Officer James Foutch Arrested After Crash that Killed Man

Authorities say a central Indiana police officer has been arrested after a crash that killed a man and badly hurt his pregnant wife.

The Madison County Sheriff's Department says Edgewood police Officer James Foutch was off duty when his SUV ran into the back of a car driven by 22-year-old Rebecca Marie Sperry of Pendleton on Sunday.

The Herald Bulletin reports the car went off Indiana 32 near the town of Lapel and into a utility pole, crushing the car's passenger side. The county coroner says Jesse Sperry died. His wife was taken to an Indianapolis hospital.

Police say Foutch was possibly under the influence of prescription medication and was jailed on a preliminary charge of driving while intoxicated causing death. It wasn't clear whether he had an attorney.

Officer Matthew Switzer Arrested for Stealing Pain Medication From Senior Citizens

The Concord police officer arrested for illegally obtaining pain medication from senior citizens made his first appearance before a judge Friday.

The officer is facing two counts of first degree burglary, one count of second degree burglary, one count of fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs, and one count of elder abuse.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office says, Matthew Switzer used his status as a police officer to steal prescription drugs from the apartments of several Concord senior citizens.

Friday the judge postponed the arraignment until Tuesday, giving attorneys on both sides more time to work the case.

Switzer's attorney Harry Stern says his client has a drug problem.

"Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States. Unfortunately it appears that Officer Switzer is another casualty of that unfortunate trend," Stern said.

Stern says Switzer is battling an addiction, and had checked into rehab for treatment.

"He had prescriptions, and the particular drugs that were involved were essentially heroine," said Stern. Stern continues on to say his client has numerous issues, including suffering from post-traumatic stress.

"He was fighting a very serious addition problem.  It started out with prescriptions. He had an on-duty injury," says Stern.

Officials have not said what that injury was or how it happened.

Concord Police Chief Guy Swanger, who requested the District Attorney investigation, would only say Switzer will be on paid leave, while the department conducts its own internal investigation.

Switzer's bail is now set at $480,000.

Former Lt. Sarah Massa Charged with Stealing Prescription Pills

A former lieutenant with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department was accused Tuesday of obstructing state authorities investigating her for prescription pill theft.

Sarah L. Massa, 36, was charged Tuesday, March 25, in Waukesha County Circuit Court with misdemeanor theft and obstructing an officer, both misdemeanors.

She could face 18 months in prison and $20,000 in fines if convicted.

According to the criminal complaint, Waukesha Police contacted state authorities last year about the theft of opiate medication from the McDermott residence at 1501 Pewaukee Rd., Waukesha.

Massa was suspected of stealing the medication, which was prescribed to her grandmother, Leona McDermott, to treat pain related to terminal cancer, the complaint states.

Donald McDermott, Massa’s grandfather, told investigators that about 60 pills had gone missing after a Fourth of July party was held at the residence. He discovered that another 58 pills had gone missing in September.

In both instances Massa was at the home around the time the pills went missing. He said in the complaint that his granddaughter was a “good kid,” but she suffered from back pain and “something was going on.”

Investigators places a covert camera and a bottle of placebo pills in Donald McDermott’s bedroom in October and pills again went missing on Nov. 13.

Investigators reviewed the tape, which the complaint states was “very dark,” but it showed an individual in a police uniform with a gun holster entering the room and removing the fake pills from a nightstand.

Donald McDermott told investigators that Massa was at the residence at the time in question and identified the person as his granddaughter based on her profile.

Investigators spoke with Massa on Nov. 18. She told investigators in the complaint that she suspected her aunt was stealing the medication. She later admitted to taking the pills from the room, but claimed she knew they were not Percocet. When asked what she did with the pills, she said she consumed them all at once.

Massa went to her grandparent’s house on Nov. 21 and tried to talk Donald McDermott into dropping the charges, the complaint states. He told investigators that she admitted to taking the pills at that time.

Sheriff Daniel Trawicki said in a statement that he did not wish to speak on the matter because the case is ongoing. He said that Massa was placed on administrative leave in December and resigned from the force on Wednesday, March 5.

Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jennifer Wallschlaeger previously said that Massa had been with the department since 2001.

