Pubdate: Mon, 11 Sep 2006
Source: Statesman Journal (Salem, OR)
Copyright: 2006 Statesman Journal
Contact:  http://www.statesmanjournal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/427
Author: Dana Haynes
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

MAN IS CHARGED IN FATAL SHOOTING

A Lane County man fatally shot a woman while defending his 
marijuana-growing operation during a robbery, authorities said.

Alan Smith, 44, was charged with murder with a firearm after the 
shooting at his home in Goshen, a small town on Interstate 5 south of 
Eugene, the Lane County Sheriff's Office said.

Lane County investigators said that Debra Contreras, 48, of Eugene 
accompanied James Stover Jr. and Travis Classen to Smith's house 
Friday. Investigators said that the three planned to take money and 
drugs from Smith.

Contreras waited outside while Stover, 41, and Classen, 24, tried to 
enter Smith's house, investigators said. Smith confronted Stover and 
Classen with a shotgun.

"Shots were fired by Smith, and Contreras was fatally wounded and 
died at the scene," investigators said.

Stover and Classen were arrested on charges of burglary and 
conspiracy to commit robbery.
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