Portland man laughed ‘maniacally’ while chasing pedestrian in stolen $80k forklift, police say

A Portland man accused of stealing an $80,000 forklift from a Portland State University parking garage and driving it erratically at least 15 blocks through downtown laughed “maniacally” as he chased a pedestrian and shouted to passers-by, “I literally stole this,” court records show. Joffre Zelinski, 30, was arrested and released from jail Tuesday after police say he stole a construction forklift parked behind a locked fence on an upper floor of the PSU garage at 1872 S.W. Broadway. A witness at a Portland Streetcar stop near Southwest 6th Avenue...