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KANSAS CITY, Mo.— A 39-year-old La Grande man is accusedoftraveling toKansas City to have sex with two underage girl sin arendezvous setup by an undercover officer. U.S. Attorney Tammy Dick-
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and 15-year-old daughters. inson's office says 39-year-old Investigatorssay Abdul Lamont Gamble of Gamble arri ved La Grande was charged Wednesin Kansas City on day with traveling across state Gamble a Greyhound bus lines to engage in illicit sex with April 9. The officer a minor. met him at the bus station and Prosecutors say Gamble took him to a CVS store, where contacted the officer over the he was arrested when he got out Internet in October and offered of the car. According to a press release to pay to have sex with the woman's fictitious 11-year-old from the U.S. Attorney's Of-
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fice, Gamble was charged in a single-count indictment following a federal criminal complaint filed against Gamble on April 10. The indictment alleges that Gamble traveled from Oregon to Missouri between March 25 and April 9 to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and a commercial sex act with a minor. Documents show that"Gamble contacted an undercover law SeeArrest / Page9A
The Republican candidates for Oregon House District 58 sparred over campaign contributions Wednesday night. Greg Barreto and John Turner were in attendance forthe Union County Republican Candidate Forum. Though no mention was
m ade of a $30,000 donation to Barreto's campaign from Loren Parks, a question from the audience asked whether Turner would be returning money donated from unions. Barreto had announced earlier in the day a plan to return the Parks donation since it had become a SeeForum / Page9A
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