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Follow-up
A ROGUE by Any Other Name...
Since being named Rogues of the Week 18 months ago, Susanne and Douglas Bohanan have left behind a trail of misdeeds that makes Carmen Sandiego look like a homebody. The Bohanans made our dishonor roll after organizing a benefit concert for Doernbecher Children's Hospital that mysteriously failed to produce any proceeds. They also persuaded three Portland residents to invest some $70,000 in a future benefit that never materialized (Rogue of the Week, WW, Sept. 25, 1996). Last July both Bohanans were indicted by a Multnomah County grand jury on three counts of grand theft. The couple had their names in ink again last month, appearing in the March 19 "Crime Stoppers" column of The Oregonian. Jim Lucas, one of the three investors bilked by the Bohanans, hopes the publicity brings some fresh leads. Lucas, who has hired a private detective to track them down, says the Bohanans have been everywhere from Costa Rica to La Jolla, Calif. He's not the only one looking. Douglas Bohanan is being sought by the state of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services for failing to pay $16,000 in child support to an ex-wife. In addition, there's a warrant out for Susanne Bohanan's arrest. Last July, police say, she allegedly wrote a $2,500 check to Hazeldel Motors as a down payment on an '87 Thunderbird. Ron Walker of Hazeldel Motors says the check bounced and the $4,500 car disappeared. Strangely, the bad publicity seems to be a source of pride for the couple. The Bohanans have been said to keep a highlighted copy of the 1996 WW article on hand and brag about it, showing it to friends. The Portland Police Bureau is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to their capture. --Paul Albert
What I did on my spring vacation "Johnny" not only bombed his math test at Gregory Heights Middle School, he also bombed the building. Well, actually, police don't know yet if it was Johnny or Susie or Joey or Kathy. What they do know is that someone, probably a youngster, lit an explosive device near a side door of the Northeast Portland school on March 29. Portland Police Bureau spokesman Lt. Cliff Madison describes the device as an old anti-personnel ordnance that was made into a bomb of sorts. Madison says it exploded that Sunday night, causing as much as a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to the door. An explosion at a school is rare, but Madison says the timing--the day before students were scheduled to return to school from spring break--was somewhat predictable. "People don't want to go to school the next day," he explained. If that was the plan, it didn't work. School was back in session, as scheduled, on March 30. School officials declined to comment about the incident. --Maureen O'Hagan |