Her husband, Chris Massa, was an officer with the Waukesha Police Department until he resigned in late February. Police Chief Russell Jack said in a news release he was being investigated at the time for sending sexually suggestive pictures or texts to his wife while on duty.

“Based on the information available we believe that we would have been able to substantiate the charges against him, and the investigation would have resulted in discipline up to and including termination,” he said.

The evidence that initiated that internal investigation, now closed, was located on his wife’s phone.

According to court records, the case against Massa will be prosecuted by District Attorney Brad Schimel.

She is expected to make an initial appearance in court on Monday, April 7.

Former Officer Mark Fisher Arrested for Distributing Prescription Pain Narcotics

Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced the arrest of a former Allegheny County police officer on charges that he participated in and directed the activities of an illegal prescription drug ring.

Evidence and testimony regarding the alleged illegal activity was presented to a statewide investigating grand jury, which recommended the criminal charges being filed today. The grand jury identified the defendant as Mark Fisher, 34, currently incarcerated in the Westmoreland County Prison. Fisher is a former police officer with the Turtle Creek Police Department.

According to the grand jury, Fisher, who developed an addiction to pain medications following an injury, recruited several individuals to assist him in distributing prescription pain narcotics throughout western Pennsylvania. After a period of time Fisher allegedly stopped using other individuals and began to pass prescriptions at various pharmacies in either his own name or the name of his wife.

The grand jury found that Fisher obtained the pills by using illegal prescriptions that were passed at several pharmacies throughout Westmoreland and Allegheny counties.

Pennsylvania has the fourteenth highest rate of drug overdoses in the country, most of which are caused by prescription drugs. Attorney General Kane reiterated her support for a prescription monitoring program in the Commonwealth because it would serve as an additional tool to enable health practitioners and law enforcement in identifying individuals involved in the illegal trade of doctor shopping and dealing in fraudulent prescriptions.

Attorney General Kane noted that this is an active and ongoing investigation and additional arrests are anticipated.

Fisher is charged with one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge; one count of possession with the intent to deliver; one count of criminal conspiracy; and one count of impersonating a public servant.

The case will be prosecuted in Westmoreland County by Senor Deputy Attorney General Mark Serge of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Section.

Officer Shawn Allen Charged with Fraud

A Region 8 police officer was charged with both fraud and possession after he was arrested Friday morning.

According to police, Walnut Ridge police officer Shawn Allen was charged with fraud after abusing drug prescriptions. He was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Allen was released on bond and has a scheduled court date.

Officer Matthew Cordone Arrested on Drug Charges

A Kennett Square police officer has been suspended with pay after being arrested on drug charges Tuesday by state police, authorities said. Officer Matthew Thomas Cordone, 36, of West Grove, tried to deliver "a number of pills" in a reclosable bag to a location on Woodcrest Road in Penn Township, a state police spokesman said.

The pills, which troopers believed to be the tranquilizer Xanax, were being analyzed yesterday at a state lab. Cordone, who was not on duty at the time of his arrest, was released after posting $5,000 bail. Kennett Square Police Chief Edward Zunino declined to comment

Two Palm Beach County Officers Arrested

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Officer has been arrested on drug charges, while another deputy is accused of obstructing justice, state attorney Michael McAuliffe announced Monday.

Deputy Sarah Thompson was charged with three counts of purchasing or possession with intent to purchase oxycodone.

State prosecutors said Thompson bought or possessed the prescription pain pills on three separate occasions -- Jan. 17, Feb. 7 and Feb. 11.

Deputy Carlos Lisboa was also charged with fleeing or attempting to elude a marked police car and resisting an officer without violence.

Thompson could be sentenced up to 15 years in prison for each count if convicted. Lisboa could be sentenced up to five years in prison if convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a marked police car, and an additional year in the county jail if convicted of the second charge.

Officer Michael Lourenso Arrested for Forging Prescription

Ramapo police have arrested a village police officer on allegations he forged a medical prescription to illegally obtain pain killers from a pharmacist.

