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IPerior court roundup: ple pleads in drug cases married couple pied drug charges Monday in ,unty Superior Court. Shaw III, 37, Louise McCord, 1911 Washington Street, applied for a marriage li- and were married several they appeared be- James Sawyer in con- charges filed in con- with a lab used to "cook" Phetamine, an illegal Prosecutor Reinhold McCord, also known Shaw, was offered a In which the charges against be reduced if she testi- against her husband. Mr. y hoped that Me- get a reduced sen- that she could take care children. PLED guilty to five I in two separate cases. In Was charged after being near Taylor Towne on 10 with manufacturing "I was in a which was stopped by in which the troopers aanufacturing equipment to making meth- he wrote in a that accompanied his other case concerned of last fall, when a confi- informant worked with officers to stage of controlled buys at 880 Road. Schuetz charged two counts of deliver- )hetamine, one count material in lieu of an rug and one count of g methampheta- raethamphetamines to a informant. I also pro- duced methamphetamine," Shaw wrote in a statement that accom- panied his guilty pleas. He faces up to 10 years in pris- on and a fine of up to $20,000. Schuetz said he will recommend that the sentences on all five counts be served at the same time and that the fine be no more than $3,000. He also promised that he won't bring more charges against Shaw based on information he has obtained. DEFENSE ATTORNEY Ron Sergi asked the court not to order a presentence investigation. "He wants to get out of the Mason County Jail sooner rather than later," Sergi said. Judge Sawyer denied this request, ordered a presentence investigation and said Shaw should be held in the jail until he is sentenced on June 3. McCord, now Mrs. Shaw, pled guilty to conspiracy to manufac- ture methamphetamine and bail jumping. The pleas were made af- ter Schuetz reduced the charges against her. "I agreed with another to take a substantial step to manufacture a controlled substance," she said in a statement that accompanied her guilty plea. McCord rented the house on Mikkelsen Road and was present at one of the con- trolled buys, according to a state- ment of the allegations against her. The bail jumping charge was filed after she failed to appear for a superior court hearing on the drug charge. Defense attorney Robert Brungardt asked that she be released on personal recogni- zance. "My client has no criminal history," Brungardt said. How- ever, the judge did note that the newlyweds still face charges filed in Pierce Count: Superior Court. Sawyer released McCord on per- sonal recognizance pending sen- tencing on July 1. Sergi also asked asked Sawyer to lift the no-contact order be- tween Shaw and McCord. The judge, after dealing with the charges against McCord, lifted the no-contact order. IN SUPERIOR court pro- ceedings on Wednesday, May 12, Jerry Ralph Hilding, 37, of 719 North Eighth Street, Shelton, was identified in connection with an investigation of two counts each of residential burglary and malicious mischief in the second degree. Judge Sawyer appointed Sergi to be his attorney and scheduled arraignment for May 27. Until then Hilding will be held on $2,500 bail. The allegations in- volve the use of alcohol. "He doesn't deny drinking but this is the first time that this has ever happened to him," Sergi said. Sawyer noted that Hilding has failed to appear at a number of court hearings. He ordered him to stay away from drugs and alco- hol. "I made a mistake. I have nev- er in my life burglarized any- where," Hilding said. IN PROCEEDINGS on Fri- day, Richard A. Carmel Sr., 38, of 30138 408th Street, Enum- claw appeared in court after his arrest last Thursday on a $150,000 bench warrant. The warrant was signed by Sawyer on March 9 after Carmel failed to appear for trial on charg- es of possession of methampheta- mine and possession of stolen property in the second degree. He was arrested last September 13 at what officers called a "working meth lab" at Camp Spillman. Sawyer scheduled a pretrial hearing for June 23 and trial for the jury term that begins July 6. finds Kent man guilty having firearm unlawfully Orr, 33, of 19642 84th was found guilty a Mason County Supe- trial of unlawful pos- L0f a firearm in the second driving with license in the third degree. firearm charge was filed Orr was a convicted felon Was arrested in Belfair lets in his pocket and a the seat of his girl- Judge James Sawyer sentencing for June 17. Prosecutor Reinhold Called Trooper Ryan Ur- the Washington State the state's first and only tt the jury trial. He said patrol at 1:45 a.m. on 1998 when he spotted )ala on Highway SAID he car because it didn't that's required to il- the rear license plate. he hit the emergency Put his spotlight on the car. the driver switch seats seat passenger," he they did it because Orr didn't have a driver's license. He said he asked Orr if there were any guns in the car and was told there was one under the driver's seat. "UNDER THE front seat on the passenger side I located a Ruger .357 revolver. It was load- ed with five rounds of amunition," he said. Urlacher said he took a Polar- oid photograph of the gun. He then identified the gun and the bullets for the court and Schuetz asked that they be placed into ev- idence. Under cross examination by defense attorney Ron Sergi he testified that there were two more people in the back of that car and that they too were making "fur- tive movements." He also testified that he did not handle the wea- pon in a way that would preserve any possible fingerprints. Urhlacher also told the court he found three bottles of beer in the car. He said neither of the two passengers in the back, a male and a female, had a driver's li- cense and that the passenger in the front smelled of alcohol. Schuetz then rested the state's said he approached case. the passenger's side, door and placed Orr FOR THE defense, Sergi for obstructing jus- called Kathy J. Luedert to the after he put him stand. She said she is Orr's girl- and read him his friend and the owner of the Chevy Orr and found he was driving that night. She of .357 amunition in said it was his idea to switch pocket, seats when the trooper hit his said he asked Orr emergency lights. and the passenger Luedert testified that she said and was told that she's never seen Orr with a fire- I; MORE. by owning, not leasing, your propane tank, Will pay less for propane, Give us a call today You'll start saving NOW! Sound Propane 2116 Pacific Ave. arm and she didn't know that he had bullets in his pocket that night. Sergi then rested for the defense. "The most damaging part of this case is that Mr. Orr had five rounds of amunition in his pock- et. Well, he's not charged with having amunition in his pocket," Sergi said in his closing state- ment. Sergi suggested that one of the passengers put the gun under the seat while they were "jostling around" in the car. He said Orr "was more worried about switch- ing seats and did not have an op- portunity to put that firearm un- der the seat." Wheelies for the food bank Fred Meyer food manager Jim Colo, left, and Wayne Martin show off some maneuvers planned for the store's market basket drill team under the bemused eye of Saints' Pantry food bank director Steve Helt. Martin says he'll work the crowd for contributions of food to add to what Fred Meyer is collecting all week for the food bank. The store will match contributions pound for pound, so those planning to watch the parade are asked to bring a nonperishable food item. "We want to fill those baskets. We want those team members to really sweat," Martin claims. Port commission roundup: Port extends its auditor contract The Port of Shelton Commis- sion voted on Wednesday, May 12 to extend George Fox's contract as auditor to a full year. The action came after an exec- utive session that followed the commission's regular business meeting. Fox is also employed by the Port of Olympia. In recent months he has been working to revamp the Port of Shelton's in- ternal accounting system. "He's a breath of fresh air. It's really been great to have George on board," Chairman Henry Trusler said. Trusler said Fox will be paid Shelter board to meet tonight The Mason County Shelter Board of Directors will hold its annum meeting at 7:30 tonight, May 20, at the Alpine Way Re- tirement Apartments. The public is welcome at the meeting, and directions to the meeting room will be posted at the retirement residence at 900 Alpine Way, just off North 13th Street. $4,000 per month for 400 hours of work in a year. Trusler said that's about the same sort of pay given to former auditor Richard Thorn- brue. "He's really getting some good stuff for us,' Trusler said of Fox. "We are impressed with him and we like what he's doing. It's some money but it's money well spent." In other business at last week's meeting, the port