FBI Offers $5,000 Reward in Clinic Arson
The FBI’s
Portland Division is offering a reward of up to $5,000
for information leading to the identification, arrest
and conviction of the person or people responsible
for the arson fire that destroyed a Lebanon, Oregon,
medical clinic. The fire was started late in the evening
of September 9, 2008, or early in the morning of September
10, 2008. The clinic, the Pregnancy Alternatives Center,
is located at 135 W. Vine Street in Lebanon. The FBI
is investigating this case jointly with the Lebanon
Police Department
Investigators
do not know the motive behind the fire. They are looking
at all possibilities, including whether the arsonist(s)
set the fire because they falsely believed the clinic
provides abortion services; or because they knew
the clinic counsels against abortions; or some other
as yet undetermined reason. The FBI has concurrent
jurisdiction to investigate this case with the local
authorities under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances
(FACE) Act.
Anyone with
information is asked to call the FBI in Eugene at (541)
343-5222 during normal business hours; the FBI in Portland
at (503) 224-4181 twenty-four hours a day; or the Lebanon
Police Department at (541) 258-4319.
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