Oregon, My Oregon

Cameron Storer, a/k/a, “Nicolette Fait”

Portland gives Stacy McCain an opportunity for one of his patented Crazy People Are Dangerous posts:

Historic Church Burned by Right-Wing White Supremacist — just imagine the 24/7 coverage on CNN and MSNBC if that were the headline about the arsonist responsible for this crime. But that’s not the headline, and the media are ignoring it, because it’s a transgender nutjob:

An arson attack that destroyed a 117-year-old church in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week has become a symbol of disorder in the city.

Cameron David Storer, a trans woman also known as “Nicolette Fait,” was arrested following an investigation by the Portland Fire & Rescue Fire Investigations Unit. The 27-year-old is charged with two counts of first-degree arson, one count of second-degree arson, and two counts of second-degree burglary — all felonies.

According to prosecutors, Storer walked into the Multnomah County Detention Center and confessed to setting the church on fire using a lighter.

“Storer stated that they heard voices in their head saying they would ‘mutilate’ Storer if they did not burn the church down and that they had planned it up to one day in advance,” said the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in a press release. Storer allegedly told investigators she was taking oxycodone and had a history of mental illness.
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Storer’s last address is in Rhode Island, where the landlord has an open eviction case against her.

Koryn Kraemer

And I find it hard to believe he missed the chance on this one from  John Sexton at Haut Hare, Only in Portland: Man chews off another man's face believing he was a killer robot

Florida man gets all of the attention but I’m pretty sure Portland is running a close second when it comes to news about people doing very strange things. Early Wednesday morning police responded to a call for assistance at a nearby MAX train station in Gresham, which is just east of Portland. They were told their had been a possible stabbing but that’s not at all what they found.

When they arrived, police found the suspect still attacking the victim.

In 911 dispatch audio from early Tuesday morning, a responder can be heard saying: “Half of this guy’s face appears to be chewed off.”…

The suspect gave police the fake name “El Baker” but they used fingerprints to identify him as 25-year-old Koryn Kraemer, a recent transplant from Georgia. KATU has more:

Officers arrived to find Kraemer still on top of the victim, identified as a 78-year-old man from Hillsboro, “gnawing on the side of [his] face.”

He reportedly didn’t respond to police orders to stop. He was taken into custody.

A probable cause document said the victim was rushed to the hospital. His entire right ear had been bitten off in the attack, and the skin on the right side of his face “had been ‘chewed down’ to the point where his skull was visible.”

In interviews with law enforcement, Kraemer said he tried to kill the victim because he believed he was a “robot,” adding he was sure he was robotic because of how he “smelled.”

Kraemer apparently admitted to using alcohol and drugs (pot and fentanyl) prior to the attack. He was recently kicked out of a room he was renting because his behavior turned destructive.

Notice that in both cases, the perp is not a native Oregonian, but rather a transplant crazy attracted by the lack of governance in Portland.

It's because they vote poorly.