SE Portland residents wake to slashed tires; two sought
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police are looking for two people after a number of vehicles had their tires slashed Tuesday morning in Southeast Portland.
Portland Police said they investigated a call at about 5 a.m. near SE 30th Avenue and SE Franklin Street and discovered 14 vehicles with slashed tires.
"First thing when I came out I thought I just had a left rear tire that was kinda flat and the car seemed a bit lower," said Ken Reinking.
Tim Rasmussen also noticed that something wasn't quite right.
"Every car on the block I think, except for one," he said. "Eight plus car all slashed, at least two tires."
Carol Dumond said she got the worst of it.
"I'm very proud there's a vehicle here that only had two tires slashed and another that only had three, but they got all four of mine," said Dumond.
An officer speaking with a person who called dispatchers said the witness saw two people walking quickly away from the scene.
The two people were described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and wearing dark clothing. Police said it was not clear if the two were suspects but "they were in the area at the time of the crimes."
Police left cards with the vehicles that had slashed tires and ask anyone who had their tires slashed to file a report online by visiting www.portlandpolice.com.
"The worst thing about it is a lot of people in my neighborhood can't afford to have these tires replaced," said Renking, who had an idea for an appropriate punishment for the vandals responsible.
"They need to go to work for a tire shop and repair a whole bunch of tires for people and maybe do some community service."
My tires were slashed and 5 windows broken at 29th and powell (very close to these incidents) on Sunday at 10AM (no other cars). We have no enemies we could think of that could do this. Insurance is totaling our car and we wont nearly what its worth due to scratches! I wonder if we're related? But a witness said it was a single male with his face covered. I almost hope it was a practice run and no one is coming after us...
Ban knives immediately.
Demand a law requiring slash-proof tires in the city.
An additional $20 on your auto license renewal for enforcement.
Where's the closest tire shop? Maybe sales are slow.
Wonder if these two punks are related to the tire slashing sprees in Lake Oswego.
 @Liberty4_WA Likely related only by their disregard for personal property and the feelings of others... :-/
"Police are looking for two people after a number of vehicles had their tires Tuesday morning..."
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Vehicles - having two people's tires? Or was it - vehicles having their own tires?
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Yup! I thought there were two tires missing after reading the headline!
"The two people were described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and wearing dark clothing."
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OMG, I think I've seen those guys!
You too?
"Police left cards with the vehicles that had slashed tires and ask anyone who had their tires slashed to file a report online by visiting www.portlandpolice.com."
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Don't call us, we'll call you. Sounds like when my car was broken into. Still waiting for that call back.
I wonder if police are looking at this being a repeat spree from the CrybabyTireSlasher guy from November....http://pdxmugshots.com/mug/robert-allen-bradford . Â
 @WebFootSTi @Sundowner I wonder what ever happend to that little rectal wart?
 @Billy Batts  @WebFootSTi BooHoo Bob?  Gotta admit he's got a fun mug shot!
 @ThePosterFormerlyKnownAsPhredE Are you familiar with the pic/perp?  He's the guy who was arrested for slashing....big baby didn't like his little predicament when mug shot time rolled around.
 @Sundowner  @Billy Batts  @WebFootSTi I'm getting all worked up over that mug! ..NOT. (but getting a good laugh just the same).
I hate vandals. The victims never get compensated and it's difficult to find those responsible. I hope someone saw something than can lead to the arrest of those responsible.
@DeaconBugg "saw something than can lead to the arrest"
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If your not the writer of this article I know where you could get a job !
 @sargerator  @DeaconBugg Are you sure YOU'RE not the writer of the aforementioned article?
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Try not to criticize other people while making mistakes at the same time. How does it feel?
 @sargerator Thank you for the critical reply.
A couple of kids from good homes taking a break from college planning and getting fresh air? Doubtful. It's probable, but not certain, that it's good old trash. I lived near Compton, CA, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the U.S. However, I felt safer there because the trash stayed within their boundaries. In Portland, it just mixes-in with everyone else. We trade the danger of hard core gang activity for riff-raff.Â
Its not the knife that did this but the people who used the knife!Â
Dear KATU. Spelling and Grammar, please.
Just who is it that hates cars? The "no blood for oil" crowd, the earth first crowd, the Critical Mass crowd, and most other anti social fringe groups. Not much money will be spent on this investigation. Drop a few roofing nails on a bike path or let a few bicycle tires be cut, and cost will be of no importance to the city that hates automobiles.
@last boyscout I am leaning towards an ajenda behind this, too. No other damage was done the any of the vehicles, just two tires each. There was thought put into this act. Example; 1 tire slashed could be changed easily with minimum disturbance to the daily activities of the vehicle, 2 tires slashed totally immobilizes the vehicle, requiring assistance to remedey. This will end up taking the vehicle out of action for 3 or more hours.
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General vandals acting with malice intent only would have gouged the paint on the cars also, stole items from around the vehicles, broke windows, graffit and other such acts. This was a specifically targeted action. Even the crybaby slasher did more than just slash the tires!
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Well, I didn't proof read my comment..... I'll have to do that next time so I don't get any corrective comments. "No other damage was done TO any of the vehicles" is what I meant to type.
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Also a vandal doing this much damage in one night would have slashed all the tires on the cars. This happened a year ago in my neighborhood. That vandal has been removed from the hood!
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This is likely kids (and by kids i also include adults who never learned any responsibility) with too much time and not enough discipline.
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I doubt it has any sense of purpose other than destruction.
 @Repoman I'd wager the same "vandals" would not: slash bicycle tires or break skateboards.
 @Repoman No problem, it's appreciated. Obviously, I wasn't in the top 10% of my classes.
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I disagree. I bet had there been bicycles easily accessible (and not easily stolen because then THAT would have happened), those tires would have been damaged also.
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By definition, any act of vandalism will have a root cause in the suggestions you mention.
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What you are asking for is the âproximate" cause. That cause which closely correlated in time/space with the event.
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ALL vandals are anti-social and we know the root causes of that. But not all vandals are politically motivated, those that are the proximate cause and not the root.
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Now the cause I think you care about is the âultimate causeâ.
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Sorry man, had to get all bulleten board troll on you.
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 @Gravity Works! Anyone could point out the obvious. The slashers are likely trouble makers, low achievers, been raised poorly, low self esteem, poor grades, didn't finish school in the top 10%, etc...etc...so to point out anything other than the obligatory obvious is somehow just making waves? It isn't. If one chooses to deny any other connections or possible ulterior motives to criminal acts, you will never learn the root cause of the vandalism.
 @last boyscout Oh, get real!  I know what waves you enjoy making, but this time I feel that you're wrong.  These rats would do the same to **anything** they wanted to, provided it wasn't already "their" property, or something easily snatched and valuable or something which gives pleasure to the rat from owning or using.
"number of vehicles had their tires Tuesday morning"
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KATU....Stop offshoring your writers
@sargerator Yeah, it does tend to distroy credibility when there are that many errors. I make quite a few but I am not a journalist and my hands do not function in a normal manner. I also forget to proof read my comments before I post them..... (which happens to be the main reason for my mistakes)
 @sargerator Even I have to agree with this one Sarge.. I kept thinking what the heck, did they have a 5 year old write this?
 @sargerator I normally look past the errors. But this one is really bad.
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