Police: Two men argued over can recycling machine before one stabbed the other
by KATU News
Wednesday, April 25th 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police arrested a suspect accused of stabbing a man in Southeast Portland Wednesday morning.
Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 600 block of Southeast Grand Avenue at 8:15 a.m.
When they arrived, they found a man in his 50s suffering from a non-life-threatening stab wound. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance for treatment.
Officers detained one suspect in the investigation.
Investigators say they two men were arguing over using the can recycling machine outside the Jackson’s Shell Gas Station before one man stabbed the other.
A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:19 pm
by RayThom
Humanity on the brink.
I suspect alcohol may have been involved.
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:28 am
by rubato
In Portland they have banks of machines which accept and count aluminum cans and glass bottles and then print a chit which you can redeem for cash in an adjacent store. There are often groups of drunks redeeming recycling they have harvested from residential recycling containers. I'm guessing a business dispute while wearing beer glasses.
Yrs,
Rubato
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:45 pm
by Lord Jim
Thanks for that context, rube...
I could not figure out what would cause two people to have such a heated exchange over a recycling bin...("What are you doing you fool? You can't put a broken iPad in the recycling bin!")
It makes a lot more sense as a fight between two vagrants over money...
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:06 pm
by Long Run
When the return value for most beverage cans and bottles went from 5 to 10 cents, grocery workers wryly noted that collectors had their wages double overnight.
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:15 am
by Jarlaxle
You in Michigan, then?
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:49 am
by Crackpot
Michigan has been at 10 cents as long as I can remember. I believe LR is in Oregon
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 3:33 am
by Bicycle Bill
It's still only a nickel in Iowa. Maybe I should save my bottles and cans until I've got I've got a U-Haul full and then drive up to da Yoo Pee. -"BB"-
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:01 pm
by Long Run
Bicycle Bill wrote:It's still only a nickel in Iowa. Maybe I should save my bottles and cans until I've got I've got a U-Haul full and then drive up to da Yoo Pee. -"BB"-
Re: A town that really cares about recycling
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:38 pm
by BoSoxGal
It's illegal and can result in large fines and jail time:
