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Trafficking of stolen cars lands Portland man in prison for more than six years
Trafficking of stolen cars lands Portland man in prison for more than six years
Trafficking of stolen cars lands Portland man in prison for more than six years

Published on: 04/19/2024

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Noble Jean Napoleon, 79, told Joseph A. Beard, the 51-year-old man who stole her white Cadillac, that she hopes he learned a lesson just before he was sentenced to six months and three months in prison. Maxine Bernstein |StaffFlavio Leija, appearing by video, displayed photos of what had been his shiny, newly-painted red Chevrolet pickup truck, which he bought in 2002 and had let his daughter drive. He had put custom wheels on it, upgraded the sound system and maintained it in very good condition. “This truck had very, very sentimental value to a family, and we don’t have it any more,” Leija said. He spoke by video at Joseph Beard's sentencing in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Fri., April 19, 2024. Maxine Bernstein | StaffFlavio Leija's shiny red-painted Chevrolet pickup truck was stolen from Vancouver in September 2022. It was found less than a month later in Northeast Portland, spray painted blue.Joseph A. Beard had a suspended driver's license, no tow license and no license plate on his makeshift black tow truck when he was caught hauling Noble Napolean's white Cadillac along Northeast 57th Avenue last December. His defense lawyer Ruben Medina said Beard's addiction to methamphetamine wasFlavio Leija, appearing by video, also displayed a photo of the interior of his 2002 Chevrolet pickup when found in Portland, spraypainted blue. Its stereo was removed and ignition was busted, he said. Joseph Beard, who was found with the stolen truck, looks up at the photo at his sentencing in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Fri., April 19, 2024. Maxine Bernstein | Staff“I would like Mr. Beard to understand his actions affect other families,” Flavio Leija said at Joseph Beard's sentencing.Flavio Leija, who had put custom wheels on his red Chevrolet pickup truck, shows a photo of the damage to a wheel once it was found stolen in Northeast Portland. Joseph Beard, who was found with the stolen pickup, looks up at the photo during his sentencing.Joseph Beard turns to look up at the photo Flavio Leija, showed of the damage to the rear of his Chevrolet pickup truck that was stolen from Vancouver in September 2022. Maxine Bernstein | StaffNoble Jean Napoleon, 79, said she was angered that she had to chase after Joseph Beard's tow truck and threaten him in order to get him to return her white Cadillac that she spotted hooked up to the back of his truck. Maxine Bernstein |Staff

Joseph Beard, a career offender who has racked up 20 felony convictions and 25 misdemeanor convictions over the past three decades, was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for trafficking in stolen cars and other related crimes.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/04/trafficking-of-stolen-cars-lands-portland-man-in-prison-for-more-than-six-years.html

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