A decide on Thursday agreed to carry a Camas man with out bail after he was rearrested final week for allegedly violating a courtroom order directing him to not return to his estranged spouse’s home.
Patrick Wetzel, 42, is charged in Clark County Superior Court docket with first-degree housebreaking, second-degree assault, second-degree illegal possession of a firearm, safety order violation, third-degree malicious mischief, aiming or discharging a firearm and resisting arrest. Deputy Prosecutor Anna Pleasure advised the decide she is doing extra analysis earlier than submitting new fees however that she’s going to seemingly add fees of resisting arrest and violating a no-contact order.
Decide Christine Hayes stated that whereas the brand new fees could also be low-level offenses, Wetzel has proven that court-ordered protections, similar to GPS monitoring and a no-contact order, haven’t been sufficient to make sure the neighborhood’s security.
“I cannot find that bail continues to be appropriate,” Hayes stated.
Wetzel was out on bail after legislation enforcement responded Nov. 13 to reviews of gunshots coming from behind the Camas dwelling within the 2300 block of Northeast Everett Avenue. Camas police responded, listening to intermittent gunshots as they waited for extra legislation enforcement officers to reach.
Wetzel started yelling at officers to get off his property. In some unspecified time in the future, Wetzel acquired inside his automobile in the home’s driveway, and he allegedly pointed a gun at officers inside an armored SWAT automobile, courtroom data state. A Clark County sheriff’s deputy subsequently shot him.
In Pleasure’s movement to carry Wetzel with out bail, she famous that investigators recovered shell casings Wetzel allegedly fired Nov. 13 that traveled past the Wetzel property, together with bullets embedded in two automobiles.
The decide stated when she beforehand set Wetzel’s bail at $500,000, she didn’t have the details about the gunshots touring past the property, endangering the densely populated neighborhood.
Police discovered Wetzel’s automobile within the driveway of his estranged spouse’s home, earlier than finding him in a close-by recycling bin.
As soon as officers had Wetzel in handcuffs, they stated he went limp, and police needed to carry him to the patrol automobile and from the automobile into the Clark County Jail, courtroom data state.
His estranged spouse was unhurt contained in the residence.
Wetzel’s lawyer, Rene Alsept, stated throughout Thursday’s listening to that Wetzel hid within the recycling bin as a result of he was afraid of police capturing him once more. She stated Wetzel has advised her he feels he’s been handled unfairly.
Wetzel’s estranged spouse advised the decide she is just not afraid of Wetzel and doesn’t really feel threatened by him.
