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Saturday, February 10, 2007

Another Reason To Not Do Drugs


Man Accused of Shooting Snorkeller Says He Thought Man Was A Large Rat
A man accused of shooting a snorkeller in the head told investigators that he mistook the swimmer for a large, water-dwelling rodent. Sixty-year-old William Roderick of Reedsport was arraigned Thursday in Douglas County Circuit Court on assault and other charges. The victim, 44-year-old John Chessman, of Marcola, remains in serious condition at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital in Portland. Roderick told detectives he saw what he believed to be a nutria swimming in the Smith River. Sheriff's spokesman Dwes Hutson says he grabbed a rifle and shot at the rodent from a deck overlooking the water. After realizing that Chessman was not a nutria, Roderick helped pull him from the water.

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