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Lawsuit Charges Portland Oregon Police Officer Kevin J. Wolf With Pointing Gun At Woman Working On A Home
July 3rd, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON - A woman who was helping her boyfriend work on a house in Silverton has filed a lawsuit accusing an off-duty Portland officer of negligence for pointing his service pistol at her without properly investigating that they weren’t burglars.
Kamichia Renee Riddle filed the suit against the officer, Kevin J. Wolf, and the city of Portland. The complaint also accuses Wolf of failing to identify himself as he pointed his handgun at Riddle in December 2006, ordered her to sit down and refused to let her get her cell phone.
According to the lawsuit, Wolf said to the two: “All you need to know is I am a concerned citizen — you can send me a Christmas card.”
Riddle said she was helping her boyfriend install a heating system in the house and was carrying a bucket of screws from the house to a van when Wolf approached her about 10:45 p.m. He was within arm’s length when he pointed his gun at her. Riddle suspects Wolf had been drinking, the suit says.
Read MoreTrial Begins For Suspended Veteran Sherwood Oregon Police Officer Dan Jacober - Arrested During Prostitution Sting
June 19th, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON - The trial began Wednesday for a police officer arrested during a prostitution sting last December.
Sgt. Dan Jacober was arrested on prostitution-related charges.
Sgt. Dan Jacober from the Sherwood Police Department faces one count of prostitution, according to Sgt. Brian Schmautz with the Portland Police Bureau. A total of five people were arrested during the prostitution sting in downtown Portland.
Jacober was put on paid administrative leave after getting booked and released at the jail.
He had been with the Sherwood police force for 16 years.
Former Veteran Sherwood Oregon Police Officer Sgt. Dan Jacober Found Guilty Of Soliciting Sex From Craigslist Whore
June 19th, 2008
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON - A 16-year veteran of the Sherwood Police Department caught in a prostitution sting last December has been convicted of soliciting sex.
On Wednesday, June 18, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Frank Bearden found Dan Jacober, a former sergeant with the Sherwood Police, guilty of misdemeanor prostitution.
Jacober was arrested in early December after soliciting sex from a woman he contacted through a Craigslist ad.
That ad was part of a Portland Police prostitution sting, which resulted in the arrest of Jacober and 11 other individuals, including four other men arrested for soliciting the services of a prostitute and seven women arrested for offering sexual services in exchange for payment.
Sherwood Police administrators placed Jacober on paid administrative leave after his arrest, but Jacober resigned from the police force a few weeks later.
Judge Bearden sentenced Jacober to pay a fine of $500.
Read MoreEugene Oregon Police Review Board Gets Case After Police Officer Attacked Man With Taser Weapon
June 18th, 2008
EUGENE, OREGON - Eugene’s 3-year-old police review board has for the first time taken on a case that could lead it to try to influence a disciplinary decision by Chief Robert Lenher.
The board has decided to investigate a charge that a Eugene officer unjustly used a stun gun on a University of Oregon student Ian Van Ornum, 18, in a downtown demonstration May 30 against roadside pesticide spraying.
Van Ornum, wearing an exterminator’s outfit, sprayed water near vehicles. Eugene police arrested him on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
One officer, not identified publicly, shocked Van Ornum with a Taser stun gun.
“What I saw was a kid writhing on the ground in pain from being electrocuted,” Josh Schlossberg told the Citizen Review Board Monday.
Lehner, in an e-mail to Mayor Kitty Piercy and city councilors, said earlier this month that Van Ornum was resisting arrest and fighting with officers.
Read MorePortland Oregon Police Memorial Site Chosen For Barack Obama Campaign Porta-Potties
June 7th, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON – Police officers in Portland, Oregon, are still waiting for an apology from Barack Obama after campaign staffers of his recent rally in Portland, Oregon, setup porta potties directly on top of the Portland Police Memorial, which honors the agency’s 25 fallen police officers.
The Obama rally drew a crowd of over 75,000 people.
Officer Thomas Brennan, who was working overtime at the rally, took a picture of the offending toilets, with the American flag still at half mast because of Police Officers Memorial Day, directly behind them. The local law enforcement memorial service had been held at the site only five days earlier.
Despite a large amount of open areas in the vicinity, the campaign staffers claimed the toilets were placed on the memorial for safety reasons to accommodate wheelchair access.
The Obama campaign has not responded to requests for an apology.
Read MoreWoodburn Oregon Police Officer Jose Rodriguez Quits After Jerking-Off For Neighbor’s Kids - Caught On Video
June 4th, 2008
WOODBURN, OREGON - A Woodburn police officer arrested on charges of exposing himself to his neighbors quit his job on Tuesday.
Jose Rodriguez had been placed on administrative leave after his arrest.
“I and the other members of the Woodburn Police Department were shocked and saddened by this incident. While nothing in Mr. Rodriguez’s work history could have predicted such an event, we want the crime victims to know that we fully support them and hope that justice will be served,” said Woodburn Police Chief Scott Russell.
Three witnesses say they saw 50-year-old Rodriguez standing in the doorway of his West Salem home and masturbating with his pants down to his ankles. They say he was aware he was being watched. He was off duty.
A neighbor reportedly took home video as evidence and said that Rodriguez had done it before but was never caught in the act as he was this time.
Read MoreVeteran Woodburn Oregon Police Officer Arrested, Suspended, Charged After Exposing Himself And Jerking Off For Neighbor’s Children - Caught On Video
June 3rd, 2008
WOODBURN, OREGON - Police say a Woodburn police officer is on paid administrative leave after his arrest on charges of exposing himself to his neighbors.
Three witnesses say they saw 50-year-old Jose Rodriguez standing in the doorway of his West Salem home and masturbating with his pants down to his ankles. They say he was aware he was being watched. He was off duty.
A neighbor reportedly took home video as evidence and said that Rodriguez had done it before but was never caught in the act as he was this time.
Joe Arvin, who lives across the street, said he knows of at least six previous incidents when Rodriguez exposed himself in front of his own daughters so he told his girls to call him the next time it happened and they did. Arvin said his daughters called him and since he was not home, he called a friend who took the home video and alerted police.
Read MoreRIAA Mafia Ordered To Pay $108,000 After Bogus P2P Witch Hunt And Failed Lawsuit Targeted Disabled Oregon Single Mother
May 15th, 2008
According to the federal magistrate judge overseeing the case of Tanya Andersen, Oregon’s famous disabled single mother-turned anti-RIAA crusader, about 470.8 hours from her attorney’s alone.
Fortunately for Andersen’s financial future, judge John Acosta has ruled that the RIAA will pick up the tab for its unsuccessful lawsuit against her. All totaled, Andersen’s counsel have been ordered to receive $107,833 (£55,395) for their work.
Yes, that’s technically the largest attorneys’ fees awarded against the RIAA to date — although the music labels need only find another Jammie Thomas and it’s made the money back twofold.
The court ruled yesterday that that Andersen’s request of $298,995 in attorneys’ fees was more than a little steep, and the RIAA’s counter recommendation of only $30,100 was equally unjustified.
Innocent Retired Tillamook Oregon Math Teacher Gets A Check, But No Apology After FBI Arrested Him On Bogus Bank Robbery Charges
May 12th, 2008
TILLAMOOK, OREGON - A man who who spent 10 days in jail and two months under house arrest for a bank robbery he didn’t commit has received a check but no apology from the FBI.
Robert Christie, 71, of Tillamook was detained during the FBI’s search for the so-called “Waddling Bandit.”
The amount was not revealed, but the retired math teacher said it wasn’t for much more than he had to pay in legal fees.
Agents said Christie resembled a man in surveillance photos taken during several robberies in Oregon and southwest Washington, but he was charged with only one. The FBI later dropped that charge.
The FBI says it will not apologize because it says Christie in their view resembled the man caught on the tapes.
FBI special agent Dan Nielsen said the FBI followed procedures and that an apology was not warranted.
Read MoreFormer Medford Oregon Police Officer Travis Henson Pleads No Contest To Menacing After Threatening Teen With Taser Weapon And Lying - Receives A Slap On The Wrist
April 28th, 2008
MEDFORD, OREGON - A former Medford police officer who threatened a runaway teenager with a Taser, then lied about it to investigators, pleaded no contest to a single charge of menacing in Jackson County Circuit Court Wednesday, prosecutors said.
Travis Henson, 36, agreed to voluntarily have his police certification with the state Department of Public Safety Standards and Training revoked in exchange for the dismissal of a charge of official misconduct in a plea agreement before Circuit Judge Ray White.
Henson also was fined $500. He was not placed on probation, court records show.
“He is now guilty of the crime of menacing,” said David Hopkins, the Douglas County deputy district attorney who handled the case at the request of the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office. “His actions, and the falsities he told, were very troubling. And that’s what led to this prosecution.”
Read MoreFormer Jackson County Oregon District Attorney Matt Chancellor Suspended From Practicing Law After Screwing Rape Victim
April 27th, 2008
OREGON - A former Jackson County deputy district attorney has been banned from practicing law for one year after admitting to professional misconduct and criminal behavior.
Matt Chancellor, 38, resigned from his job as a deputy district attorney in October 2006 in the face of allegations that he had sexual contact with a rape victim on whose case he was working. He pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants twice — once in Clackamas County in November 2006 and once in Douglas County in February 2007 — and to disorderly conduct in Central Point in February 2007.
