Sedrick Altheimer, a Black newspaper carrier at the center of the high profile criminal trial against Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, is expected to take the stand Tuesday. FOX13
On the day in question, Troyer called South Sound 911 on a law-enforcement-only line and spoke to a dispatcher claiming Sedrick Altheimer was threatening to kill him. That information was given to Leah Heiberg, another dispatcher, who issued a priority-level call out toDuring Heiberg’s testimony, a state prosecutor asked what her reaction was when she learned Troyer requested only one or two officers to help him.
With tears rolling down her face, Heiberg said "An officer needs help call, we have nothing except for that he needs help. Whether they’re responding to the scene, they’re different in information. One has a wealth of information, for the most part, and one just has nothing." Hobbs told the court he forgot to press record on his body camera during that talk, stating the police department just received the cameras two weeks prior, and he was still getting familiar with the routine of using it. He said he pressed record on his body camera after noticing his partner’s camera was on. Part of Hobbs’ video and audio was played in court.
Darren Steiener owns the newspaper distribution company Altheimer works for. The defense noted that Altheimer had about 4,000 customer complaints against him from 2021 to Nov. 2022.
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