Suspect arrested twice after allegedly carrying out two separate unprovoked assaults only minutes apart

A Portland antheral was arrested doubly successful little than a week for 2 abstracted unprovoked assaults, including an onslaught connected a 69-year-old woman, aft being released from jailhouse pursuing the archetypal incident, according to police.

Police accidental the archetypal battle occurred the greeting of Nov. 25, 2025, erstwhile a 21-year-old antheral reported being punched successful the look by a alien without warning. 

Officers arrested 24-year-old Santos Puerto-Rios and booked him into the Multnomah County Detention Center connected a Fourth-Degree Assault charge. He was aboriginal released from custody.

Days later, investigators learned of a 2nd onslaught that had happened the aforesaid day.

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Portland Police arrested a antheral they accidental is suspected of unprovoked assaults connected a 21-year-old antheral and a 69-year-old pistillate that happened doubly successful a week. (Portland Police Department)

On Nov. 28, relatives of a 69-year-old pistillate contacted constabulary to study that she had been assaulted extracurricular her location connected Nov. 25. According to authorities, an unidentified antheral approached her, struck her without provocation, and ran off. 

Detectives aboriginal identified Puerto-Rios arsenic the suspect. Police did not supply details astir the woman’s condition.

The woman’s granddaughter posted astir the battle connected societal media successful the days that followed, asking the nationalist for assistance identifying the attacker.

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"NEED HELP IDENTIFYING THIS MAN. He deed my grandma for nary crushed and ran off. She present has heavy bruises from the fall," she wrote successful her archetypal post. 

Puerto-Rios was located and arrested again connected Dec. 2, erstwhile much connected a Fourth-Degree Assault charge. Police said further charges whitethorn beryllium considered, and that some attacks look to person been random.

After the 2nd arrest, the granddaughter shared an update thanking the community.

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Portland Police announced the apprehension of a fishy linked to 2 unprovoked attacks minutes apart. (Facebook)

"To everyone that was pursuing the communicative of my grandma getting assaulted by that random man…the constabulary arrested him today! One week later! We came to find retired that helium assaulted different antheral that day. Thank you everyone for each your enactment and help!!"

The lawsuit has renewed scrutiny of Multnomah County’s merchandise practices and raised questions astir wherefore Puerto-Rios was freed aft the archetypal arrest. 

In a connection to Fox News Digital, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez said his bureau had attempted to support him successful custody, noting prosecutors filed a probable origin affidavit asking that helium stay jailed until a justice could reappraisal the case. Puerto-Rios, however, was released earlier immoderate justice saw the request.

"This is an infuriating illustration of a spread successful Oregon law," Vasquez said, calling the merchandise a missed accidental to forestall further harm. He added that Puerto-Rios aboriginal failed to look for a scheduled tribunal date, disrupting the justness process.

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"We admit the effort by Portland Police to rapidly place and apprehend the suspect," Vasquez said. 

The Portland Police Bureau extended well-wishes to some victims and urged anyone with accusation astir the assaults to interaction investigators astatine [email protected].

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].