{"id":1469056,"date":"2022-05-09T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469056"},"modified":"2022-05-09T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:29:42","slug":"portland-reporter-arrested-for-arson-vandalism-at-synagogues-and-a-mosque-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-reporter-arrested-for-arson-vandalism-at-synagogues-and-a-mosque-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Reporter Arrested For Arson, Vandalism At Synagogues And A Mosque: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fportland-reporter-arrested-for-arson-vandalism-at-synagogues-and-a-mosque-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/reporter.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e1nzmkc90 css-1s0j25g\">\n<p>A reporter in Portland has been arrested in connection with arson and vandalism cases involving multiple houses of worship in the area, according to local law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p>Michael E. Bivins, 34, was booked Saturday into the Multnomah County Detention Center on three criminal mischief charges and one arson charge.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregonian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/crime\/2022\/05\/police-arrest-34-year-old-portland-man-accused-of-vandalizing-synagogues-setting-fire-to-mosque.html\">reported<\/a> that Bivins is accused of \u201cspraying an antisemitic death threat\u201d outside one of the synagogues where staff also found \u201cscorch marks from recent fires.\u201d He is also accused of returning to the same synagogue and spraying more graffiti and throwing a large rock through a window, along with breaking a window at a different synagogue and starting a fire at a mosque.<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Police Bureau highlighted the following details surrounding the alleged crimes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 30th, 2022 \u2013 Congregation Shir Tikvah 2420 NE Sandy Blvd \u2013 Broken Window. Charge: Criminal Mischief in the First Degree<\/li>\n<li>May 2nd, 2022 \u2013 Congregation Beth Israel 1972 NW Flanders \u2013 Graffiti on Synagogue. Charge: Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree<\/li>\n<li>May 3rd, 2022 \u2013 Muslim Community Center of Portland \u2013 Fire to occupied Mosque. Charge: Arson in the First Degree (Measure 11)<\/li>\n<li>May 4th, 2022 \u2013 Congregation Beth Israel 1972 NW Flanders \u2013 Large rock thrown through library window. Charge: Criminal Mischief in the First Degree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Portland reporter Mike Bivins has been arrested over vandalism attacks on synagogues &#038; attempted arson at a mosque. He&#8217;s been charged w\/multiple felonies. His last DM to me in 2020 was a message critical of me posting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> riot mugshots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/piHPr2AkUe\">https:\/\/t.co\/piHPr2AkUe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbihNL9p6B\">pic.twitter.com\/vbihNL9p6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1523087528634593282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Authorities said that Bivins was arrested after he visited a television news station, KPTV FOX 12, and demanded to speak to a reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Wednesday, Bivins came by the FOX 12 station asking to speak to a reporter,\u201d the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kptv.com\/2022\/05\/07\/suspect-crimes-portland-houses-worship-arrested\/\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cHe said he was the one vandalizing places of worship, gave names and locations of places he had been to and vandalized, and said he would not stop committing these crimes before stating he would come back to the station Friday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said that federal law enforcement officials had been notified and that additional charges may be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is certainly noteworthy that someone would contact a news station and want to discuss crimes they committed,\u201d Kevin Allen of Portland Police said. \u201cI\u2019m not sure what the motivation there was, but we are certainly grateful to you and KPTV for working with our investigators so we could get him arrested, get him into custody and find appropriate charges for him. It\u2019s important to note too that this is early in the investigation. I know the detective is continuing to work on what charges could be appropriate and we could be putting more charges forth going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter in Portland has been arrested in connection with arson and vandalism cases involving multiple houses of worship in the area, according to local law enforcement officials.Michael E. 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