Michael Lourenso, 35, who has been out on disability since December , was arrested Friday afternoon on two felony counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Following his arrest, Lourenso was placed on administrative leave with pay pending further action by Suffern village officials, Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn said Saturday.

Lourenso is accused of taking blank prescription pads from a Haverstraw doctor and filling slips out, including writing the name of the doctor on the request, Ramapo Police Detective Lt. Brad Weidel said today.

He then used the paperwork to obtain pain killers from a CVS pharmacy in Montebello, Weidel said.

The pharmacist who supplied the narcotics called the doctor's whose name was written on the prescription, Weidel said. The doctor denied filling out the prescription, he said.

"The doctor indicated he didn't provide a prescription for Mr. Lourenso," Weidel said. "That set in motion law enforcement getting involved."

Following an investigation, Ramapo police arrested Lourenso at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Lourenso, an officer for nearly four years, lives in Monroe, Orange County.

Ramapo Justice Rhoda Schoenberger released Lourenso without bail pending future court hearings.

Weidel said detectives plan to discuss the case with the Rockland District Attorney's Office on Monday.

Man Death in Police Custody Ruled Homicide

A 45-year-old man’s death in police custody at a North Andover sobriety checkpoint was caused by a beating and has been ruled a homicide, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.

But two months after Kenneth Howe of Worcester died, all of the officers involved in the case remain on full duty, his lawyer said.

And the account given by a state trooper differs from the one initially issued by Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s Office.

“I’m not surprised, the way this investigation is proceeding,” the lawyer, Frances King, said.

The ME’s office determined the cause of death was “blunt impact of head and torso with compression of chest,” with “atherosclerosis and hypertensive cardiovascular disease” as “other contributory conditions.”

The homicide ruling assigns no blame or criminal wrongdoing, the medical examiner’s office said.

Steve O’Connell, a spokesman for Blodgett’s office, which is investigating Howe’s death, said investigators have conducted more than 50 interviews and are awaiting a final autopsy report and forensic results. Asked whether the probe is now a murder investigation, O’Connell said: “We’re not characterizing it.”

State police spokesman David Procopio declined to comment, other than to say the status of the troopers involved has not changed. North Andover police and the Essex Sheriff’s department referred all questions to Blodgett’s office.

Howe was a passenger in a car stopped on Thanksgiving Eve at a checkpoint manned by state and North Andover police and sheriff’s personnel when a trooper saw him making “furtive” movements, according to a statement Blodgett’s office released two days after the incident.

Howe “jumped out the window, struck the trooper and fled,” according to that statement, and was handcuffed after a brief foot chase and an “ensuing struggle.” Police later found 15 mg of Oxycodone, for which Howe had a prescription, in his pocket, Blodgett’s office said.

In her own statement, trooper Jodi A. Gerardi says Howe hit her twice before he got out of the vehicle, striking her a third time with the door. Gerardi yelled “help,” she says, and several troopers and town police ran after Howe, who “continued to assault everyone in his path” as a pit bull he released charged at officers.

Howe “was eventually taken to the ground, where he continued to disobey orders to ‘stop resisting’ by several other officers,” according to Gerardi’s report, which says he was charged with assaulting a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana and a controlled substance, OxyContin. The report makes no mention of Oxycodone.

Former Officer Geoffrey Presco Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison

The former Yuma police officer convicted of stealing cash from evidence storage to support an addiction to prescription drugs has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison.

The sentence for Geoffrey Michael Presco was handed down Friday afternoon in Yuma County Superior Court.

Presco was convicted of stealing nearly $11,000 from evidence storage at the police department.

In his rookie year on the force, Presco was selected as the Yuma Police Department's 2008 Patrol Officer of the Year.

The former lawman offered apologies to his family, the court and prosecution, the department and to the community.

Presco says he had a knee injury and became addicted to the prescription drug Oxycontin.

Information from: The Sun, http://www.yumasun.com
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Officer Charles Wells Arrested on Drug Charges

A Jacksonville police officer arrested on multiple drug-related charges by the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office has been fired following an internal investigation by the Jacksonville Police Department.

Initially, a Jan. 4 drug raid conducted by the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office netted not only Jacksonville officer Charles Wells, but his wife, Melissa Wells, at their Cabot home.