This January, facing an Oregon State Bar disciplinary hearing, Chancellor agreed to a one-year suspension from practicing law. Under the agreement, known as a “stipulation for discipline,” he admitted that he violated the rules set out for the professional conduct of lawyers.
Read MoreOregon Attorney Files Complaint Over Portland Police Officer Chad Stensgaard’s Illegal Parking
April 25th, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON - An attorney who watched a police officer park illegally in front of a restaurant, then wait around while his meal was prepared, issued the officer a series of citizen-initiated violations.
Eric Bryant said he was sitting at the restaurant March 7 when Officer Chad Stensgaard parked his patrol car next to a no-parking sign and walked inside to wait to pick up his food and take with him, the Portland Mercury reported Thursday.
Bryant told the weekly paper that when he asked Stensgaard about his car, the officer asked Bryant, “If someone broke into your house, would you rather have the police be able to park in front of your house or have to park three blocks away and walk there?”
Bryant filed a complaint as a private citizen alleging several violations, including illegal parking and illegal operation of an emergency vehicle.
Read MoreLawyer Uses Statute To Stick It To Illegally Parked Oregon Portland Police Officer Chad Stensgaard With Illegal Parking While Picking Up Food And Watching TV
April 19th, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON - A citizen who watched a cop illegally park, then walk into a Chinese restaurant to wait for his food, has issued the officer a series of citizen-initiated parking violations.
Eric Bryant says he was sitting in the SanSai Japanese Grill on NW 21st and Hoyt on March 7 when he witnessed Officer Chad Stensgaard pull up and park his patrol car illegally, next to a “No Parking” sign.
Stensgaard walked into the restaurant wearing his police uniform, but did not make any arrests or citations. Instead, he turned his attention to the basketball game on television, according to Bryant. When Bryant asked Stensgaard about his vehicle, Stensgaard allegedly acknowledged being in a no-parking zone but asked Bryant, “If someone broke into your house, would you rather have the police be able to park in front of your house or have to park three blocks away and walk there?”
Read MoreTrucker Not Charged After Portland Oregon Police Officer Mark “Z-Man” Zylawy Wanders Onto Interstate And Ends Up Road Pizza
April 16th, 2008
PORTLAND, OREGON - Portland police Officer Mark “Z-Man” Zylawy was in the roadway of Interstate 5 when he was struck and killed Jan. 27, according to a Washington State Patrol investigation.
Zylawy, who lived near Ridgefield, was on his way to work when his truck apparently broke down.
Police found his vehicle parked on the freeway’s right shoulder with its hood up.
Zylawy was 40.
According to the investigation, witnesses said Lawrence Stieben of Portland tried to swerve his tractor-trailer to the left to avoid Zylawy, who was in the right lane near Milepost 8, near the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds. The state patrol and Clark County Office of the Medical Examiner’s investigations determined that Zylawy was running toward the shoulder, where his truck was parked, when he was hit.
A Washington State Toxicology Lab report ruled out alcohol
and drugs as a factor in the accident for either Zylawy or Stieben.
Lawsuit Charges Tualatin Oregon Police With Shooting And Killing Unarmed Man
April 14th, 2008
TUALATIN, OR – More than a year after 20-year-old Jordan Case died from a gunshot wound to the head, his family has filed a federal lawsuit against the law enforcement members and their agencies involved in the shooting. The suit also names as a defendant the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency which provides communications in the county between public safety agencies.
On Oct. 22, 2006, Jordan Case, of Tualatin, was shot and killed in a business complex parking lot near the Woodridge apartment complex on Tualatin Road.
An investigation by the district attorney’s office cleared Tualatin officer John Jayne, Sherwood officer Adam Keesee and Washington County deputy Glenn Howard in the shooting. The investigation also noted that Case was under the influence of the hallucinogen psilocybin at the time he entered Sally Arellano’s apartment. It was Arellano’s call of an unknown intruder which set off a course of events that ended with Case reportedly trying to open the door to a Washington County Sheriff’s deputy vehicle where a loaded MP-5 assault rifle was secured between the front seats.
Read MoreLawsuit Charges Corvallis Oregon Police Officer David Cox With Falsely Arresting Motorist With Bloodshot Eyes For Drunk Driving - Two Others Previously Received Settlements For False Arrests
April 5th, 2008
CORVALLIS, OR- A Corvallis man filed a lawsuit against the city and a former police officer for wrongly arresting him for drunk driving.
Brian Noakes, 23, said former Officer David Cox arrested him in June because his eyes were supposedly bloodshot.
Tests later showed that Noakes was not under the influence.
This is not the first time Cox has been sued.
A court awarded two other drivers settlements for being wrongfully arrested.
