Police: Couple assaulted at Portland’s new swimming beach

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police in Portland say they are searching for a homeless man who attacked a couple at a new city-designated swimming beach along the Willamette River.
 
Sgt. Pete Simpson said Wednesday the suspect became angry with the couple because they were letting their dog run off-leash near his tent.
 
He says the man assaulted the couple with a metal baton.
 
Poet’s Beach opened earlier this month to much fanfare as a way to promote swimming in the river.
 
The city is providing life guards and a roped swimming area as part of a pilot project to get residents into the water.
 
Police are still searching for the suspect, who fled after the attack.
 
The victims were both treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.