Both were arrested and then taken to the Lonoke County Detention facility. A narcotics investigation prompted the search warrant, officials say.

The couple was arrested on nine misdemeanor counts of possession of a prescribed medicine without a prescription and one felony count of possession of a prescribed medicine without a prescription, according to a press release from the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office.

The press release reads, “Located and seized at the residence were numerous bottles of prescription medication in various names.” Some of the prescription medication allegedly belonged to deceased individuals.

The day after the Wells’ arrest, Jacksonville Police Department public information officer, Capt. Kenny Boyd, said Wells was on leave pending an internal investigation. Boyd said Wells has worked for the department since 1998.

That investigation uncovered several allegations and Boyd said on Wednesday, Jan. 13, that Wells had been fired the day before.

Documents released Jan. 13 by the department revealed that Wells had warrants listing both theft of property and abuse of power offenses issued against him by the Jacksonville District Court. Around 4 p.m. of the same day, Wells turned himself in at the police station in downtown Jacksonville. Wells was then arrested on one misdemeanor count each of theft of property and abuse of office. Bail for his second arrest was set at $1,000.

The incident uncovered during the investigation apparently took place Feb. 5, 2009. One of the documents released by the department alleges two officers, one identified as Wells, had responded to a Madison Street residence in reference to a deceased person. A witness told the other officer that the woman had refused to go to the emergency room at 5 a.m. and she was found unresponsive at 2:30 p.m. That woman had been treated for cancer for about five years.

A funeral home was summoned to the scene and medications prescribed to the woman were collected and listed on the report as destroyed, police say. Those medications included Gabapentin, Spironolactone, Ondanesetron and Clonidine.

During a Jan. 11 search of Wells’ home, Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office deputies reported finding five bottles of prescription medication in the name of the deceased woman.

Those medications were identified as Gabapentin, Spironolactone, Ondansetron and Clonidine. Gabapentin may prevent migraine headaches as well as being used to relieve pain. Spironolactone is a diuretic. Ondansetron is given to patients undergoing chemotherapy to lessen nausea. Clonidine treats various medical conditions ranging from insomnia to Tourette Syndrome.

On Jan. 11, the other officer who responded to Madison Street residence advised that the medicine had been placed into two plastic bags and “Sgt. Wells stated [to the officer] that he would take the medicine to the PD [Jacksonville Police Department] and destroy it.”

Wells had been promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2004 but in 2009 he was demoted to the position of officer, Boyd said.

Officer Misty Chandler Terminated After Drug Investigation

Termination processes have been started for Catoosa Police Officer Misty Chandler in the wake of a federal drug investigation.

The Catoosa Police Department and Catoosa City Hall have been in the spotlight after seven arrest warrants were issued Thursday following a five-month long drug investigation.

The News On 6 has learned Chandler was also a target in that investigation. Her court case is to be scheduled within the next 72 days.

Catoosa Assistant Police Chief Paul Whitmire, who's been on paid suspension since shortly after the investigation began, arrived at the police station Thursday after receiving a phone call informing him he'd been indicted for obtaining prescription painkillers illegally. U.S. Marshals were waiting for him.

Detention Officer Larry Martinez & Wife Accused of Stealing Prescription Drugs

Roosevelt County Sheriff Darren Hooker says a county detention center officer was fired Friday after being accused of stealing prescription drugs from the jail to sell on the street.

Hooker said Larry Martinez, 36, and his wife, Jesseka Martinez, 35, are facing assorted felony drug charges.

Larry Martinez, 36, was arrested for stealing Xanax from the detention center and giving it to his wife.

“He was charged with trafficking a controlled substance... Xanax,” Deputy Nathan Kinnison said.

Detention Center Administrator David Casanova said he doesn’t know how Martinez was able to get access to the drugs because the thefts happened before he was hired to run the jail.

According to police:

• On New Years’ eve, sheriff’s officers and members of Region V Drug Task Force contacted Jesseka Martinez at her home in the 1700 block of U.S. 236.

• Undercover agents had been purchasing marijuana from her since October as part of an undercover operation.