Multnomah County Oregon Deputy Sheriff David B. Thompson’s Not Prosecuted After Admitting Online To Beating Jail Inmate - Senior DA Says Officer Is Full Of Shit
April 3rd, 2008
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON - The Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy who bragged online about beating a jail inmate without provocation will not face criminal charges, the district attorney’s office decided this week.
Don Rees, a Multnomah County senior deputy district attorney, dismissed Deputy David B. Thompson’s statements as nothing other than “puffing or boasting” in an Internet chat room.
The decision, issued in a decline-to-prosecute memo, clears the way for an internal affairs investigation into Thompson’s conduct, including spending untold work hours chatting and playing on the Internet.
Thompson’s case — and the question of how a jail deputy could spend so much time online without interfering with his work or coming to the attention of his colleagues — prompted the sheriff’s office to install new Internet filtering software to monitor and limit the Web sites employees can visit. Managers can request detailed reporting of which sites an employee is visiting and for how long, but the idea is to keep employees from misusing the Internet in the first place.
Read MoreJackson County Oregon Public Defender Justin Neal Rosas Returns To Work After Pleading Guilty To Marijuanna Possession
April 2nd, 2008
JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON - A Jackson County public defender is back at work after pleading guilty to marijuana possession in a Kentucky courthouse.
Attorney Justin Neal Rosas, 26, was cited Sept. 28 for possession of drug paraphernalia, cultivation of marijuana, trafficking in marijuana and trafficking in a controlled substance. The trafficking charge was later amended to a possession charge to which Rosas pleaded guilty, said Herbert Putney, administrator of Southern Oregon Public Defender Inc.
“If I wasn’t convinced he has learned a hard lesson, he wouldn’t be here,” Putney said.
On March 28, Rosas entered a plea of guilty in Fayette County, Ky., Circuit Court to the charge of possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor under Kentucky law. Court documents show Rosas was given a one-year suspended sentence, Putney said.
“All other charges were dismissed and Justin was placed on two years’ unsupervised probation with the condition that he remain a law-abiding citizen,” Putney said.
Read MoreCulver Oregon Police Chief Kecia Powell’s Suspension Leaves Town With No Police Department - Indicted For Theft
March 24th, 2008
CULVER, OR - After a Culver police officer was indicted and placed on paid administrative leave, the small Jefferson County city is left with no police force.
Culver’s only officer, Kecia Powell, 42, was indicted Friday on suspicion of stealing from the city and unlawfully using the city’s credit card to pay a personal cell phone bill.
“It makes me angry,” Culver resident Mark Newman said Sunday.
Many of the residents I spoke with were very angry about the allegations but also want to hear her side of the story.
“We should know what’s going on. We’re the people paying the taxes in this town,” said Orvin Newman.
Powell has worked for Culver since May of last year.
“It’s just embarassing for the city,” said Mark Newman, another Culver resident.
A Jefferson County volunteer firefighter who worked closely with Powell says he can’t believe the charges.
Read MoreLinn County Oregon’s Charges Against Swim Coach Don’t Hold Water In Court - Not Guilty On All 6 Charges - Our Tax Dollars At Work
March 23rd, 2008
LINN COUNTY, OR - Lake Oswego swim coach Don King has been found not guilty of sexual abuse charges related to his alleged touching of girls on his Lake Oswego High School team.
All six counts against Mr. King were dropped when the Linn County jury returned their not guilty verdicts Thursday.
George Eder, a deputy district attorney in Linn County, reportedly said, “The evidence was squarely presented to the jury.”
“The jury took the time to think hard about it and consider it carefully, and in the end it’s the jury’s decision to make.”
Society is sensitive to sex abuse of children, but it is equally sad when an individual is put through public scrutiny and charged with a crime that a jury ultimately finds they did not commit. At this point this seems to be the story of Don King.
Read MoreRIAA And MediaSentry To Finally Face The Music In Federal Racketeering, Fraud, And Spying Lawsuit
March 18th, 2008
OREGON - A lawsuit that accuses the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying was revived Friday after a federal judge dismissed the case a month ago. An Oregon woman, Tanya Andersen, originally counter-sued the RIAA after she was served with notice of an RIAA lawsuit falsely alleging copyright infringement and demanding penalties. A judge tossed Anderson’s first case, but her amended lawsuit, filed Friday in Oregon U.S. District Court, seeks to represent thousands of people in a class-action suit as attorneys claim they have been wrongly targeted for music piracy by the RIAA.
The new suit claims that the RIAA and MediaSentry - the RIAA’s private investigative arm that discovers file sharing by looking into peer-to-peer users’ public files - “conspired to develop a massive threat and sham litigation enterprise targeting private citizens across the United States.” The lawsuit also accuses the industry and MediaSentry of spying “by unlicensed, unregistered and uncertified private investigators” who “have illegally entered the hard drives of tens of thousands of private American citizens” in violation of laws “in virtually every state in the country,” according to Wired.
