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Published 5:00 am Sunday, July 21, 2013

Affair emails — Multnomah County has released nearly 700 pages of emails exchanged between county board Chairman Jeff Cogen and the employee with whom he has acknowledged having a long-term affair. The documents released Friday in response to a public records request are generally about county business, though some include flirtations and smiley emoticons that reflect the closeness of the relationship. The emails reveal the pair making plans for lunch, and frequently complimenting each other. The 51-year-old Cogen has not been at work since Tuesday, when he confessed to the affair with 40-year-old Sonia Manhas, a Health Department manager who got a promotion last year. Cogen told reporters he did not use his influence to help Manhas get the better job. But Manhas listed Cogen as one of her two references, and the documents released Friday show that Manhas emailed the job posting to Cogen.

Cocktail party stabbing — A cocktail party at a Portland home ended when a man allegedly stabbed two people and fled on a bicycle. Police say the stabbings inflicted nonlife-threatening injuries to two men, ages 28 and 30. Police say the suspect “became upset” when the party ended early Saturday morning. They gave no motive for the stabbings. Officers and a police dog searched the area but were unable to find anyone matching the suspect’s description.

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100-year sentence — A Circuit Court judge in Portland has sentenced a 26-year-old pimp to 100 years in prison after jurors declared him a dangerous offender. The sentence imposed Friday by Judge Kelly Skye offers the possibility that Sirgiorgio Clardy might be released after 36 years. Jurors recently convicted Clardy of compelling prostitution, second-degree assault and first-degree robbery. They were told he beat an 18-year-old woman he forced to work as a prostitute so badly that she bled from her ears. Clardy has been convicted of 20 felonies.

— From wire reports

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