Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
Portland's police continue to make headlines with their own personal sleaze. For some reason the two latest episodes involve crimes allegedly committed in Washington State. Here's a collar of a Portland cop in the 'Couv -- accused of burglary-domestic violence and unrelated charges of assault and criminal harassment, according to Portland police. It's James Botaitis -- a veteran of the force, with a bit of a track record.
Botaitis appeared on a March 2010 edition of the television show "Cops," a transcript of which appears here (the segment starts at 11:08). In that show, he was the arrester, not the arrestee.
Meanwhile, up in Hanford-land, a former Portland officer is in Dutch, big time, having pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of minor girls and five counts of commercial sex abuse of minor girls. Before he was fired from the Portland force, Ryan Graichen was a school resource officer from 1998 to 2007.
UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: The 'Couv story gets much worse as the day wears on.
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Comments (3)
Hummm....I feel safer now?
Posted by Portland Native | October 25, 2011 11:17 AM
"He was not charged with a crime in Portland."
That says it all!
"Graichen worked for the Portland Police Department from 1998 to 2007, when he resigned amid an investigation for filming high school girls at a school dance and basketball games. Graichen, who was a school resource officer at the time, allegedly zoomed in on the girls' private areas."
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/10/25/1692273/ex-cop-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crimes.html#ixzz1bowJqS2q
Portlandia Police is so rotten to the core. The worms are starting to fall out!
Posted by dman | October 25, 2011 11:47 AM
Maybe because a lot of the PPB that work here live in Washington. No wonder a big community disconnect, they're not part of the community
Posted by just sayin | October 25, 2011 12:11 PM