Read MoreJackson County Oregon Public Defender, Attorney Justin Rosas, Suspended Amid Kentucky Drug Charges
March 3rd, 2008
JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON - Attorney Justin Rosas has been suspended from his duties as a Jackson County Public Defender due to pending legal action concerning drug charges in Lexington Kentucky.
The Director of the Public Defender’s office Herbert Putney, told NBC 5 that Rosas was immediately suspended as soon as he was able to confirm there were drug charges in Kentucky.
A copy of a citation received by NBC 5 listed possession of small amounts of marijuana and LSD .
Rosas has worked for the Public Defenders Office since Dec. 3rd.
Putney says that Rosas passed his bar exams for this state last year.
He says the Bar thoroughly vetts an attorney before passing the bar.
Putney says he did not know of the charges in Kentucky until Friday Morning. Shortly after 1 pm. Rosas suspension was made official.
Read MoreCoquille Oregon Police Officers James Bryant And Chris Webley Not Charged After Attacking Man Who Threw Coffee At Car, Leaving Him Paralyzed And On Life Support
February 28th, 2008
COQUILLE, OREGON - Two Coquille Police officers won’t be charged in an arrest attempt that broke a man’s neck, a Coos County grand jury has ruled.
On Friday, in a 6-1 vote, the grand jury decided no charges should be leveled against James Bryant and Chris Webley, following their attempted arrest of Carl T. Foster, 57, of Coquille.
As a result of the Jan. 12 incident, in which the officers took the man to the ground, Foster suffered a fractured neck, leaving him a quadriplegic and dependent on a respirator to breathe. The officers had attempted to arrest Foster that morning on charges stemming from a Jan. 11 incident in which a vehicle driven by Lucille Phillips, 80, had been attacked. The windshield was smashed and other damage had been done to the car.
Read MoreWashington County Oregon Prosecutors Gone Wild
February 24th, 2008
Washington County, Oregon - An appeal last week to the state Supreme Court may be the final chance for justice for a former Boys and Girls Club staffer, found guilty of sexual assault in a case one ex-cop calls the worst travesty of justice he’s seen in 20 years as an investigator.
If the court refuses to take up the case or rules against 27-year-old Veronica Rodriguez, she’ll go to prison for five more years, after already serving one year for a crime she denies committing.
“I feel like a fountain overflowing on this. I feel as strongly about Veronica’s innocence as anything I have ever investigated in my life, and I am a very seasoned investigator,” says Michael Hintz, a former Tigard police detective who worked for Rodriguez’s defense team.
Read MoreCrazed Albany Oregon Police Call Crucifixes And Rosaries “Gang Markers” - School Suspends Students For Wearing Crosses
February 24th, 2008
ALBANY, OREGON - A pair of Albany teenagers were suspended from high school for a few days recently because they were wearing crucifixes that school officials called “gang-related behavior.”
Fourteen-year-old Jaime Salazar and his friend, 16-year-old Marco Castro, say their mothers gave them the crucifixes - and they deny they’re involved with any gangs.
But South Albany High School Principal Chris Equinoa is clear about the school district’s position. He says religious items are not banned. But he reserves the right to ask a student to remove, or cover up, any item he feels could indicate gang affiliation - even a crucifix.
A spokesman for the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Portland says the archdiocese has no reports of gangs using crucifixes to identify themselves in Western Oregon.
But Albany police say fellow officers in Salem and Hillsboro have been contending with crucifixes and rosaries as gang markers for the past several years.
Read MoreDeschutes County Sheriff “Embarrassed” After Deputy Sheriff Mark Shobe’s Drunk Driving Arrest And Dumbass Deputy Ron Brown Shoots Assault Rifle Inside Patrol Car And Hits A Business
February 7th, 2008
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON - Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton expressed public embarrassment Wednesday over a pair of incidents involving sheriff’s deputies - one arrested in Redmond on drunk driving charges, another who discharged his rifle in a moving patrol car, the bullet going through a window and into a nearby business.
“The month of February has not started off with the professionalism that the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office prides itself in,” Blanton said in a news release.
“We are very fortunate to have many great men and women working in our agency, but the last couple of days have not been good,” the sheriff continued.
On Tuesday night, sheriff’s Deputy Ron Brown discharged his AR-15 rifle inside his moving patrol car, Blanton said.
Blanton said Brown heard “rattling in a secure aread, reached up to adjust the firearm and it went off.”
Read MoreSandy Oregon Police Officer William J. Bergin’s Drunk Driving Arrest Surfaces
February 7th, 2008
SANDY, OREGON - A Sandy police officer was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants while off-duty in Sherwood, recent court proceedings revealed.
