Case involving Portland man’s missing tattoos in police altered mugshot reaches plea deal
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
Posted Apr 14, 2021
Portland police altered the mugshot photo of a bank robbery suspect - painting over all his tattoos - before showing them to tellers for identification, but never documented the changes in their reports. Allen s lawyer unsuccessfully urged a federal judge to throw out the witness identifications.Court exhibit
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A 52-year-old Portland man whose manipulated mugshot was used to help build a criminal case against him has pleaded guilty to four bank and credit union heists but likely will avoid federal prison under a plea deal that calls for time-served.
SALEM, Ore.
A federal judge on Tuesday granted the lawyer for a man charged with helping the Islamic State group maintain an online presence almost a year to prepare for a complicated trial involving classified information.
Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, whose trial had been scheduled to begin Tuesday in Portland, allegedly produced and disseminated Islamic State propaganda and recruiting material through social media platforms. Working from a Portland suburb, Mothafar also distributed online articles that described how to kill and maim with a knife and that encouraged attacks, the indictment says.
Mothafar has pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support to a designated terrorist organization and conspiring to provide that support.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) A man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland, Oregon, suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence that encouraged attacks and sought recruits, federal agents and prosecutors said.
Hawazen Sameer Mothafar, who was arrested in November and whose trial is scheduled to begin in January, produced and disseminated propaganda and recruiting material through social media platforms, according to a grand jury indictment.
Mothafar pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support to a designated terrorist organization and conspiring to provide that support. Mark Ahlemeyer, his federal public defender, declined to comment.
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, multiple security details are seen outside of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore. A Portland area man accused by federal authorities of helping Islamic State extremists maintain a digital caliphate online is scheduled to go on trial in Jan. 2021. Hawazen Sameer Mothafar has pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support to a designated terrorist organization and conspiring to provide that support. (Kristyna Wentz-Graff/The Oregonian via AP, File) December 22, 2020 - 4:48 PM
SALEM, Ore. - A man supported the Islamic State group for years from a Portland, Oregon, suburb by helping the extremists maintain an online presence that encouraged attacks and sought recruits, federal agents and prosecutors said.