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Title: Gladstone fires police Sgt. Lynn Benton, who is implicated in murder-for-hire pl
Post by: SandraJane on December 25, 2011, 04:20:12 AM
Post by: SandraJane on December 25, 2011, 04:20:12 AM
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Gladstone fires police Sgt. Lynn Benton, who is implicated in murder-for-hire plot of spouse
Published: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 8:23 PM Updated: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 1:16 PM
Rick Bella, The Oregonian By Rick Bella, The Oregonian
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Lynn Benton
GLADSTONE -- A police sergeant implicated in a murder-for-hire plot against his estranged wife was fired today by the city administrator. enton and Higbee Benton married in 2010 in what became a tumultuous relationship, prosecutors said. Benton, born Lynne Irene Benton, already had undergone a female-to-male sex-change operation and had legally become Lynn Edward Benton.
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Prosecutors implicate Gladstone police Sgt. Lynn Benton in murder-for-hire plot
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 6:25 PM Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:40 PM
The Oregonian By Steve Mayes
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Gladstone police Sgt. Lynn Benton agreed to pay a close friend $2,000 to kill his estranged wife, Clackamas County prosecutors said in court Thursday, but the victim didn't die easily, and the conspiracy quickly unraveled.
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Gladstone police sergeant accused in murder plot lived as woman in public, man in private
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 5:27 PM Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 4:49 PM
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian
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Oregonian file photoThe Gladstone police sergeant then known as Lynne Benton joins Jesse Freeby (center) and his wife, Rose, in celebrating their newly remodeled home in 2004. Jesse Freeby was paralyzed while helping Benton chase a criminal suspect earlier that year.
The Gladstone police sergeant implicated Thursday in a murder-for-hire plot led two lives in recent years.
In public, the sergeant was Lynne Irene Benton, a female law enforcement veteran of 24 years who maintained a relatively high profile, serving for the past six years as the Gladstone Police Department's public information officer. Duties included working with news reporters and serving as the department's public face at community events.
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Gladstone Officer Lynne Benton married hairdresser 7 months before death
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 9:25 PM Updated: Friday, June 03, 2011, 9:56 AM
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian GLADSTONE --
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Deborah Higbee Benton
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A sign posted on the door of the Gladstone Beauty Salon read, "We Love You Debbie," and was signed "Love, Richard and Catherine."
Police Sgt. Lynne Benton married beautician Deborah Lee Higbee Benton seven months before the Gladstone shop owner was found dead in her salon, according to court documents obtained Thursday.
Benton presented herself to colleagues, neighbors and others as a woman but legally changed her middle name last year to "Edward" and listed her gender as male on the couple's marriage license application, filed Oct. 28 with the Clackamas County clerk's office. The couple were married the same day in a civil ceremony performed by Gladstone Municipal Judge Pro Tem Linda G. Beloof.
Gladstone fires police Sgt. Lynn Benton, who is implicated in murder-for-hire plot of spouse
Published: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 8:23 PM Updated: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 1:16 PM
Rick Bella, The Oregonian By Rick Bella, The Oregonian
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/gladstone_fires_police_sergean.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/gladstone_fires_police_sergean.html)
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Lynn Benton
GLADSTONE -- A police sergeant implicated in a murder-for-hire plot against his estranged wife was fired today by the city administrator. enton and Higbee Benton married in 2010 in what became a tumultuous relationship, prosecutors said. Benton, born Lynne Irene Benton, already had undergone a female-to-male sex-change operation and had legally become Lynn Edward Benton.
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Prosecutors implicate Gladstone police Sgt. Lynn Benton in murder-for-hire plot
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 6:25 PM Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:40 PM
The Oregonian By Steve Mayes
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/prosecutors_implicate_gladston.htm (http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/prosecutors_implicate_gladston.htm)
Gladstone police Sgt. Lynn Benton agreed to pay a close friend $2,000 to kill his estranged wife, Clackamas County prosecutors said in court Thursday, but the victim didn't die easily, and the conspiracy quickly unraveled.
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Gladstone police sergeant accused in murder plot lived as woman in public, man in private
Published: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 5:27 PM Updated: Friday, December 16, 2011, 4:49 PM
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian
http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/gladstone_police_sergeant_accu.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/12/gladstone_police_sergeant_accu.html)
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Oregonian file photoThe Gladstone police sergeant then known as Lynne Benton joins Jesse Freeby (center) and his wife, Rose, in celebrating their newly remodeled home in 2004. Jesse Freeby was paralyzed while helping Benton chase a criminal suspect earlier that year.
The Gladstone police sergeant implicated Thursday in a murder-for-hire plot led two lives in recent years.
In public, the sergeant was Lynne Irene Benton, a female law enforcement veteran of 24 years who maintained a relatively high profile, serving for the past six years as the Gladstone Police Department's public information officer. Duties included working with news reporters and serving as the department's public face at community events.
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Gladstone Officer Lynne Benton married hairdresser 7 months before death
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 9:25 PM Updated: Friday, June 03, 2011, 9:56 AM
By Rick Bella, The Oregonian GLADSTONE --
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Deborah Higbee Benton
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A sign posted on the door of the Gladstone Beauty Salon read, "We Love You Debbie," and was signed "Love, Richard and Catherine."
Police Sgt. Lynne Benton married beautician Deborah Lee Higbee Benton seven months before the Gladstone shop owner was found dead in her salon, according to court documents obtained Thursday.
Benton presented herself to colleagues, neighbors and others as a woman but legally changed her middle name last year to "Edward" and listed her gender as male on the couple's marriage license application, filed Oct. 28 with the Clackamas County clerk's office. The couple were married the same day in a civil ceremony performed by Gladstone Municipal Judge Pro Tem Linda G. Beloof.