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A man accused of trying to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from Portland’s downtown waterfront pleaded not guilty Monday, two days after the child’s parents and several bystanders were left to do the job of protecting her themselves.
Daniel Vasey, 31, appeared in Multnomah County Circuit Court on charges tied to the deeply disturbing Saturday evening encounter near Salmon Street Springs, a place that was once better known for children playing in the fountain and families strolling along the Willamette than for naked men allegedly attacking strangers and grabbing young girls.
Portland police said 911 calls began coming in shortly before 7 p.m. on July 11 about a
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