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Posted on 09/03/2020 4:26:41 PM PDT by ransomnote
PORTLAND, Ore.—Hugo Ryan Berteau-Pavy, 26, of Portland, has been charged by criminal complaint with civil disorder, a felony, after targeting the eyes of multiple law enforcement officers with a high-powered laser during a June 13, 2020 civil disturbance in Portland.
According to court documents, at approximately 10:00 p.m. on June 13, 2020, a civil disturbance was declared when a crowd gathered around the Multnomah County Justice Center in downtown Portland. At approximately 10:50pm, local police began to clear the crowd. A Portland Police Bureau officer watching the crowd from the roof of the Justice Center observed two individuals, one later identified at Berteau-Pavy, standing in the middle of the street and repeatedly hitting several officers in the face with high-powered lasers.
The officer moved to a lower floor and was able to photograph Berteau-Pavy. The officer kept track of Berteau-Pavy as the crowd was dispersed. In the early morning hours of June 14, 2020, Berteau-Pavy joined a group of individuals marching from the Justice Center to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s personal residence. Berteau-Pavy was observed shining a laser at the Mayor’s residence and at other homes in neighborhood. The officer who originally spotted Berteau-Pavy with the laser, tracked his location until Berteau-Pavy was contacted by other officers and taken into custody. Berteau-Pavy was later released by state authorities.
On September 2, 2020, FBI agents arrested Berteau-Pavy at his residence in southwest Portland without incident.
Berteau-Pavy made his first appearance in federal court today before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and was released pending further court proceedings. If convicted, Berteau-Pavy faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
This case was investigated by the FBI. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
“A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty”
Or if the accused is a MAGA hat type.
Exactly!
Good grief, even the Feds, they released him after this...
Why would he not be charged with assault on a police officer - 1 charge per officer? They could have been blinded. High-powered lasers are no joke.
l8r
This case was investigated by the FBI. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.
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Ok, all these arrests & prosecutions make sense now
After reading the headlines, my first thought was “They’ve changed the prosecuting attorney in portland??
S’alright, they know where he is.
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released...ugh
Take this creep’s f***ing laser and shine it in HIS eyes!!
High power laser pointers have been used to blind pilots. These are not your typical classroom laser pointers. Some can burn a hole through paper.
Trust me, if a few hundred of the rioters are charged and dragged into court with all the expenses that go with it, this would stop cold.
The point I was making is that all lasers pointed at the eyes are dangerous. The eye has no dosimeter that can detect when the intensity is dangerous; only after damage is done will it indicate an excessive intensity.
These dangerous lasers must be immediately neutralized.
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