Motorcyclist accused of making knife threats against young mother during road rage incident
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Portland man is expected to appear in court Thursday after a young mother reported he pulled out a knife in a fit of road rage on his motorcycle, authorities said.
Beaverton police received a call from the woman around 3 p.m. on May 17. She claimed to have been driving her children home from school near the intersection of SW Murray Boulevard and Allen Boulevard when 33-year-old Joseph Lee accused her of cutting him off.
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Footage from her car showed Lee hitting and kicking her car before he “appears to pull a knife and reportedly tells the victim he is going to kill her,” police said.
By the time police identified Lee, he was already in custody for a separate incident that took place the following day. On May 18, Lee was accused of pulling a knife on a man at Brooklyn Trattoria on Bethany Boulevard, according to officials.
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Lee had been arrested on charges of DUII, unlawful use of a weapon, menacing and disorderly conduct. He was later charged with menacing, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.
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