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OREGON CITY, Ore. - Oregon City Police Department detectives arrested a local massage therapist after a woman reported she had been sexually abused by the man during a recent treatment.

Rick McDaniel, 50, was arrested at about 12:45 p.m. March 17 on charges of second- and third-degree sexual abuse, stemming from a March 5 incident when a woman in her 40s reported she had been sexually abused by McDaniel in his office, during what was supposed to be a professional therapeutic massage to treat her back pains. The victim, who reported the March 5 incident on March 12, had gone to McDaniel for prior treatments, but nothing inappropriate happened during the previous treatments, police said.

Police recorded a phone call between the victim and McDaniel when McDaniel admitted to the sexual contact and blamed his behavior on a sexual addiction. McDaniel is a married father who lives in Clackamas.

McDaniel's studio is located in Heidi's Day Spa on 7th Street in Oregon City, but his business is not affiliated with Heidi's Day Spa (he rents space in the building).

OREGON CITY, Ore. - A dumptruck crashed at high speed off a narrow bridge in Oregon City Monday.

The driver, Steven Oberon, was air-lifted to a local hospital last night. He was able to tell investigators his brakes failed.

The truck, which was full of concrete debris, was coming down a steep section of Maple Lane leading to the bridge over Abernathy Creek.

Crews hurried to contain the oil and diesel spilling into the creek.

Deputies sad the bridge sustained heavy damage.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon City High School girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season with Saturday's 61-56 win against South Eugene in the third-place game of the OSAA Class 6A girls basketball state tournament at the Rose Garden.

The Pioneers (28-1) suffered a tough 55-47 loss to Southridge Friday in the semifinals, but rebounded Saturday against the Axemen as Ashleigh Anderson scored a team-high 13 points. Alisa Griggs added 12 points and eight rebounds for Oregon City while Taylor Ward, Taylor Belmont and Tiffani Brewer added nine points apiece.

Oregon City was clinging to a 56-55 lead when Anderson hit two foul shots with 58 seconds remaining to give the Pioneers a three-point lead. After South Eugene's Mackenzie Kerins hit 1-2 from the foul line with 33 seconds to play, Anderson hit two more foul shots with 32 seconds remaining to give Oregon City a 60-56 lead. On South Eugene's ensuing possession, Maddie Kiplinger and Ellen Cook both missed three-pointers for South Eugene before Anderson grabbed the rebound and was fouled with four seconds remaining.

OREGON CITY, Ore. - A 48-year-old Oregon City man was sentenced to 54 months in prison after pleading guilty to stalking a woman.

According to the Oregon City Police Department, Lawrence Michael Capri III repeatedly made contact with the victim in a threatening manner.

Capri fled Oregon and was captured in Colorado. Police say while being held in a Colorado correctional facility, he continued to try to contact the victim using the facility's inmate phone system.

Police say Capri, while hiding out in Colorado, even went so far as to threaten the Clackamas County District Attorney that was assigned to his case. He also sent the victim, who he has known for 15 years, threatening text messages and voice mail messages.

Capri ended up being extradited back to Oregon to face charges of violating a stalking citation.

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