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Former healthcare executive Richard Cagen shown in a 2002 Oregonian file photo.

(The Oregonian/file photo)

Richard Cagen in May 2015

The former president and CEO of Silverton Health was ordered Tuesday to serve two days in jail followed by five years of probation for

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Richard Cagen, 64, a former Portland resident, pleaded guilty in Marion County Circuit Court to one count of misdemeanor public indecency in connection with the May incident in Woodburn. He will receive credit for any jail time previously served and will not be required to register as a sex offender, said Marion County Deputy District Attorney Katie Suver, who prosecuted the case.

The judge ordered Cagen to have no contact with the witness who reported him to police or the area of the Bi-Mart along Mount Hood Avenue, where he was spotted, Suver said.

Cagen had been with Silverton Health since 2010 and had worked in health care for almost 40 years.

Silverton Health operates several hospitals and clinics in the mid-Willamette Valley. The medical group

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In court Tuesday, Cagen said he was retired and living in California, Suver said.

According to Woodburn police, a passer-by spotted Cagen masturbating in his car in the morning last May, confronted the executive then noted his license plate number and type of car after he left. Cagen drove across the street to his workplace at Woodburn Health Center, where police officers soon arrived and arrested him after an interview.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

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