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Portland arson suspect Edward Thomas Schinzing’s decision to
tattoo his last name across his back in giant letters led
authorities right to him.

The 32-year-old faces up to two decades behind bars if he is
found guilty of federal arson charges related a May 29 attack on
the city’s Justice Center.

The building also serves as the Portland Police Bureau
headquarters.

“According to court documents, Schinzing was marching with a
group of protestors when he arrived at the front of the Justice
Center shortly before 11:00 p.m. on May 29, 2020,” the
Department of Justice said in a statement released Tuesday. “A
few minutes later, several people broke windows near the
northwest corner of the Justice Center where the Corrections
Records Office is located. They subsequently entered the secured
office through the broken windows. … Schinzing was identified by
a comparison with a jail booking photo and a distinctive tattoo
of his last name across his upper back.”

Surveillance footage shows the suspect shirtless during one
visit and fully clothed with the same orange cap later that
evening.

Schinzing, who has seven prior misdemeanor and two felony
convictions, was sentenced to five years probation on April 16
for third-degree assault and attempted fourth-degree assault.

“He had punched his girlfriend in the face with a closed fist in
front of her 8-year-old son in a Northeast Portland apartment in
late February,” the Oregonian reported Tuesday.

https://youtu.be/NbxLITyvYB8

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/30/edward- schinzing-portlands-shirtless-arson-suspect/
 

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