commission: • Told resident Marv Faughen- der that the port is trying to reach an agreement with Blue Skies Skydiving Adventures, a skydiving operation based at San- derson Field. "We are in lease ne- gotiations," Trusler said. • Voted 3-0 in favor of a resolu- tion offering to cooperate with the City of Shelton in plans for a rec- reational corridor linking down- town to port property that is now the site of the Shelton Yacht Club. The city recently acquired the site of David Shelton's pear orchard. "We're offering to be co- operative and creative for the benefit of the community," Com- missioner George Radich said. IN HIS CLOSING statement Schuetz tried to cast doubt on Luedert's credibility. "She was in- volved from the get-go in trying to pull the wool over the trooper's eyes about who was driving," he said. Jurors were Frank Kirgan, Jack Zorn, George Guy, Phillip Franklin, Denise Beckwith, Dona- lo Fawver, Jeanne Johnson, Charles Williams, Garry Yuan, Inmate tried, sentenced for Danilo Salido, 22, was sen- tenced Thursday in Mason Coun- ty Superior Court to 101/2 months in prison or jail for two counts of custodial assault against guards at the Washington Corrections Center. Salido is serving time at WCC for murder in the second degree. Judge James Sawyer said he should start serving the sentence for custodial assault when he's done serving time for murder. The judge said it would be best that he serve the time at WCC but that the state could transfer him to the Mason County Jail. His sentencing followed a jury trial with testimony from Salido and two prison guards about events that occurred on January 15, 1998 in the Intensive Manage- ment Unit at WCC. He was ac- cused of throwing a cup full of fec- es and urine at two guards who were picking up his lunch tray. SALIDO ADMITTED to the deed but said at sentencing that he was provoked by a guard who made "disgusting homosexual re- marks toward me." He claimed the behavior of Cornelius Davis amounted to sexual harassment. "The Department of Correc- tions is full of hypocrites who are sworn to uphold the law and then break it themselves," he said. Salido read from a statement he had written for the court. =I'm suffering enough as it is, being locked in a cage and dehuman- ized," he said. Defense attorney Ron Sergi said a few words on his client's at the wrong time. He didn't pull the trigger." JUDGE SAWYER conceeded that prison can be a dehumaniz- ing place but said Salido's time there will be harder if he worries about what other people say. =The inmate next to you isn't going to be doing the time so he'll be more than happy to egg you on," he said. Sawyer ordered him to pay $500 to the crime victims' fund, $350 towards his attorney's fees and $210 in court costs. The sentence came after a one- day trial held on May 12. Deputy Prosecutor Amber Finlay called Rokesi Taito, a corrections officer at WCC, to the stand as the first witness for the state. Taito said that the Intensive Management Unit is a place for prisoners who have gotten into trouble or who don't get along with the other inmates, He said that he and Cornelius Davis, another guard, were picking up lunch trays in the IUM when the incident occurred. =As we opened the cuff pert to take the tray out inmate Salido threw some feces and urine at us," he said. Taito said he got soiled on his left-hand side. Finlay asked him how he could tell that it was bodi- ly waste. "It was a pretty nasty smell. You could tell right off," he said. Taito said they shut the cuff port and went to the sergeant's office to report the incident. He said that a videotape was made of behalf. "Given the environment of them standing in their soiled uni- IMU and the prison system there forms. He said he was concerned may have been some truth in about the possibility of contract- Danilo's testimony. That doesn't excuse what he did," Sergi said. ing hepatitis or the virus that causes Acquired Immune Defi- ciency Syndrome. CROSS-EXAMINED by Ser- gi, he said he heard Salido and Davis talking to one another but that he didn't hear the guard call the inmate any names. "I just heard them talking but I didn't hear no kind of names. It was too loud, too noisy," Taito said. He also said he thought Salido had aimed the waste at Davis. "I didn't think it was directed to- wards me," he said. "It bounced off of Davis towards me." Finlay then called Davis to the stand. He said the inmate was be- ing verbally abusive. "During feeding, inmate Salido