Crime & Safety
Man Arrested as Guns, Cocaine Found in Portland Bar
Gang Enforcement Team officers did a check on a bar and came up with drugs, guns, and an arrest.
Portland Police officers from the bureau's Gang Enforcement Team were checking out reports of gang activity at Katie's Backyard Bar at 11307 Northeast Sandy Boulevard. As they pulled into the parking lot, several people ran into the bar.
Officers recognized several of the people in the bar as known gang members and associates.
Checking out the bar, the officers located and seized two loaded handguns and three separate baggies of cocaine with a total of about 2.5 ounces.
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They arrested 32-year-old Marcus Anthony Davis on charges of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Loaded Firearm, Manufacturing Cocaine, Delivery of Cocaine, and Possession of Cocaine.
Davis is also being held on a parole violation.
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