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Portland Man Charged with Civil Disorder After Targeting Police Officers with High-Powered Laser
justice.gov ^ | September 3, 2020 | U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Oregon

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.

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KEYWORDS: antifa; blm; hugoberteaupavy; hugoryanberteaupavy; portland

1 posted on 09/03/2020 4:26:41 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

“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.


2 posted on 09/03/2020 4:29:56 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Exactly!


3 posted on 09/03/2020 4:30:46 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Professional

Good grief, even the Feds, they released him after this...


4 posted on 09/03/2020 4:32:00 PM PDT by Professional
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To: ransomnote

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.


5 posted on 09/03/2020 4:49:01 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: ransomnote

l8r


6 posted on 09/03/2020 4:57:25 PM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: ransomnote

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??


7 posted on 09/03/2020 5:01:37 PM PDT by thinden
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To: Professional

S’alright, they know where he is.


8 posted on 09/03/2020 5:16:07 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: PROCON; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; bray; 1malumprohibitum; Tailback; ..
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.
9 posted on 09/03/2020 5:26:08 PM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: ransomnote
Snipers.


10 posted on 09/03/2020 5:41:03 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

released...ugh


11 posted on 09/03/2020 7:22:49 PM PDT by bitt (Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it)
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To: throwthebumsout
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.


A laser pointer is not a high power, industrial laser. It probably is illegal to utilize a pointer, however, to harass police. Also, there is no way for the officers to know if they are being merely annoyed, or are being permanently blinded.
12 posted on 09/03/2020 7:27:34 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( DeBlasio is the killer of NYC!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Take this creep’s f***ing laser and shine it in HIS eyes!!


13 posted on 09/03/2020 8:05:53 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: The_Media_never_lie

https://www.laserpointersafety.com/news/news/nonaviation-incidents_files/ab044b4ddcdd07e457b7cb834e54b042-429.php#on

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.


14 posted on 09/04/2020 7:26:15 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: ransomnote
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.

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.

15 posted on 09/04/2020 7:28:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: throwthebumsout

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.


16 posted on 09/04/2020 2:00:18 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( DeBlasio is the killer of NYC!)
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