Crime & Safety
Gresham Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman on Her Way to Work
Police say that several people came forward to identify Orion Storm Mears.
A Gresham man is under arrest, charged with sexually assaulting a woman last week as she walked to work. Orion Scott Mears was arrested Tuesday morning on the 14500 block of Southeast Division in Portland.
Mears was also wanted for probation violation related to two 2015 cases involving burglary and unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon.
Gresham Police say that last week he approached a woman on the 2800 block of Southeast Powell Valley Road as she walked to work, forced her off the sidewalk and assaulted her.
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He's charged with rape, sodomy, kidnapping, and robbery.
Anyone who has information pertinent to this case is asked to call Detective Scott Hogan at 503.618.3141.
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