UPDATE #2: Two Suspects Charged for Carjacking (Photo)

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August 31, 2021 17:30

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Robbery Detectives booked Taysean J. Nash, 21, into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of Robbery in the First Degree, Robbery in the Second Degree, and Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. A passenger in the vehicle, Rhachelle H. Cotton, 25, was also booked into jail on charges of Robbery in the First Degree, Robbery in the Second Degree, and Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. The gun, believed to be the one used in the carjacking, was recovered from the car (photo). It was a BB gun that was virtually indistinguishable from a real firearm unless it was closely inspected.

Photos description:
1. Black and silver realistic looking BB handgun
2. Handgun with slide in the rear position
3. Handgun looking down the barrel
4. Handgun with magazine removed

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Officers from SERT took the suspect into custody at 11:42a.m. He was located hiding in a crawlspace under a house near Southeast 92nd Avenue and Southeast Alder Street. Detectives are continuing the investigation and his name will be released after he is booked. A handgun has also been seized as evidence.

The Community Emergency Notification is lifted and people are able to move freely in the neighborhood again. PPB is grateful to community members for their patience and understanding as officers searched for the suspect.

Portland's community notification system is called PublicAlerts. Visit www.publicalerts.org to sign up. PublicAlerts sends information by text, email, and voice message about how to stay safe during an emergency.

Photo Description: blue car is blocked in by a police vehicle

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An armed robbery suspect believed to be in a few blocks of the Montavilla Neighborhood has police surrounding the area and officers are conducting a careful search.

On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 7:22a.m., East Precinct Officers responded to a call of suspicious circumstances in a parking lot in the 9200 block of Southeast Stark Street. As they were enroute they learned that a victim of an armed carjacking was the caller and located their vehicle that had been taken at gunpoint earlier in the morning.

Officers located the vehicle and saw that it was leaving the parking lot. The officers tried to stop the vehicle but the driver started to drive away. Officers used their vehicles to surround and stop the car. The driver, who is believed to be the robbery suspect, got out and ran into the neighborhood. Officers set up a perimeter around the area. Because he was believed to be armed, the Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT), the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), K9 units, and the Air Support Unit responded. SERT is doing a slow, methodical block search looking for the suspect.

The perimeter is Southeast 92nd Avenue to I-205, Southeast Washington Street to Southeast Taylor Street. All traffic, including vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, is blocked on Southeast 92nd Avenue between Southeast Washington Street and Southeast Taylor Street. Southeast Washington Street is also blocked at Southeast 91st Avenue.

Residents in this neighborhood are asked to shelter in place, lock their doors and windows, and call 911 if they see anything suspicious in their yards. The Community Emergency Notification System (CENS) was activated to alert residents of the situation.

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