Argay Park, Northeast 141st Avenue and Failing Street has seen a recent rash of graffiti. Thanks to the Portland Parks & Recreation Maintenance bureau, the recently defaced Argay Off-Leash Area sign was cleaned off.

Recently cleaned Argay Park's Off-Leash Area sign

However, the Argay Park sign was only cleaned off a little and the gang tag, “MVL” remains on a private property owner’s backyard fence next to the park’s side entrance. The tags are associated with the Sureños. Spanish for Southerners, Sureños originated in the barrios of Southern California. A group of Mexican American street gangs, there are hundreds of Sureño gangs in California— Oregon and Washington now also—each with its own street identity.

Yesterday, Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct stopped 45-year old Javier Javier-Carillo as he was walking eastbound on Southeast Stark Street near 153rd Avenue. During the contact, the officers obtained consent to search the Carillo’s bag and found nearly six pounds of methamphetamine.

Six pounds of methamphetamine was seized from a Stark Street pedestrian yesterday.

Javier-Carillo, of Pasco, Washington, was arrested and charged with Delivery of Methamphetamine and Possession of Methamphetamine and booked into the Multnomah County Jail.

Javier Javier-Carillo booking photo.

The Portland Police Bureau Drugs and Vice Division responded and assisted East Precinct with the investigation. Estimated street value of the seized methamphetamine is $268,000.

Portland Police Homicide Detectives identified last night’s shooting victim as 19-year-old Vinesh Ram Prasad of North Portland.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy this morning and determined that Prasad died of a gunshot would to the chest.

Detectives need to hear from anyone with information about the shooting or about Prasad’s activities in the 48 hours prior to his death.

Detectives believe Prasad’s death may be gang-related and are working with the Gang Enforcement Team to follow-up any leads.

This is Portland’s 16th homicide in 2011 and 6th suspected gang-related homicide.

Near midnight last night, North Precinct police officers responded to a call of an injured 19-year-old male on Northeast Sandy Boulevard at 119th Avenue.

When police arrived, they found a man in the street believed to have been shot.  Medical personnel were called to the scene to treat the man, but shortly after their arrival, the man was pronounced dead.

On scene officers called for Homicide Detectives. The Forensic Evidence Division was also called to process the crime scene.  The Gang Enforcement Team was also on scene and assisting with the investigation.

No additional details are available at this time.

The three suspects apprehended after robbing Rounders Cafe, 11416 N.E. Halsey St. — 34-year-old Anthony Davonne Williams (also known as Antonio Denon Carter), 35-year-old Mckeever Watkins Thompson Jr., and 42-year-old Marc Edward Morrison — are not regarded as suspects by the police in the hold-up July 19 of a bar two doors down, Don’s Dugout, 11642 N.E. Halsey St. according to Detective Derek Posey.

“From what I know, it looks like the two are unrelated,” Posey said. “The Detective working that case (Don’s Dugout) hopes to make an arrest soon, but the two aren’t related.”

After a 12-hour search that began around 1 a.m. this morning, four men suspected of robbing Rounders Cafe, 11416 N.E. Halsey St. in Gateway were apprehended by police; one, 34-year-old Antonio Denon Carter of Northeast Portland (also known as Anthony Williams), was found hiding on the roof of a nearby house.

When officers from East Precinct arrived, suspects were fleeing from the scene on foot southward into the neighborhood. Police set up a perimeter from Northeast Halsey to Glisan Streets, from 112th to 118th Avenues. Patrol officers from East Precinct stopped a vehicle leaving the area and arrested the driver, 35-year-old Mckeever Watkins Thompson Jr. of Northeast Portland, as one of the robbery suspects.

Early this morning, police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to Rounder’s Café, a lottery deli, at 11416 Northeast Halsey Street on a report of an armed robbery in progress.

Arriving officers observed three suspects fleeing the area on foot. Two African American males and one white male; all three were last seen wearing dark clothing.

Officers immediately established a perimeter.  The perimeter boundaries were Northeast 112th Avenue to 118th Avenue, Halsey Street to Glisan Street.

Once the perimeter was established officers activated the Special Emergency Reaction Team.  S.E.R.T. is called when suspects in violent felonies like armed robbery occur.  SERT has the additional training and tools available to them to resolved dangerous situations like this one.

Last night, around 9 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to a burglary in progress call on the 118th and Southeast Yamhill Street where a strange man in his 40s walked into a house with a rock.  The suspect entered the residence and tried to grab a girl, pushed another person in the residence and then walked out.

Arriving in the area, officers observed a man matching the description standing in the middle of the street at Southeast 117th Avenue and Yamhill Street with his left arm around a young boy’s neck in a choke-hold with a large rock in his other hand.  The suspect was threatening to kill the boy.

Last night, around 10 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to the report of shots fired in the area of the Southeast 135th Avenue and Sherman Street. Officers arrived in the area and found a man shot. Medical personnel responded and transported the victim to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The shooting is now a homicide.  Portland Police Homicide Detectives indicated the male adult shot tonight is deceased as a result of his wounds. The investigation is continuing and no additional details will be released at this time.

Last night, just past midnight, Portland Police officers assigned to North Precinct responded to reports of a man shot at Northeast 82nd Avenue and Thompson Street.

The first officer on the scene found a man who had died as a result of a gunshot wound. A second man was also shot and was transported to an area hospital and it is believed that he will recover from non-life threatening injuries.

Officers preserved the crime scene and notified homicide Detectives to respond. Homicide Detectives arrived and began their investigation; the investigation is continuing.