Suspect arrested twice after allegedly carrying out two separate unprovoked assaults only minutes apart

A Portland man was arrested twice in less than a week for two separate unprovoked assaults, including an alleged attack on a 69-year-old woman after being released from jail after the first incident, according to police.

Police say the first assault occurred the morning of Nov. 25, 2025, when a 21-year-old man reported being punched in the face by a stranger without warning.

Officers arrested 24-year-old Santos Puerto-Rios and booked him into the Multnomah County Detention Center on a fourth-degree assault charge. He was later released from custody…

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