“Sheriff Troyer is very grateful to the jury for their hard work and for their just verdict,”Īccording to the attorney general’s office, Troyer had followed Altheimer during part of his route. “If the AG had made Sheriff Troyer part of the investigation instead of the target, we wouldn’t be here,” Bremner said. Troyer is “grateful” to the jury for the decision and the “just verdict,” Troyer’s attorney Anne Bremner told CNN. “I appreciate the jury’s service and thank my team for their hard work.” “Part of upholding the rule of law is respecting the decision of a jury,” state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement.
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Warren/AP/FILEĪ Washington state sheriff is facing criminal charges after incident with Black delivery driver Ed Troyer answers questions during a news conference in Tacoma, Wash. 18, 2020, file photo, then-Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. Troyer later told officers that the driver did not threaten him, according to charging documents.Ī jury found Troyer not guilty on Wednesday, according to the attorney general’s office, which filed the charges against Troyer after the case was referred to them by Gov. on January 27, 2021, Troyer called a 911 “officer line” and told the dispatcher that the driver “knows who I am and he threatened to kill me,” prompting more than 40 law enforcement officers to respond to the scene, according to the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer was charged with false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant after the incident last year.įollowing a verbal exchange with the delivery driver, Sedrick Altheimer, at around 2 a.m. A sheriff in Washington state who was accused of tailing a Black ma n delivering newspapers and falsely accusing the man of threatening his life has been found not guilty on related charges.
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