Posted on 08/24/2007 10:51:54 AM PDT by IronKros
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A group of campers tied a peeping Tom suspect to a tree, keeping him bound until police arrived. Richard H. Berkey, 63, was charged with private indecency, a misdemeanor, by sheriff's deputies who were called to the Big Fan Campground near Bagby Hot Springs last weekend, according to Clackamas County Detective Jim Strovink.
Campers told deputies they recognized Berkey from a similar incident at the campground last year and wanted to make sure he didn't get away.
The 2006 incident was reported to police but did not result in charges.
"Last year, we took down his license plate number and turned it in to the sheriff, but there wasn't a lot they could do really," said Jason Dugan, one of the campers. "This year, that wasn't happening."
Dugan and another camper, Michelle Brandow, said several friends were playing chess, eating and relaxing last Saturday, when they heard rustling in an area the women used as an open latrine. Dugan went to investigate, saw a man running from the area and tackled him.
With help from two other campers, Dugan led Berkey to the group's campsite and tied him to a tree. Another camper left to call police.
Berkey told KGW-TV in Portland he was surprised by the response. "I just didn't think it was that big of a deal," he said. A phone call to Berkey's house in Beaverton was not immediately returned Friday.
Berkey is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 18.
I'm surprised you assume he wasn't accidentally roughed up while being tied.
It would be interesting to know if they used any standard knots, Probably just a square knot but who knows. Campers arent into knot tying as they once were maybe.
Sounds messy. I might have given him a few more feet just to avoid any . . . uh, sticky landings.
My guess this is not a group of heterosexual women, but I may be wrong. It being in the Portland area and all.
open latrine? What are these women, a bunch of raccoons?
He’ll make some man very happy in prison. LOL.
A phone call to Berkey's house in Beaverton was not immediately returned Friday.
I guess simply being from Beaverton wasn't enough for Berkey...
They should have stripped him to his shorts first
When you camp out in a remote area away from established campsites, you dig a small pit, poop in that, and then cover it over when you leave.
All right...which one of you did it?
touche! :)
Ew, not attactive at all.
The movie Deliverance comes to mind. Do you think that he’d squeal like a pig?
Waddn’t me. I was out TPing...er...um...nevermind.
He was in the same place last year and they got his license number. The law didn’t do anything so he was back at it.
The question is really - “How many other nights was he up there in the bushes?”
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