Nearly two years after Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer prompted a massive police response by reporting a Black man threatened to kill him, his trial for false reporting has been delayed one more week after an illness struck the defendant.
“Sheriff Troyer tested negative for COVID at the hospital but positive for Influenza A,” Troyer’s attorney, Anne Bremner, said. “He is severely dehydrated and is getting fluids. He is undergoing more tests. He apparently had COVID antibodies in his system from a prior bout with COVID.”
At one point, the driver got out and approached Troyer to ask why he was following him. Eventually, Troyer called a law enforcement line and was patched through to a dispatcher. That man turned out to be Sedrick Altheimer – a Black newspaper delivery driver who was working his regular route the same as he’d done for eight years.
The first officers to respond were able to downsize that initial number after realizing there was no threat, and only 14 officers actually responded. Still, that response and his detainment led Altheimer to fear for his life, according to aAltheimer’s account sparked a public outcry, leading Governor Inslee to call for an investigation into the incident.
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