After multiple delays, including a recent bout with the flu before Thanksgiving, Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer is now being tried for two misdemeanor counts of false reporting and making a false statement.
Troyer is on trial for an incident that happened in October 2021, when he allegedly called an officer line to 911 dispatch claiming a Black newspaper carrier, Sedrick Altheimer, threatened to kill him. An officer with the Tacoma Police Department reportedly said that allegation was retracted.
Pierce County Sheriff trial to begin after illness delay
“We said [in] our opening statements, the allegation is that he rejected or retracted or backed off his claim of
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