Sherwood officers took William J. Bergin, 26, into custody early on March 8, 2007, after he showed up to his ex-girlfriend’s house drunk. According to police reports, he then repeatedly lied to officers, refused a breath test and threatened to hurt himself.
The information surfaced several weeks ago, during depositions for the federal lawsuit contesting the fatal police shooting of Fouad Kaady in 2005 – of which Bergin was a part. Kaady family attorney Michelle Burrows’ law office said the information wasn’t entirely important to their case, however, it was used as a test to see if Bergin would lie about what happened.
He didn’t.
Read MoreSandy Oregon Police Officer William Bergin: Killer, Perpetrator, And Convicted Criminal
February 4th, 2008
On March 8th, 2007, a year and a half after he gunned down Fouad Kaady in the streets of Sandy, officer William Bergin had another kind of showdown, in another kind of town… A town where police officers are not so quick on the trigger, and not so shy on the truth.
Bergin, a violent and angry man, showed up at the home of his former girlfriend, in the wee hours of the morning, around 3am. He was drunk, he was frightening, and he was despicable. His ex girlfriend was terrified. With a shaking voice, she called the Sherwood police in tears, requesting assistance. When the police arrived at her home, they found the drunk and belligerent Bergin, and arrested him. He was charged with DUI, and taken downtown. So far as I know, despite the presence of intoxicants in his system, and despite his bizarre behavior, no one tasered him, and no one shot him. Apparently, Sherwood is a more enlightened town than Sandy.
Read MoreCoquille Oregon Police Officers James Bryant And Chris Webley Attack Handyman Sweeping Porch, Leaving Him Totally Paralyzed And On Life Support - Beating Case To Be Presented To Grand Jury
February 2nd, 2008
COQUILLE, OREGON - The Coos County district attorney has convened a grand jury to hear evidence in an incident in which a Coquille man was critically injured during an arrest.
District Attorney R. Paul Frasier also has asked for assistance in the investigation by an authority on the use of force by police.
In a press release Friday, Frasier said, given the nature of the injuries suffered by Carl Foster, the matter should be reviewed by a grand jury. The jury could meet on Feb. 22, according to the release.
Foster was critically injured during an arrest Jan. 12 by Coquille Police Officers James Bryant and Chris Webley. The officers were seeking Foster following a criminal mischief complaint the previous day.
Read MoreCrazed Former Medford Oregon Police Officer Travis Henson To Face Judge For Threatening To Shoot Child In The Eye With Taser Weapon
February 1st, 2008
MEDFORD, OREGON - A former Medford police officer accused of threatening a wayward teenager with a stun gun will appear in court this spring on misconduct and menacing charges.
Travis Henson, 35, was placed on administrative leave soon after May 28 when he reportedly threatened to shoot a juvenile runaway in the eye with a Taser. He resigned from the department in October.
Medford police completed their internal investigation last fall. Henson resigned before the department informed him of any disciplinary measures he faced.
“We were moving down the path we were going to take when he resigned,” Medford police Chief Randy Schoen said.
Schoen declined to say if Henson was going to be fired or receive a reprimand for the incident because he doesn’t want the internal affairs’ findings to sway a jury in the court case.
Read MoreClackamas County Oregon Deputy Sheriff Det. Steven P. Hyson Arrested, Charged With Domestic Violence - Gets To Keep Weapons After Incident
January 31st, 2008
CLARK COUNTY, OREGON - A Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office major crimes detective will be allowed to keep his weapons despite being accused today of fourth-degree assault domestic violence in an incident involving his wife, with whom he has a five-month-old baby.
Hyson
Steven P. Hyson, 41, appeared in Clark County District Court moments after Judge Vernon Schreiber issued a warrant for his arrest. Hyson arrived about 1:42 p.m., 15 minutes after the judge had noted Hyson had signed paperwork saying he would appear at 1 p.m.
When Hyson appeared accompanied by Vancouver attorney Thomas C. Phelan, Schreiber quashed the warrant and one that would have held Hyson without bail.
Hyson, a Vancouver resident, was arrested early Sunday but was later released on bail.
Read MoreCoquille Oregon Police Officers James Bryant And Chris Webley Attack Handyman Sweeping A Porch, Leaving Him Totally Paralyzed, A Quadriplegic On Life Support Forever - Our Tax Dollars At Work
January 26th, 2008
COQUILLE, OREGON — On the sixth floor of an intensive care unit the man in the hospital bed stares up at a stark, white ceiling. Noises drift about him: the soft, monotonous beeps and sighs of a ventilator. The low murmur of voices from a nurse’s station just a few feet away. Crowded with machines, the room is dark, save for the sunlight streaming in from a large window.
Even if he wanted to, the man couldn’t turn his head, no matter how slightly. Not in response to a voice, or to gaze out the window.
Carl T. Foster used to be the master of his own body.
