Court docs: Victim pepper-sprayed, put in chokehold before being stabbed in NW Portland

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Newly released court documents allege one victim was pepper-sprayed and put in a chokehold prior to a stabbing in Northwest Portland on Wednesday.

According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses told Portland Police the suspect, 38-year-old Victor Palmer-Regen, was walking his dog near NW 18th Ave and NW Johnson when he pepper-sprayed and kicked a man while he was on the ground before putting him in a chokehold.

The victim, identified as Glenn Jones, told officers he was helping a friend move a tent when Palmer-Regen randomly started yelling at him before the alleged attack…

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