Facing the prospect of going to prison, Melissa Fireside got to work.
Using an Austrian passport, she clicked on a plane reservation, booking
a flight from Mexico to Amsterdam on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
She probably ditched her phone, according to experienced fugitive
hunters, and may be going by another name.
ItrCOs been more than three months since former Clackamas County
commissioner Melissa Fireside, who is facing felony theft allegations,
gave authorities the slip.
rCLShe set the table for this,rCY says Lenny DePaul, a retired chief inspector and commander with the U.S. Marshals Service. rCLShe didnrCOt just wake up one morning and say, rCyIrCOm in trouble. I gotta get out of here.rCOrCY
https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2026/02/fugitive-oregon-politi cian-likely-planned-disappearance-for-weeks-as-legal-pressures-mounted.ht
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