Court Blotter

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed Thursday, April 7, a woman Boatright previously assaulted contacted the Lincoln City Police Department on April 6 to report Boatright grabbed her hair and “beat her up” the week prior. Boatright received a deferred sentence agreement from the court in 2021 to reduce strangulation and fourth degree assault charges he was facing for previously assaulting the woman, one of the requirements being that he not contact her.

The woman told officers the two were together at a methadone clinic in Salem at the time of her call, but would return to her residence in Lincoln City that night. They arrived at around 4:20 p.m. and were met by several Lincoln City Police officers who arrested Boatright shortly after, the affidavit states.

During the arrest, officers found Boatright was wanted on felony theft charges from December when the manager at the Lincoln City Mo’s Restaurant told police he snuck into the building and stole an employee’s backpack.

According to a second affidavit of probable cause filed with the court, Lincoln City police officers were contacted by the Mo’s manager on Dec. 20 and shown camera footage where a man, identified as Boatright, entered the restaurant through an employee entrance and stole an employee’s backpack with around $300 worth of items inside, including a vehicle fob, glucose monitor and insulin medication.

Boatright was arrested and taken to the Lincoln County Jail, where he remains housed on $160,000 bond. He is charged with second-degree theft, harassment, fourth-degree assault, second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal trespass, contempt of court, unlawful possession of methamphetamine and strangulation.

Alleged abuser with brass knuckles arrested

Clyde James Cameron, 34, of Molalla, was arrested by Toledo Police Department officers Monday after witnesses said they saw him punch a woman while driving in Toledo, and officers later discovered a set of brass knuckles in his vehicle.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed Tuesday, two witnesses contacted Toledo Police around 1:20 p.m. Monday to report they saw Cameron assault a woman while driving, and the two were now having an altercation while parked near Northwest A Street.

One witness said Cameron punched the woman while they were driving, while the other witness said the vehicle had pulled over before Cameron and the woman began yelling at one another and Cameron pinned the woman against the passenger side door. The second witness said they saw blood on the woman during the altercation, according to the affidavit.

Officers arrived to find the woman bleeding from her hand and crying. She told them Cameron had punched her in the side of the head while driving and in response she began cutting herself with a knife because she could no longer tolerate his abuse, the affidavit states.

Police then spoke with Cameron who told them he tried to stop her from hurting herself by taking the knife away. While speaking with him, officers noticed a pair of brass knuckles sitting in plain view in the driver’s seat of the car. Cameron, a convicted felon, is prohibited from possessing such weapons.

The woman could not rate her level of pain, and officers believed she was having a mental health crisis and arranged for her to be taken to the hospital.

Cameron was charged with fourth-degree assault, menacing and felon in possession of a restricted weapon and lodged in the Lincoln County Jail. He was released Wednesday on the condition he not contact the woman. An early resolution conference for the case is scheduled for May 23.

Cameron’s prior felony convictions include first-degree burglary, drug possession, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and felon in possession of a restricted weapon.

Those with thoughts of suicide or self harm can contact the National Suicide Hotline any time at 800-273-8255.

Parolee arrested after home visit

Thomas Ramsey, 47, of Newport, was arrested and charged with a probation violation April 7 after a parole officer said he visited Ramsey’s home and found him in possession of a large amount of fentanyl pills and several restricted weapons.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed Friday, April 8, a Lincoln County Parole and Probation officer requested assistance from the Newport Police Department after he found Ramsey, a convicted felon, in possession of a bottle of fentanyl pills and multiple restricted weapons.

Newport police officers met the probation officer at Ramsey’s residence Thursday, April 7, where they found a bottle with around 200 blue pills inside, which Ramsey reportedly said was fentanyl and about four days worth of personal use for him. Officers noted the amount was far beyond the 5 gram limit for personal use, the affidavit states.

While searching Ramsey’s bedroom, officers also found 12 daggers and a dirk, which Ramsey said he did not know counted as restricted weapons or that he was not supposed to possess them, according to the affidavit.

