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Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 8, 2015

Slasher verdict — A bicycle thief who partially disemboweled a Portland man has been found guilty on multiple charges. A Multnomah County Circuit Court jury Friday convicted Andrey Khukhryanskiy on 10 counts, including robbery and first-degree assault for slashing open the other man’s abdomen, causing his intestines to spill out. The jury found Khukhryanskiy not guilty of attempted murder. Khukhryanskiy was stealing a bike in June 2014 when the victim, Robert Farris, confronted him. Khukhryanskiy’s attorney said his client was acting in self-defense when he cut Farris. But prosecutors said Khukhryanskiy was on a drug-fueled rampage. The verdict also included guilty findings for a carjacking, the theft of a pickup truck and beating of its owner, and a scuffle with police.

OSHA fines — The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division issued fines for two incidents in which workers were killed on highway projects in Eastern Oregon. OSHA cited Diversified Concrete Cutting Inc. of Salem $840 for not ensuring safe work conditions, which led to the death of 64-year-old Glen Warren McCoy, of Sparks, Nevada. The company was installing rumble strips at the paving project on Interstate 84 west of Boardman when McCoy was run over by a pickup towing equipment operated by another employee. Oregon OSHA also fined the Oregon Department of Transportation $3,500 over the death of another worker, 54-year-old Donald Kendall, of Pendleton. He was part of a maintenance crew paving Highway 320 when a dump truck backed up and ran over him.

Mistaken arrest — A Forest Grove man is suing the city of Hillsboro and six police officers for $4 million after he was mistakenly arrested for a string of Hillsboro and Beaverton pharmacy robberies last year. Adam M. Horstman alleges civil rights violations, false arrest and malicious prosecution in a lawsuit filed earlier this week. The 28-year-old Horstman was accused of stealing oxycodone and Ambien from pharmacies at a Rite Aid store and two Albertsons in Hillsboro and another Albertsons in Beaverton in May and June. Police arrested him on July 4 after a pharmacy manager identified Horstman as a suspect. Horstman was jailed until July 9, when the Washington County District Attorney’s Office dropped charges against him. Investigators later linked fingerprints found on a note used during one of the robberies to another man.

Sewage overflow — Portland maintenance officials said about 5,600 gallons of sewage overflowed from a manhole and soaked into the ground at a Portland school. The sewage release happened on Saturday at Bridlemile School due to a blocked sewer pipe. Crews found the sewage flowing from a manhole on the school grounds at about 1:30 p.m. and stopped it an hour later. Crews applied lime to the area where the sewage soaked into the ground to kill bacteria. They also placed warning signs at the site as a precaution.

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