(Update) - Suspects Cut Through Fence, Damage Police Vehicles in North Portland

April 13, 2021 11:30

This release is updated with photos of damage described earlier.

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On April 12, 2021, at about 9:44 p.m., a passerby heard sounds of breaking glass near the 7200 block of North Philadelphia Avenue near the historic building that houses Portland Police Bureau traffic offices.

Responding officers arrived to find that suspects cut through a chain link fence to access a parking lot, then broke out windows, slashed tires, and broke windows of several police vehicles. The suspects fled prior to police arrival.

This occurred while others destroyed property across town at the Penumbra Kelly building in northeast Portland.

If anyone has information about this case, please reference case 21-98404 and e-mail crimetips@portlandoregon.gov .

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