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By
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John Taft
May 6, 2004
NewsWithViews.com
Grants Pass, OR � Sometime between 9:30 Saturday evening and 6 A.M Sunday morning someone strangled Speckles, the world famous barred rock hen, who lived outside Ray�s Market in Murphy, Oregon. In Speckles� sudden rise to fame this little hen was involved in one of the most bizarre ongoing criminal justice cases to come out of Josephine County.
Where It All Started
A good Samaritan named Nick Gombos
found Speckles huddled under a magazine rack at Ray�s Market and took
her home. Gombos made no secret of having the chicken. The store was
advised where the chicken was. The Josephine County 
Sheriff�s
Office sent out five deputies in four patrol cars at one in the morning
to rescue the hen. Gombos was arrested and taken to jail clad only
in his red speedos. District Attorney Clay Johnson is gung-ho to prosecute
this chicken case, at a cost of thousands of dollars. Johnson complains
that he doesn�t have enough money to prosecute felonies. It must be
the climate, the water, or perhaps a virus that causes such screwball
arrests and prosecutions in Josephine County. The rest of the story
on Spreckles and the Gombos arrest can be found on the following link.
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$500 Reward
I spoke to Nate McCully, a manager at Ray�s Market, on Monday afternoon, May 3, 2004. He told me that the area residents were incensed over this wanton killing of a pet chicken. McCully said, "The publicity did it." There are suspects and one community member has put up a reward of $500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the hen�s killer. I asked if a deputy sheriff had come out to the store. He said one had. I contacted the sheriff�s office and was told Deputy Julie Scruggs was heading up the investigation of Speckles death. I then left a voice mail message for Deputy Scruggs to return my call. If she�s like her male counterparts I�ll be waiting a long time.
� 2004 John Taft - All Rights Reserved
Editors
Note: Nick Gombos' trial is set to begin soon. The cost
to the Josephine County taxpayers could run into the thousands.
DA Clay Johnson (541) 474-5200
Sheriff Dave Daniels (541) 474-5123
John Taft former president of Josephine County, OR. Taxpayers Association is presently an investigative reporter for the US-Oregon Observer and NewsWithViews.com. He has had many years of broadcasting, news writing and reporting experience. He also has written a popular conservative newsletter for a taxpayers organization to inform the public on taxing issues. John can be reached at joconewsline@hotmail.com John's Web site: www.Strobezone.homestead.com
"It must be the climate, the water, or perhaps a virus that causes such screwball arrests and prosecutions in Josephine County."