started calling me a bunch of names," Da- vis said. Davis said he ignored these re- marks, told Salido that he had met Salido's mother in the visit- ing area and threatened to tell her about what a hard time the inmate was giving him. He said Salido threw the waste on his chest and arm. Finlay then played a videotape of the correc- tions officers standing in a hall with soiled uniforms. Under cross-examination by Sergi, Davis said that he never called Salido a "punk" or a "bitch" and and never made a remark about him wearing a skirt. He said he was trained not to "feed into the games" of the men housed in the IMU and that he never said anything bad about Salido's mother. "IT WOULDN'T BE profes- sional to say anything derogatory about an inmate's family and it's nothing that I practice. What I assault would say is that people would probably get upset if you talk about their family," Davis said. Finlay then rested the state's case and Sergi called Salido to the stand. He said he's been at WCC for three and a half years and that he is serving time for a mur- der that occurred in Spanaway. He said he's been in the IMU since February 1997 and that Da, vis started the trouble. "The morning that the incident happened he had said something about my morn. I can't remember exactly what he had said but he said something about my mother and I just snapped," he said. Salido said that Davis made "homosexual comments" and taunted him about wearing a T- shirt over his underwear as the inmates are encouraged to do. "He said, 'He's wearing a skirt - look,' and made a dirty little laugh," Salido said. HE TESTIFIED that he didn't want the other inmates to hear the guard's remarks. "If you let people talk to you like that in there they will try and test you, try and take advantage of you," he said. In cross-examination by Finlay he admitted that he filled a cup with urine and feces and threw it at the guards. The defense then rested and the case went to the jury after instructions from Judge Sawyer and closing statements by Finlay and Sergi. The jurors were Diana Wil- liams, Barbara Bahr, George Rob- inson, Judith Craig, Leslie Col- son, Judy Worthy, Stephanie Boy- sen, Uretta Lykstad, Robert Wild- er, Rosalie Byerly, Deberah Rech- nitz and Shirley Eacrett. His father, Dan Salido, also ad. D " ighb dressed the court at sentencing, rop In, Ne or Sherry Hoffman, Theodore Gierke "Dan is in prison for murder," he ..... and Richard Stites. said. "He was in the wrong place 'i "): $ "L:U' C:U' O"i,'$ $'. 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Shaw III, 37, Louise McCord, 1911 Washington Street, applied for a marriage li- and were married several they appeared be- James Sawyer in con- charges filed in con- with a lab used to "cook" Phetamine, an illegal Prosecutor Reinhold McCord, also known Shaw, was offered a In which the charges against be reduced if she testi- against her husband. Mr. y hoped that Me- get a reduced sen- that she could take care children. PLED guilty to five I in two separate cases. In Was charged after being near Taylor Towne on 10 with manufacturing "I was in a which was stopped by in which the troopers aanufacturing equipment to making meth- he wrote in a that accompanied his other case concerned of last fall, when a confi- informant worked with officers to stage of controlled buys at 880 Road. Schuetz charged two counts of deliver- )hetamine, one count material in lieu of an rug and one count of g methampheta- raethamphetamines to a informant. I also pro- duced methamphetamine," Shaw wrote in a statement that accom- panied his guilty pleas. He faces up to 10 years in pris- on and a fine of up to $20,000. Schuetz said he will recommend that the sentences on all five counts be served at the same time and that the fine be no more than $3,000. He also promised that he won't bring more charges against Shaw based on information he has obtained. DEFENSE ATTORNEY Ron Sergi asked the court not to order a presentence investigation. "He wants to get out of the Mason County Jail sooner rather than later," Sergi said. Judge Sawyer denied this request, ordered a presentence investigation and said Shaw should be held in the jail until he is sentenced on June 3. McCord, now Mrs. Shaw, pled guilty to conspiracy to manufac- ture methamphetamine and bail jumping. The pleas were made af- ter Schuetz reduced the charges against her. "I agreed with another to take a substantial step to manufacture a controlled substance," she said