Forest Grove man arrested after stabbing cabbie near Tillamook

Police say Kent Docken stabbed a cab driver and his friend after a bout of drinking on the coast

By Christian Gaston

The Forest Grove News-Times, Oct 6, 2009, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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It started out as a standard cab fare. A trip to the coast with a friend, $250 in cash up front.

But by the afternoon, the cab was parked on the side of Highway 6 in the coast range, the driver and a passenger stabbed.

Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson said John Keinonen, of Hillsboro, hired Brian Alcorn to drive his Pacificab to the coast.

Along the way, they picked up Kent Docken, 49, northwest of Manning.

Alcorn drove the pair to a number of bars in Tillamook and Garibaldi before heading back to Washington County.

But before they crossed the county line, Docken stabbed his friend Keinonen and Alcorn, then jumped out of the car.

A Dept. of Forestry worker saw the cab parked on the side of the road and called 9-1-1. Police arrived 15 minutes later and found the two wounded men in the cab.

Docken was found a short distance from the car, walking in some bushes.

"Because of his level of intoxication he was easy to find," Anderson said.

Alcorn escaped the assault with minor injuries, but Keinonen was flown to Legacy Emanuel by LifeFlight helicopter.

Anderson said both men were stabbed in the chest while the cab was moving, but Alcorn, who lives in Beaverton, was able to pull the car over and park it.

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