Ramsey was arrested, charged with unlawful possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance and taken to the Lincoln County Jail where he was housed on $15,000 bond. An early resolution hearing for his case is scheduled for May 2.

Ramsey’s prior felony convictions include several second-degree assault charges from 1996 and a conspiracy to commit a class C felony charge from 2014.

Man arrested after knife threats

Cody Peel, 31, of Newport was arrested Sunday after police say an escalating series of “mental health episodes” resulted in him injuring a family member during a confrontation.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed Monday, Newport Police Department officers were called by a member of Peel’s family at around 11 p.m. Sunday. The family member reportedly told officers they were seeking mental health treatment for Peel, but local resources had proved ineffective, and his behavior recently escalated to the point where he was “chasing people around with a knife” at their apartment complex.

The family member told officers they confronted Peel Sunday night as he was holding a knife and managed to disarm him, but sustained two “superficial” cuts to their hand in the process, which officers observed were still bleeding when they arrived. After being disarmed, Peel reportedly kicked the family member in the shin hard enough to cause a limp before kicking the screen off of their bedroom window, according to the affidavit.

Officers took Peel into custody without incident, but say they were unable to conduct an interview because of the “extreme state of psychosis” he was going through at the time. Peel was transported to the Lincoln County Jail and booked on a fourth degree assault charge. He remains housed there as of Monday on $15,000 bond.

Man arrested after foiled tractor sale

Antonio Ray Ortiz, 29, of Lincoln City, was arrested by deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday after a property owner said Ortiz was caught trying to sell a tractor off his property via a Facebook ad without permission. The owner also suspects Ortiz is involved with several recent break-ins at the property.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed Wednesday, the owner of a property near Schooner Creek Road contacted the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to inform them his brother-in-law interrupted two individuals who had showed up at the property with a trailer Monday with the intent selling or buying his brother’s tractor.

The brother-in-law, who lives across the street, went over to investigate and first spoke with a man who identified himself as “Josh” and said he was there to purchase a tractor listed on Facebook. While the brother-in-law was speaking with Josh, Ortiz pulled up in a car with an unidentified woman in the passenger’s seat, but left when he was told the tractor was not for sale, the affidavit states.

Police went to the property the following day and were shown pictures of a Facebook ad created by Ortiz offering to sell the tractor, a Magnatrac hydro 5000, for $2,000. The property owner said after the confrontation he searched the property and found three buildings, two barns and an old house had all been broken into, and around $600 in damage was done to the doors, according to the affidavit.

An old set of keys was taken from the house and someone drove the tractor out of one of the barns. The gas cap on the tractor had been broken as well. Deputies were shown ruts assumed to be from Ortiz’s car and a glass bottle someone had discarded near the property, which was found less than 100 feet from Schooner Creek, the affidavit states.

Deputies got a description of Ortiz’s car and located it at a Lincoln City address with help from the Lincoln City Police Department. When law enforcement officers arrived at the address, a woman answered the door and initially told them Ortiz was not home, but Ortiz later came out to speak with officers, the affidavit states.

When asked about the tractor and the property near Schooner Creek, Ortiz reportedly told deputies he did not have a Facebook page or a cellphone, but used his girlfriend’s phone to set up a deal to buy the tractor. He said when he arrived and discovered the tractor was not for sale, he left, according to the affidavit.

Ortiz went on to tell deputies he had called the person allegedly selling the tractor, but they had never shown up to the property and he did not want to wait around for them. Deputies noticed that as they spoke, Ortiz’s story began to change, and they eventually placed him under arrest.

Ortiz was taken to the Lincoln County Jail and booked for third-degree theft, second and third-degree criminal mischief, depositing trash near a waterway and second-degree criminal trespass. He signed a conditional release agreement Wednesday with the condition he not go within 100 feet of the Schooner Creek property or contact the owner. An early resolution hearing for the case is scheduled for June 6.