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Fraud, forgeries suspect Milaudi Karboau accuses Dr. Virginia Anderson of racism, Mid-county Memo of lying

Dr. Anderson, neighbors scoff at accusation citing her longtime teaching experience in Parkrose School District

Sean P. Nelson
The MID-COUNTY MEMO

Fraud and forgery suspect Milaudi Karboau, now in custody after being arrested by East Precinct Special Crimes Team Officer Jim Lawrence, wrote a letter to the Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors (PHAN) accusing neighbor Dr. Virginia Anderson of racism.

Dr. Anderson earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Portland State University in 1990. Karboau is due to be released by the end of July, said Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors Chair Carol Williams.

The letter also accused this reporter of writing a story that was “misleading and full of lies” in a previous issue of the Memo. Williams said Karboau had even sent a copy to Portland Mayor Vera Katz.

We stand by our story.

Dr. Anderson, a Parkrose resident who lives at 10615 Northeast. Eugene Street, provided key information to police after she determined there was more going on than numerous cars being parked along the street.

Anderson and neighbors only asked police to become involved after mediation sessions with PHAN failed to reconcile the problem.

Eventually police determined Karboau was using identity theft techniques to purchase the cars and other property fraudulently, actions reported by The Mid-county Memo and broadcast by Newschannel 8. Now the jailed suspect is lashing out at Dr. Anderson, neighbors, and the Memo by calling her a racist and our story untrue. Dr. Anderson scoffed at the fact Karboau accused her of racism, citing her longtime experience with children of all races in the Parkrose School District. “Saying I’m a racist is really very funny. I have worked for the Parkrose School District for 30 years as Director of Student Services,” Dr. Anderson said.

In that capacity she was in charge of statewide assessment tests for grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, as well as any other tests given by the Parkrose School District or the Multnomah County Educational Service District. She was also responsible for reporting data about different ethnic groups so the District could receive annual Title 1 Grants. She told the Memo that her reputation as the result of such work speaks for itself. “Any administrator who worked with me at the time would laugh at the charge,” she said in reference to Karboau’s accusation of racism.

Anderson also asked us to go back further than the events of the last story to see that there was nothing malicious in a previous relationship between her and Karboau. She originally introduced herself to Mr. Karboau because she was glad to see that the yard was now being kept up at his house, located at 2222 Northeast 106th Avenue. The previous resident had allowed the yard to deteriorate. Across the street was the Church of Jesus Christ and Later Day Saints, latter used for mediation meetings about the cars being parked on the street by Karboau. “We wanted the cars moved by the police, but it was a civil matter, not a criminal matter,” Dr. Anderson said. Neighbors were not out to get Karboau in any way. “We were trying to respond to a neighborhood problem, not to be vigilantes. We wanted to avoid getting carried away by stretching the truth.” Now it’s a question of one person’s word against another. But Anderson said neighbors who are minorities will also back up her assertion she is not a racist. “It’s my reputation for veracity versus his,” Dr. Anderson said of Karboau. He apparently also wrote in his letter to the Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors that Dr. Anderson “once stated to us that she hated people of color.” She denies this. “It’s not very likely that I would make a comment about a person of color to his face,” Dr. Anderson said.

Karboau also wrote, “some fellow (police) officers have also harassed me and my family, including ticketing my vehicles and towing them for no apparent reason.” Dr. Anderson said ticketing and towing his vehicles under the circumstances “was certainly no surprise to Mr. Karboau before I was involved. By city ordinance, you must move these cars every so often, particularly cars that are not operative.” Some of Mr. Karboau’s cars had no engines, etc. so it should not have surprised him that they would be moved or ticketed. “It’s pretty clear the cars were interfering with other people’s rights,” Dr. Anderson said.

She again denied Karboau’s charge of racism. “I never said to him that I didn’t like people of color.

Far from being a malicious effort or out to get someone, Dr. Anderson said the events showed what neighbors could do when they work together with local agencies to solve a problem. “I’m proud of what our group did. We got wonderful cooperation from the Portland Police Bureau and the Mayor’s Office.”

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