in a statement that accompanied her guilty plea. McCord rented the house on Mikkelsen Road and was present at one of the con- trolled buys, according to a state- ment of the allegations against her. The bail jumping charge was filed after she failed to appear for a superior court hearing on the drug charge. Defense attorney Robert Brungardt asked that she be released on personal recogni- zance. "My client has no criminal history," Brungardt said. How- ever, the judge did note that the newlyweds still face charges filed in Pierce Count: Superior Court. Sawyer released McCord on per- sonal recognizance pending sen- tencing on July 1. Sergi also asked asked Sawyer to lift the no-contact order be- tween Shaw and McCord. The judge, after dealing with the charges against McCord, lifted the no-contact order. IN SUPERIOR court pro- ceedings on Wednesday, May 12, Jerry Ralph Hilding, 37, of 719 North Eighth Street, Shelton, was identified in connection with an investigation of two counts each of residential burglary and malicious mischief in the second degree. Judge Sawyer appointed Sergi to be his attorney and scheduled arraignment for May 27. Until then Hilding will be held on $2,500 bail. The allegations in- volve the use of alcohol. "He doesn't deny drinking but this is the first time that this has ever happened to him," Sergi said. Sawyer noted that Hilding has failed to appear at a number of court hearings. He ordered him to stay away from drugs and alco- hol. "I made a mistake. I have nev- er in my life burglarized any- where," Hilding said. IN PROCEEDINGS on Fri- day, Richard A. Carmel Sr., 38, of 30138 408th Street, Enum- claw appeared in court after his arrest last Thursday on a $150,000 bench warrant. The warrant was signed by Sawyer on March 9 after Carmel failed to appear for trial on charg- es of possession of methampheta- mine and possession of stolen property in the second degree. He was arrested last September 13 at what officers called a "working meth lab" at Camp Spillman. Sawyer scheduled a pretrial hearing for June 23 and trial for the jury term that begins July 6. finds Kent man guilty having firearm unlawfully Orr, 33, of 19642 84th was found guilty a Mason County Supe- trial of unlawful pos- L0f a firearm in the second driving with license in the third degree. firearm charge was filed Orr was a convicted felon Was arrested in Belfair lets in his pocket and a the seat of his girl- Judge James Sawyer sentencing for June 17. Prosecutor Reinhold Called Trooper Ryan Ur- the Washington State the state's first and only tt the jury trial. He said patrol at 1:45 a.m. on 1998 when he spotted )ala on Highway SAID he car because it didn't that's required to il- the rear license plate. he hit the emergency Put his spotlight on the car. the driver switch seats seat passenger," he they did it because Orr didn't have a driver's license. He said he asked Orr if there were any guns in the car and was told there was one under the driver's seat. "UNDER THE front seat on the passenger side I located a Ruger .357 revolver. It was load- ed with five rounds of amunition," he said. Urlacher said he took a Polar- oid photograph of the gun. He then identified the gun and the bullets for the court and Schuetz asked that they be placed into ev- idence. Under cross examination by defense attorney Ron Sergi he testified that there were two more people in the back of that car and that they too were making "fur- tive movements." He also testified that he did not handle the wea- pon in a way that would preserve any possible fingerprints. Urhlacher also told the court he found three bottles of beer in the car. He said neither of the two passengers in the back, a male and a female, had a driver's li- cense and that the passenger in the front smelled of alcohol. Schuetz then rested the state's said he approached case. the passenger's side, door and placed Orr FOR THE defense, Sergi for obstructing jus- called Kathy J. Luedert to the after he put him stand. She said she is Orr's girl- and read him his friend and the owner of the Chevy Orr and found he was driving that night. She of .357 amunition in said it was his idea to switch pocket, seats when the trooper hit his said he asked Orr emergency lights. and the passenger Luedert testified that she said and was told that she's never seen Orr with a fire- I; MORE. by owning, not leasing, your propane tank, Will pay less for propane, Give us a call today You'll start saving NOW! Sound Propane 