police the suspects demanded jewelry. The armed suspect stayed with Dunken as the second suspect went upstairs and rummaged through the house, police said.
“I couldn’t decide if he was aiming at head or chest or what, but he just stayed there with it and as asking stuff and asking the other guy if he was through,” Dunken said. “He said ‘don’t touch anything or I’ll shoot you.’”
The suspects found some jewelry in the house then walked away into the neighborhood, Simpson said. Dunken was not injured.
Several officers and a police dog searched the area but did not find the suspects. Dunken said someone found his smashed cell phone in the street nearby.
Police offered the following descriptions of the men:
- Suspect 1: A Hispanic man in his 30s with a stocky build. He was wearing dark clothes and was armed with a handgun.
- Suspect 2: A tall, white man with a pockmarked face. He was wearing a red sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about the case should call investigators at (503) 823-0405.
KATU reporter Erica Nochlin contributed to this report
This sounds like another case of insider information to specifically ask for jewelry. Or, he's lying and this is a case of insurance fraud...
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Brilliant!
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@Dr. Rawdog Some men pull it off nicely.  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7FEF1RL_nks/TZ7pNkkpm4I/AAAAAAAAoII/OFDZYLE1o24/s1600/liberace+with+rings.jpg
Both my Rottweilers are girls, so they might object to someone stealing jewelry.
Society allows this to happen by not punishing the criminals. Armed robbery? Threatening, possibly killing, another human over something so small and worthless? That should result in torture and execution, not a short stay in 3 meals a day warm roof and healthcare "prison". Punishment needs to be punishing.
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@feral And of course criminals always follow the law correct? It is actually illegal to use a gun in the commission of a crime, so these Felons were committing multiple felonies all at the same time. So if guns were illegal which you liberal morons seem to think will cure all the crime problems all we would have is one more thing to charge these felons with.  Making guns illegal will do nothing but disarm the LAW ABIDING citizen and create more victims for criminals to prey on. Why do I carry a gun? Because a cop is to heavy.
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@Dr. Rawdog @Jeremy @feral Something tells me you're going to be waiting a while for a response. Â
@feral Robbery should be illegal. Am I right, or am I right?
@feral if they came to my house two people would have lost their lives.  nobody would miss them though.  You sir need to grow a pair.
common
Same here, if I were the intended victim my dogs or my handguns would put an end to two lives and mine nor my dogs would not be one of them.
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@feral @Common Sence When you only have seconds, the police are minutes away.  Also... keep in mind, a firearm is a great equalizer.  Where one person may be able to easily overpower you, the firearm makes you equal to his strength and gives you the opportunity to not let him have is way with you.  A firearm allows a 90 lb. woman to equally deal with a 250 lb. criminal who has spent years pumping iron in prison. Trusting your life to the mercy of criminals is not always going to end well for you.  But, it is your choice.  Please let the rest of us make our own choices.  I choose to protect myself and not rely on serendipity to keep my alive.Â
@feral@Common SenceSo you're a typical Portland male?
@feral @Common Sence yeah your right the reason for the police is it's their job to notify your next of kin when you didn't properly arm and train yourself.  almost never are the police "in time" to save your life or prevent a crime.
@feral @Common Sence It should be out of bullets by the time they take it from you.
@feral @Common Sence so because your a woman that means you aren't entitled to properly defend yourself from a would be attacker?
Ok,.... we have a Dunken,....do I have a donut!
@danoseknows I want a donut!
Those are quite some descriptions. And, what kind of jewelry would you expect to find around 72nd and Burnside? I wouldn't even anticipate finding anything better than costume jewelry worn by street walkers.
@pdxd 72nd and Burnside is quite a bit closer to mt Tabor than 82nd and Burnside. There are some pretty nice homes in that area. If you head a little further in, of course, you hit the mansions that are part of the Laurelhurst neighborhood.
It's one of those neighborhoods that is nice enough and even has some very expensive homes, but if you head 10 blocks up the road it's trashville.