The cannabis dispensary in the St. Johns neighborhood where two people died Thursday night had been targeted by multiple armed robberies since 2022, records show.
As a result, the North Portland store stopped letting customers in after 9 p.m., directing them to the drive-through window until closing time at 10 p.m., unless they could provide an ID that workers could verify. That’s according to a sign outside La Mota on Friday that attributed the rule to a “string” of robberies.
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The store used its drive-up window after 9 p.m. due to robberies, a sign at the dispensary said. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. Read More