2116 Pacific Ave. arm and she didn't know that he had bullets in his pocket that night. Sergi then rested for the defense. "The most damaging part of this case is that Mr. Orr had five rounds of amunition in his pock- et. Well, he's not charged with having amunition in his pocket," Sergi said in his closing state- ment. Sergi suggested that one of the passengers put the gun under the seat while they were "jostling around" in the car. He said Orr "was more worried about switch- ing seats and did not have an op- portunity to put that firearm un- der the seat." Wheelies for the food bank Fred Meyer food manager Jim Colo, left, and Wayne Martin show off some maneuvers planned for the store's market basket drill team under the bemused eye of Saints' Pantry food bank director Steve Helt. Martin says he'll work the crowd for contributions of food to add to what Fred Meyer is collecting all week for the food bank. The store will match contributions pound for pound, so those planning to watch the parade are asked to bring a nonperishable food item. "We want to fill those baskets. We want those team members to really sweat," Martin claims. Port commission roundup: Port extends its auditor contract The Port of Shelton Commis- sion voted on Wednesday, May 12 to extend George Fox's contract as auditor to a full year. The action came after an exec- utive session that followed the commission's regular business meeting. Fox is also employed by the Port of Olympia. In recent months he has been working to revamp the Port of Shelton's in- ternal accounting system. "He's a breath of fresh air. It's really been great to have George on board," Chairman Henry Trusler said. Trusler said Fox will be paid Shelter board to meet tonight The Mason County Shelter Board of Directors will hold its annum meeting at 7:30 tonight, May 20, at the Alpine Way Re- tirement Apartments. The public is welcome at the meeting, and directions to the meeting room will be posted at the retirement residence at 900 Alpine Way, just off North 13th Street. $4,000 per month for 400 hours of work in a year. Trusler said that's about the same sort of pay given to former auditor Richard Thorn- brue. "He's really getting some good stuff for us,' Trusler said of Fox. "We are impressed with him and we like what he's doing. It's some money but it's money well spent." In other business at last week's meeting, the port commission: • Told resident Marv Faughen- der that the port is trying to reach an agreement with Blue Skies Skydiving Adventures, a skydiving operation based at San- derson Field. "We are in lease ne- gotiations," Trusler said. • Voted 3-0 in favor of a resolu- tion offering to cooperate with the City of Shelton in plans for a rec- reational corridor linking down- town to port property that is now the site of the Shelton Yacht Club. The city recently acquired the site of David Shelton's pear orchard. "We're offering to be co- operative and creative for the benefit of the community," Com- missioner George Radich said. IN HIS CLOSING statement Schuetz tried to cast doubt on Luedert's credibility. "She was in- volved from the get-go in trying to pull the wool over the trooper's eyes about who was driving," he said. Jurors were Frank Kirgan, Jack Zorn, George Guy, Phillip Franklin, Denise Beckwith, Dona- lo Fawver, Jeanne Johnson, Charles Williams, Garry Yuan, Inmate tried, sentenced for Danilo Salido, 22, was sen- tenced Thursday in Mason Coun- ty Superior Court to 101/2 months in prison or jail for two counts of custodial assault against guards at the Washington Corrections Center. Salido is serving time at WCC for murder in the second degree. Judge James Sawyer said he should start serving the sentence for custodial assault when he's done serving time for murder. The judge said it would be best that he serve the time at WCC but that the state could transfer him to the Mason County Jail. His sentencing followed a jury trial with testimony from Salido and two prison guards about events that occurred on January 15, 1998 in the Intensive Manage- ment Unit at WCC. He was ac- cused of throwing a cup full of fec- es and urine at two guards who were picking up his lunch tray. SALIDO ADMITTED to the deed but said at sentencing that he was provoked by a guard who made "disgusting homosexual re- marks toward me." He claimed the behavior of Cornelius Davis amounted to sexual harassment. "The Department of Correc- tions is full of hypocrites who are sworn to uphold the