Now, he’s its prisoner.
Foster can’t talk, eat, breathe or wiggle his toes. He can’t feel the warmth of a touch or the sting of a needle.
Read MoreLinn County Oregon Deputy Sheriff Chases Speeding Driver, Resulting In Death, Injury, And Property Damage
January 24th, 2008
LINN COUNTY, OREGON - A 21-year-old Lebanon man died Wednesday evening when his car crashed into a parked pickup truck as he was being pursued by a Linn County deputy.
According to a news release from Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller, the incident began about 7 p.m. when a deputy on patrol clocked a vehicle coming in his direction on Seven Mile Way at 73 mph in a 55 mph zone.
After the two cars passed each other, the deputy turned around to try to stop the vehicle. When he did so, the deputy reported, the vehicle - a 1993 Honda Civic being driven by Joseph Dale Roles - increased its speed.
The deputy lost sight of the Honda when it went over Interstate 5 on an overpass, but a short time later he came upon it after it had crashed into a parked Chevrolet pickup. The deputy administered first aid while the Albany and Tangent Fire Departments responded, but Roles was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreWashington County Oregon Pays $82,500 After Deputy Sheriff Charles Irving’s Police K-9 Attack Dog Chews On Deputy Kelly McLeod’s 12 Year Old Boy’s Head And Arm - Dumbass Deputies Left Dog Alone With 3 Children
January 23rd, 2008
HILLSBORO, OREGON — Washington County officials have agreed to pay $82,500 to the parents of a boy bitten by a deputy’s police dog in 2004.
The settlement followed a lawsuit brought by the boy’s parents, Ronald Cox and Kelly McLeod, a Washington County sheriff’s deputy. The county Board of Commissioners approved it Tuesday night.
“We thought it was a fair and reasonable outcome to the lawsuit,” said Jennifer Gates, an attorney for the parents and the boy, Tyler Cox.
On the night of the November 2004 attack, McLeod and the dog’s handler, sheriff’s Deputy Charles Irving, had left the German shepherd alone with Tyler, his younger brother and older sister at their Beaverton home.
The dog, named Recon, was loose in the garage. According to the sheriff’s K-9 police, an off-duty dog should be locked in a kennel or fenced area when the handler isn’t present. At the time, the sheriff’s office reported that a bolt to lock the kennel door was missing.
Read MoreMichigan Finally Stops Issuing Drivers Licenses To Wetbacks - Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, And Washington Continue To Kiss Border-Jumpers Asses
January 22nd, 2008
LANSING, MICHIGAN - Michigan will no longer let illegal immigrants get driver’s licenses, a practice just seven other states continue to allow.
Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who oversees the motor vehicle department, announced the new policy Monday and said it takes effect Tuesday.
The new policy also prohibits people who are legal but not permanent U.S. residents from getting licenses. Legislation to allow those on temporary work or student visas to get licenses is pending in the Legislature.
The change is aimed at complying with an opinion issued last month by Attorney General Mike Cox, who said granting licenses to illegal immigrants is inconsistent with federal law. Opinions by the attorney general’s office are legally binding on state agencies and officers unless reversed by the courts.
The new policy applies to first-time applicants for a Michigan driver’s license or identification card. Updated procedures for renewals will be released soon.
Read More“Investigation” Continues After Coquille Oregon Police Officers James Bryant And Chris Webley Attack Handyman Sweeping A Porch, Leaving Him Totally Paralyzed - Our Tax Dollars At Work
January 18th, 2008
COQUILLE, OREGON - A Coquille man remains in serious condition in a Eugene hospital this morning following an attempted arrest by officers from the Coquille Police Department.
Carl Foster underwent surgery to his neck Monday evening at Sacred Heart Medical Center, said his daughter, Kaycee Faught. The 57-year-old Foster was listed in serious condition this morning. Faught, who lives in Yakima, Wash., said her father is blinking his eyes in response to her voice.
It was at around 9 a.m. Saturday, that officers James Bryant and Chris Webley went to a home on North Dean Street to locate Foster in connection with a criminal mischief complaint the previous day. A press release from the Coos County District Attorney’s Office Tuesday indicated Foster resisted arrest and was pulled to the ground by the officers, who then noticed the man had stopped breathing and was limp.
Read MoreSuspended Veteran Washington County Oregon Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Chris Fink Quits Amid Investigation Into His Role In Embezzlement From A Charity
January 18th, 2008
WILSONVILLE, OREGON — A veteran Washington County sheriff’s sergeant with an “exemplary” record resigned Thursday amid an investigation into whether he embezzled money from a Wilsonville-based nonprofit organization.
Chris Fink, 43, a deputy since 1989, submitted his resignation to Sheriff Rob Gordon. Fink had been on paid administrative leave since Clackamas County authorities began their investigation on Dec. 31.
