Police: Woman's friends stab her attacker twice
PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Police said a woman's friends intervened during an assault and stabbed an attacker twice Tuesday morning in Southeast Portland.
Officers responding to a report of a stabbing in the 7500 block of SE Ramona Street said they learned an adult male, identified as Robert James Thomas, 31, was involved in a "physical altercation" with his girlfriend just after 6 a.m.
When two friends of the woman tried to intervene, police said Thomas attacked them as well. One woman got a knife to defend herself and stabbed Thomas. "Then the other witness retrieved the knife and stabbed him again," police said in a press release.
Police did not identify the women but said they were cooperating with the investigation. Thomas was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police did not say if any of the women involved were injured.
Wednesday afternoon, police said Thomas had been released from the hospital and taken to the Multnomah County Jail on two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of harassment (domestic violence).
The case will be reviewed by the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office, police said.
 He'll be out soon. If I were her I'd invest in a gun, a permit and a bunch of training. Anyone worth stabbing is worth shooting.
I happen to know this pitiful excuse. Embarassed to say I wasted 2 years on him. It ended in me throwing him in jail for 3 weeks because he refused to follow the rules of the restraining order. I then find out hes had numerus prior restraining orders. He threatened to kill me in front of my son among a long list of horrific harrassment. It was a nightmare to say the least. He is a sick individual and should be locked up for good. That's Karma Bob!
"Roving packs of wild women, armed with knives should be outlawed!!"
--Robert James Thomas      ;-)
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Sounds like he got the point.
I think he should be "inside" for a while.
@Gwen Boucher, and hopefully become Big T's butty,, oops I mean buddy.
Just remember the man is not always the aggressor. And when the man does not fight back they (the woman) will finally get physically abusive. Then try to convince the cops he hit them. Seen it happen.Â
 @Yamhill354 read my comment above. This guy is a ticking time bomb. I know from experience.
 @Yamhill354 The other aspect of this is that Oregon has mandatory arrest laws which means that if the police are called, somebody is usually going to jail - and in practice the one going to jail is almost always the man (no matter who the aggressor was).  We'll have to see if the District Attorney's office feels if there is enough evidence to actually press charges.
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 @boned I have to ask? Where can Upstanding Citizens expect that kind of Street Justice?
 @boned When did police drive Nova's?  Are we talking about Chevy Nova's?  Scratching my head a bit.
 @Sundowner The Police have been driving Novas for years, still do in fact, in Mexico!
scum bag
Looks like a Cro-Magnon man.. probably spent his former life dragging women around his cave by their hair.
...With a thick wooden stick like in the ice age eras.
The guy is obviously male, but not a man, if he beats up women. I hope the hospital sends him a big bill!
He sure looks like a tough mudda-f'er, I wouldn't want to tangle with him, glad the womans friends were able to fend him off.
That'll learn him.
 @B Smizzle Unfortunately no, it won't.
 @B Smizzle took the words outa my mouth!
Good job stickn' it to the man. What a loser having to resort to violence. Glad the women didn't stand by helplessly.
Hopefully they aimed for the heart and missed......... about a foot and a half low!
Good on her friends for intervening.
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Dude looks like he's missing a chromosome.
Now taht is one way to "Stick it to a bad guy".. Good job to these women.
Is this his first offence, or was he a very bad choice for a boyfriend in the first place? These losers usually give a few clues along the way, but you do have to pay attention. Girls, don't even give a guy 1/2 a chance if they screw up, after the first time, dump'em.Â
 @last boyscout read my comment above.
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I am curious as to whether they stayed up all night until 6am or woke up before 6am to argue, etc?
 @portlandborn83 that does seem to be an interesting question!
Thank goodness for the attacked woman's friends who were there to save her! Yay for them!!
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Nice job, ladies. Next time, don't miss the jugular vein!
Now that's justice. Good job ladies!
There is no such thing as a Man who Beats a Woman! If he hits a female he is not a Man.
 @swede760 that sexist, equal opportunity for all.
 @swede760 kidding of course, no violence is okay
If you don't know the difference between being a man and being a loser, then you are probably an abuser.
Just a suggestion for Mr Thomas' girlfriend, you might want to consider ending that relationship. A man (and, I use that term loosely)  who would involve himself in a 'physical altercation' with a girlfriend is not likely to stop. Statistically speaking, he is more likely to escalate the behavior.Â
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Unfortunately for society in general, your friends weren't more proficent with their knives.Â
 @MarkKpic If they stopped him, they were proficient enough.Â
You go girls. One suggestion for next time. Don't stop till he quits moving.
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I have no toleration for men who beat women.
 @RalphCramden I don't justify abuse in any sense, but just being opposed to abuse doesn't mean you could kill someone who is beating you unless it is the result of self defense. If he (or even she nowadays) is walking away, you can't turn around and finish them off and claim self-defense, I learned that lesson in Thelma & Louise. I still bet that felt good for Louise though.
@RalphCramden AMEN!!
6 am is supposed to be quiet time. I have no idea how anyone could be in an altercating mood at such an early morning time.Â
 @Dirtman Some people work odd hours.
 @Dirtman Any good tweaker (based only on his address, not the story) knows that 6am is just about driveway-waxing time....he was still up from days before, waiting for first light of day.  My take is that he stopped alphabetizing his junk mail, caught the ladies in some leg-flailing, wasn't invited to join in and got p***y about it.  Stranger things have happened.Â
 @Sundowner  @Dirtman I agree that anyone up, and fighting, at 6am is probably tweaking....and more evidence would be fighting with 2 women at the same time. What are you, new? The whole story reeks of drug issues, as the whole crew was up at that time...in that neighborhood.
 @Dirtman I'm in that mood pretty much any time I have to wake up at 6 a.m. Anything before that... give me coffee or I'm taking hostages.
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 @Dirtman ~ Good point...  guess there are some people whose "brains" are locked in "fight mode" all the time... Â