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Gov. Tina Kotek has granted a request from Lane County’s district attorney to extradite a suspect in Texas wanted in connection with a burglary ring that targeted Asian American victims in the region.
Kotek’s office initially had turned down Lane County’s request to extradite the wanted individual from Texas, sparking a backlash from the region’s Asian American community. The individual facing extradition is connected to a widespread investigation that Eugene and Springfield police launched last year after a string of more than a dozen burglaries last year in the region…