• During the investigation, Jesseka Martinez told officers her husband was a guard at the detention center and was stealing drugs from the center.

• “She allowed us to search the house,” Kinnison said. “We found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and prescription drugs in the house. So that is a misdemeanor and fourth degree felony.”

• During interrogation, Larry Martinez admitted stealing Xanax from the center and giving it to his wife, said Kinnison. He was charged with felony drug trafficking.

• Larry Martinez was behind bars at the center Friday in lieu of $20,000 cash-only bond. His wife was jailed in lieu of $7,000 cash-only bond.

Former Officer Paul Whitmire Indicted for Illegally Obtaining Prescription Painkillers

Suspected drug dealing has been cleaned out of Catoosa's city hall tonight.

Seven arrest warrants were issued today after a five-month long drug investigation.

Two of the people arrested work for Catoosa's city government, including the assistant police chief.

Nobody likes to hear about possible corrupt cops.

My sources tell me what really makes them mad about this case is a high ranking police officer using drugs in his uniform and using his job to obtain even more drugs.

They plan to arrest more people before it's over, including a former Catoosa police officer.

Catoosa Assistant Police Chief Paul Whitmire, who's been on paid suspension after the investigation began, arrived at the police station after receiving a phone call informing him he'd been indicted for obtaining prescription painkillers illegally and U-S marshals were waiting for him.

City court clerk Phyliss Matthews was the next to leave in handcuffs.. she's been indicted for distributing painkillers.

She cried while the two were arraigned in federal court a short time later.. both pleaded not guilty and were released on five-thousand dollars bond.

Chief Raymond Rogers, Catoosa Police, said, "Yes, it hurts, as sheriff Walton says, gives law enforcement a black eye. It comes to a lot of communities. We really have a problem with drugs in our society, yes it hurts."

Investigators believe Whitmire is addicted to Hydrocodone and used his position at the police department to obtain as many pills as he could get his hands on, even approaching a local doctor.

Three other people were also arrested, Jessica May and Art Spencer were booked into the Rogers County jail, the third was arrested in Fort Smith.

Affidavits show former Catoosa police officer, John Mines, who was suspended because of the investigation, then resigned, turned into a police informant and made undercover drug buys from the three of marijuana and cocaine.

The Drug Task Force, Claremore police department and Rogers county sheriff's office were the lead agencies on the case.

They say it's never fun to investigate people in your own profession.

"As sad as it is, as sickening to see one from our profession fall in this fashion, the positive note is we made a great effort to clean up dirty law enforcement," Walton said.

The Catoosa mayor says the city council just passed a drug and alcohol policy last month that allows them to randomly drug test city employees in hopes of preventing this type of thing in the future.

She says no services or protection were compromised.

Officer Donald D'Amour Charged with Illegally Obtaining Prescription Drugs

An officer with the Round Rock Police Department is on administrative leave after being arrested and charged with obtaining prescription medication through fraud.

Donald D'Amour, who has been with the Round Rock police for four years, surrendered to Travis County authorities Monday night after a judge issued warrants for his arrest, according to Round Rock police spokesman Eric Poteet.

Pflugerville police charged D'Amour with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, a third-degree felony, according to arrest warrants filed Tuesday.

Round Rock Police Chief Bryan Williams placed D'Amour, 32, on administrative leave Nov. 23 after Pflugerville police notified him that D'Amour was being investigated for fraudulently placing and picking up two prescriptions for hydrocodone, a painkiller, according to the arrest warrants.

A pharmacist at an H-E-B pharmacy notified Pflugerville police after she became suspicious of a call to fill a prescription Nov. 20, the arrest warrants said. The person asked for hydrocodone through a doctor at a pain care facility where he was not a patient, the warrants said. Pflugerville police recovered videos shot at separate H-E-B pharmacies in Pflugerville on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 showing him picking up the narcotic with fraudulent prescriptions, the warrants said.

Former Officer Brad Boyd Arrested for Doctor Shopping

A former Williamsburg Police Department officer is behind bars following an arrest Monday evening.

Kentucky State Police officers arrested former officer Brad A. Boyd. The 45-year-old had a warrant for his arrest in connection to an investigation performed by another police agency. A source explained that Boyd was being investigated for doctor shopping.

