NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) - Police in the community of Newberg, Oregon, say a man who escaped from a state-operated community group home is accused of entering a neighbor’s house, punching a 7-year-old boy, and punching the boy’s mother when she intervened to protect her son.
Police say a 10-year-old boy in the home called 911. The mother was finally able to push the man out of the house Thursday.
KPTV-TV reports (https://is.gd/1B4rQD ) that police say a nurse was walking the man outside to retrieve something from a van when he punched her and ran.
Mother and son were treated at a hospital.
Police say they arrested 32-year-old Richard Wright for investigation of trespassing, reckless endangering and assault. Bail has been set at $20,000.
Newberg is southwest of Portland.
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