“I think Ed Troyer (Pierce County Sheriff) is an embarrassment to all the men and women that put on a uniform for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department,” Gee Scott said on KIRO Newsradio.
“I think Ed Troyer is an embarrassment to all the men and women that put on a uniform for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department,” Gee Scott said on KIRO Newsradio.is facing two misdemeanor charges after he called a 911 back-channel meant for law enforcement officers, and told dispatchers newspaper carrier Sedrick Altheimer threatened to kill him near his home in January 2021.
Troyer described Altheimer as saying, “Why are you confronting a black newspaper carrier in a white neighborhood?”“The reason I’m testifying here is the media made me out to be a racist and the state is trying to make me out to be a liar,” Troyer said. Chad Lawless is one of the first Tacoma police officers to arrive on the scene. He’s also the officer who interviewed Troyer and wrote the official incident report. According to Lawless, Troyer did not mention any threats made to him. In fact, Lawless said that when asked directly, Troyer denied Althemier ever threatened to kill him.“Certainly, the defense made a big push to question the credibility of Lawless,” Brunner said.
Ursula Reutin countered with, “the other part of it is these are misdemeanors. At most, if convicted, I believe it’s up to a year in jail and a fine.”
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