The only official record available as of press deadline Monday night indicates that Boyd was arrested by Trooper Mike Witt, who was serving an arrest warrant for another agency. The source, however, said that Boyd will likely be charged with obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit. The source could not speculate as to how many counts of the offense Boyd will face. Also according to the source, the investigation was performed by the Kentucky Inspector General’s Office.

Chief Wayne Bird of the Williamsburg Police Department confirmed that Boyd resigned as an officer sometime in May, but he could not provide an exact date for Boyd’s resignation. Bird could not comment on the circumstances surrounding Boyd’s resignation, but he indicated that more details may be available within the next few days.

Deputy Manuel Silva Arrested for Extortion

A Broward County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested on extortion, burglary and drug charges, marking the third time this year a Broward deputy has been charged with a crime.

Manuel Silva, 34, was arrested Friday under allegations that he possessed oxycodone and other drugs without a prescription.

Sheriff officials have not released any more information, including whether he committed crimes while on duty.

He remains in jail, according to the Broward County Jail website.

Broward County Sheriff Manuel Silva was arrested on drug, burglary and extortion charges on Friday, marking the third Broward deputy to be criminally charged this year In August, Broward Sheriff’s deputy Jonathan Bleiweiss was arrested for allegedly using his authority to coerce sex from male illegal immigrants. He faces 58 charges.

In April, Broward Sheriff’s deputy Charles Grady resigned after he was sentenced to two years probation for inappropriately touching women during traffic stops.

Lt Stephen Ray Gardner Arrested for Illegally Obtaining Prescription Drugs,

Stephen Ray Gardner, until Monday a lieutenant in the Youngsville Police Department, faces six counts of prohibited acts and false representation after his arrest on Monday by officers with the Louisiana State Police investigative unit.

"I had become aware that someone in our department may have been involved with illegal prescription drugs," said Youngsville Chief of Police Earl Menard. "At that time, I contacted the State Police investigative unit."

Gardner resigned his post as lieutenant at the time of his arrest.

He was arrested in the 300 block of West Main Street in Lafayette on a warrant for obtaining controlled dangerous substances by fraudulant means and was booked at 9 p.m. on Monday at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

"The investigation is still pending, so we are not releasing more information at this time," said Sgt. David Anderson of the State Police. "But we did make an arrest on Monday."

The investigation is ongoing.

Deputy Rich Lohbauer Arrested for Buying Prescription Narcotics

A Marion County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested for allegedly buying prescription narcotics.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement began investigating deputy Rich Lohbauer in May after the sheriff's office received a tip he may be buying pills.

On Friday, FDLE officers allegedly saw Lohbauer approach a woman's car and make an exchange. After being stopped, Lohbauer allegedly admitted buying 16 oxycodone pills for $100.

Chief of Staff Tim Wilder says Lohbauer was a good employee, and the arrest shocked him.

It was the second time in just over a week a Marion County deputy ended up in trouble. Earlier, Darius Harper was arrested for allegedly soliciting a prostitute.

Officer Joseph Harrison Arrested for Stealing Drugs from Neighbors

A Clatskanie police officer resigned Tuesday after being arrested on charges he stole drugs from his neighbors.

Joseph Harrison broke into two Clatskanie homes to steal Vicodin and oxycodone, according to probable cause documents. A timeline provided by the Attorney General's office claims the first burglary occurred in mid-April and the second burglary took place on April 28.

While being interviewed this week, Harrison told investigators that he was on duty and in uniform during the second burglary, according to the court documents.

"I am kind of sad that it's an officer in my community that got in trouble," said Joseph Maes, who lives in Clatskanie. "Really, it's a disgrace to this town. (I) know it doesn't make our town look good."

The victims in the case did not want to be identified Wednesday.

The Clatskanie Police Chief said the allegations were a "bombshell." Harrison, who was jailed on charges of burglary, theft and official misconduct, was a 9-year veteran of the Clatskanie Police Department.

"For me, to find out that he was really like this was a let down to me and I'm sure to a lot of the community around here," Maes said.