Rain City Superheroes in the Northwest!

Phoenix Jones, Red Dragon, and Buster Doe are 3 of 10 ‘superheroes’ from Seattle. They walk the streets at night looking out for trouble makers to help make the city a better place to be in. Awesome!

See the interview with Good Morning America, ABC News!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esf4oOYgvNU

Also, read Dan’s real life run-in with our local superhero, Phoenix Jones!

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — A local man said he came within seconds of having his car broken into, and perhaps stolen, until a real-life “superhero” came to his aid, wearing tights, a mask and a skin-tight super suit.

The encounter started in Lynnwood Sunday evening when a man, who asked to be identified only as Dan, was walking back to his car in a parking lot when he saw a man with a metal strip trying to pry open his car.

“He started sticking it down between the window and the rubber strip,” said Dan.

Dan began to call 911, but said help arrived before he even finished dialing.

“From the right, this guy comes dashing in, wearing this skin-tight rubber, black and gold suit, and starts chasing him away,” said Dan.

What Dan didn’t know is that just about every night, an anonymous Seattle man strolls into a comic store, enters a hidden back room and emerges transformed.

SLIDESHOW: Superhero On The Streets

KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Monique Ming Laven met him.

“My name is Phoenix Jones,” said the man.

The man is the hero Dan’s been trying to tell his friends about.

“People are saying, ‘No way, dude, you were probably drunk,’” said Dan.

But the superhero sounded familiar to Ming Laven. She had heard about how he and the other eight members of his Rain City Superhero crime fighting movement walk the street, eyes out for crime and prepared to fight it.

On Monday night, the fully-clad superhero and Dan met.

“That’s crazy. Nice to meet you, brother. Nice to meet you. That’s insane,” said Dan, who finally got a close-up look at his savior.

“Phoenix” explained his whole super suit, including bullet-proof vest and stab plates, to Dan.

“That’s a Taser night stick. And I have Mace slash tear gas over here,” said Phoenix.

Then it was time for Phoenix to get back out on the streets, maybe not quite a super man, but an extraordinary one.

“So when I walk into a neighborhood, criminals leave because they see the suit,” said Phoenix. “I symbolize that the average person doesn’t have to walk around and see bad things and do nothing.”

Phoenix said since he started his crime-fighting crusade nine months ago, he’s been stabbed, and had a gun pulled on him a few times, but received no serious injuries.

Unfortunately, he didn’t catch up with the man who was breaking into Dan’s car.

Traffic stop leads to big pot bust in Portland!

KPTV — PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County patrol sergeant on routine patrol arrested two people accused of moving 54 pounds of marijuana through the city.

Lt. Mary Lindstrand says Sgt. Tim Wonacott pulled over Anthony Hoang along Interstate 405 near the Everett Street exit for committing a traffic violation. His passenger, Tracy Nguyen, was also arrested.

When Wonacott approached the silver BMW, he could smell marijuana coming from the vehicle, Lindstrand says.

Packed inside the small car were several boxes fully loaded with 54 pounds of pot. Lindstrand says the drugs were individually packaged into 1-pound bags.

The way the material was packaged, Lindstrand says, made it clear the marijuana was being moved for delivery.

The value of the pot is valued at $150,000 to $200,000, deputies say.

Both suspects are being charged with possession of marijuana and delivery of marijuana.

Nguyen appeared in Multnomah County court Thursday afternoon and plead not guilty to the counts.

Hoang is expected to be arraigned on Friday afternoon.

Watch the video at http://www.kptv.com/news/26396914/detail.html

This homeless man has a golden voice and is offered a house and job

Ted Williams has fallen on hard times. A former radio announcer, he has felt the wrath of what alcohol and drugs can do. He was discovered on the sides of the road holding his cardboard sign acclaiming a “God given gift of voice.” Well, he certainly does have a great talent, and it possibly wouldn’t have been known if Doral Chenoweth hadn’t posted the video that went viral.

Ted has already received offers from the likes of the Cleveland Cavaliers (a house and job), MTV, NFL Films, etc e tc. The best reward from all this? Seeing his 90 year old mother after 10 years. Looks like Ted should be set for life with the many offers he’s receiving. Hopefully his life takes a turn for the good now, and he does not fall victim to alcohol and drugs again. Goodluck Ted.