“I would call his record exemplary,” Gordon said. “He left a lot of good work behind him, and I wish him the best. He did the right thing by resigning.”
Fink could not be reached for comment.
Fink’s performance as secretary-treasurer of the nonprofit North American Motor Officers Association came under scrutiny last October, when the organization’s president reviewed the books.
“There were some potential unauthorized transactions that needed to be looked into,” said president John Naccarato, a Clackamas county sheriff’s sergeant.
Read MoreOregon Federal Judge Hands RIAA Their Ass On A Plate After Lawyers Harass Innocent Disabled Mother And Her Daughter
January 17th, 2008
OREGON - Tanya Andersen, a single mother and unlikely file-sharers’ champion for hoisting the RIAA by its own petard, has scored another victory.
A US District Court judge in Oregon affirmed an earlier decision to award Andersen attorneys’ fees for the two-and-a-half year legal pursuit by the Recording Ass. of America, that ultimately ended in dismissal. The latest poop on Andersen was spotted by hawk-like focus of Recording Industry vs The People.
The whole mess started when Andersen was sued by the RIAA in February 2005. The label cabal accused the disabled 44-year-old mother of downloading and distributing gangster rap over the Kazaa music sharing network under the handle “gotenkito.” (Titles such as the 2003 Ludacris tune, “Hoes in My Room,” in which the artist inquires who invited several undesirable women into his penthouse, and describes them in humorous detail.)
Andersen denied the allegations and countersued the RIAA later that year for fraud and racketeering.
Read MoreCoquille Oregon Police Officers James Bryant And Chris Webley Attack Handyman Sweeping A Porch, Leaving Him Totally Paralyzed And Fighting For His Life
January 16th, 2008
COQUILLE, OREGON - The Coos County District Attorney’s office’s Major Crime Team is investigating an arrest by officers from the Coquille Police Department, which led to a Coquille man being hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
According to a press release from the District Attorney’s office, at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, two officers from the Coquille Police Department attemped to arrest 57-year-old Carl T. Foster, of Coquille, on charges of menacing and criminal mischief stemming from a report involving a cracked windshield the previous day.
This morning, Coquille Police Chief Michael Reeves confirmed it was officers James Bryant and Chris Webley who went to a house being renovated at 340 N. Dean St. where Foster was working. Bryant is a six-year veteran of the department, Reeves said, while Webley has been on the job for a little more than a year.
Read MoreBeaverton Oregon Hires Portland Police Officer Jason Sery, Who Quit In Disgrace After Shooting And Killing Unarmed Motorist - Bad Cops, The Gift That Keeps On Giving
January 15th, 2008
BEAVERTON, OREGON — Jason Sery, a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed motorist and later resigned from the Portland Police Bureau, has been hired as a Beaverton police officer.
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Sery, 32, was one of four new officers sworn in at Monday night’s City Council meeting and accepted his shield from Mayor Rob Drake. Afterward, Sery was congratulated by fellow officers, including some uniformed Portland officers, one of whom said “Welcome back, brother.”
But Sery’s hiring is troubling to some in Portland familiar with the March 2004 shooting of James Jahar Perez.
The Albina Ministerial Alliance pushed for Sery’s firing and indictment in Portland. The Rev. T. Allen Bethel, alliance president, said Tuesday that it’s wrong that Sery should be able to resign from Portland and be hired by another agency.
Read MoreYamhill County Oregon Officer Tanya Lynn Pitt To Receive A Tiny Slap On The Wrist For Drunk Driving, Criminal Mischief, Hit And Run, And Reckless Driving After Drunken Wreck
January 6th, 2008
YAMHILL COUNTY, OREGEON - Tanya Lynn Pitt, Yamhill County’s senior dog control officer, pleaded guilty Thursday in Yamhill County Circuit Court to a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
On a separate track, the unsworn sheriff’s office employee has been subjected to disciplinary action stopping short of discharge, according to Sheriff’s Capt. Ken Summers.
“The discipline was appropriate, given the gravity and seriousness of the situation,” he said. “We moved ahead with the discipline based on what she admitted to and statements of others regarding the charge and other matters.”
The charge stemmed from a Nov. 9 incident outside the Jae’s Landing sports bar, next to Wal-Mart at 2121 N.E. 27th St.
Pitt, 34, 1411 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, also was charged with second-degree criminal mischief, hit-and-run driving and reckless driving after getting into a collision and altercation at the scene.
Read MoreMultnomah County Oregon Paramedic Lannie Lee Haszard Indicted For Abusing Female Ambulance Patients
December 26th, 2007
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON - A Multnomah County grand jury has indicted 61-year-old Lannie Lee Haszard on seven counts of first-degree sex abuse, accusing the ambulance paramedic of inappropriately touching two women as they rode with