Eastmoreland mugging suspect arrested
Published 12:00 am Friday, March 31, 2017
- It was on this sidewalk - across from the Eastmoreland Golf Course Clubhouse - where the mugger grabbed and tried to kidnap a woman last June. Arrested on March 16 of this year was 27-year-old David Abraham Marcus (inset), on two felony charges, in connection with the incident.
Last summer, when a man tried to abduct a woman near Eastmoreland Golf Course as she walked home from a visit to the Westmoreland QFC Market on S.E. Milwaukie Avenue, the incident left neighbors on edge. It was reported on page one of the July 2016 BEE: “Attempted kidnap in Eastmoreland foiled by victim’s screams”.
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Although the investigation started on June 22, 2016, at 12:20 a.m., when Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers responded to the attempted abduction at S.E. 27th Avenue and Bybee Boulevard, the case went cold.
The victim told police that she was walking eastbound on Bybee Boulevard and was approaching 27th Avenue when she was grabbed in a bear hug and a man started pulling her towards the Eastmoreland Golf Course parking lot where there was a vehicle with the door open — and with rope and duct tape clearly visible inside.
She fought off the mugger, screamed, and ran to a nearby house.
“Detectives conducted an extensive investigation, but did not immediately develop any leads until this week,” said PPB Public Information Officer Sgt. Pete Simpson in mid-March. “On Thursday, March 16, Homicide detectives arrested 27-year-old David Abraham Marcus in connection with this case.”
Marcus was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) on March 17, at 1:09 a.m. on charges of Kidnap in the First Degree, and Attempted Rape in the First Degree. He remains in custody, in lieu of $270,000 combined bail.
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