Masked gunmen tie up Oregon City kids, steal pot

A father of three says three men held him at gunpoint and stole his medical marjuana

The Oregon City News, Oct 29, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (3 Reader comments)

OREGON CITY — Three masked men, one of them armed, ransacked a home on Hughes Street Wednesday, tying up three children and stealing one-and-a-half pounds of medical marijuana.

The marijuana grower, a father of three who lives on the 1100 block of Hughes Street, told police that someone knocked on his door around 8:30 a.m., and said that his girlfriend had just sideswiped the victim’s car. When the father answered the door, three men burst in and tied up the children, a 12-year-old girl and twin two-year-old boys, and locked them in the closet. They ransacked the home and demanded money, and at one point, police said the 12-year-old could see one of the masked men holding a gun to her father’s head while he was on the floor.

The victim said it took almost an hour to get the children free after they were tied. He told police this was the first marijuana grow he harvested.

Police described the suspects as three black men in their 20s. One of the men was described as a light-skinned black male.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oregon City Police Department at 503-655-8211.

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