law and then break it themselves," he said. Salido read from a statement he had written for the court. =I'm suffering enough as it is, being locked in a cage and dehuman- ized," he said. Defense attorney Ron Sergi said a few words on his client's at the wrong time. He didn't pull the trigger." JUDGE SAWYER conceeded that prison can be a dehumaniz- ing place but said Salido's time there will be harder if he worries about what other people say. =The inmate next to you isn't going to be doing the time so he'll be more than happy to egg you on," he said. Sawyer ordered him to pay $500 to the crime victims' fund, $350 towards his attorney's fees and $210 in court costs. The sentence came after a one- day trial held on May 12. Deputy Prosecutor Amber Finlay called Rokesi Taito, a corrections officer at WCC, to the stand as the first witness for the state. Taito said that the Intensive Management Unit is a place for prisoners who have gotten into trouble or who don't get along with the other inmates, He said that he and Cornelius Davis, another guard, were picking up lunch trays in the IUM when the incident occurred. =As we opened the cuff pert to take the tray out inmate Salido threw some feces and urine at us," he said. Taito said he got soiled on his left-hand side. Finlay asked him how he could tell that it was bodi- ly waste. "It was a pretty nasty smell. You could tell right off," he said. Taito said they shut the cuff port and went to the sergeant's office to report the incident. He said that a videotape was made of behalf. "Given the environment of them standing in their soiled uni- IMU and the prison system there forms. He said he was concerned may have been some truth in about the possibility of contract- Danilo's testimony. That doesn't excuse what he did," Sergi said. ing hepatitis or the virus that causes Acquired Immune Defi- ciency Syndrome. CROSS-EXAMINED by Ser- gi, he said he heard Salido and Davis talking to one another but that he didn't hear the guard call the inmate any names. "I just heard them talking but I didn't hear no kind of names. It was too loud, too noisy," Taito said. He also said he thought Salido had aimed the waste at Davis. "I didn't think it was directed to- wards me," he said. "It bounced off of Davis towards me." Finlay then called Davis to the stand. He said the inmate was be- ing verbally abusive. "During feeding, inmate Salido started calling me a bunch of names," Da- vis said. Davis said he ignored these re- marks, told Salido that he had met Salido's mother in the visit- ing area and threatened to tell her about what a hard time the inmate was giving him. He said Salido threw the waste on his chest and arm. Finlay then played a videotape of the correc- tions officers standing in a hall with soiled uniforms. Under cross-examination by Sergi, Davis said that he never called Salido a "punk" or a "bitch" and and never made a remark about him wearing a skirt. He said he was trained not to "feed into the games" of the men housed in the IMU and that he never said anything bad about Salido's mother. "IT WOULDN'T BE profes- sional to say anything derogatory about an inmate's family and it's nothing that I practice. What I assault would say is that people would probably get upset if you talk about their family," Davis said. Finlay then rested the state's case and Sergi called Salido to the stand. He said he's been at WCC for three and a half years and that he is serving time for a mur- der that occurred in Spanaway. He said he's been in the IMU since February 1997 and that Da, vis started the trouble. "The morning that the incident happened he had said something about my morn. I can't remember exactly what he had said but he said something about my mother and I just snapped," he said. Salido said that Davis made "homosexual comments" and taunted him about wearing a T- shirt over his underwear as the inmates are encouraged to do. "He said, 'He's wearing a skirt - look,' and made a dirty little laugh," Salido said. HE TESTIFIED that he didn't want the other inmates to hear the guard's remarks. "If you let people talk to you like that in there they will try and test you, try and take advantage of you," he said. In cross-examination by Finlay he admitted that he filled a cup with urine and feces and threw it at the guards. The defense then rested and the case went to the jury after instructions from Judge Sawyer and closing statements by Finlay and Sergi. The jurors were Diana Wil- liams, Barbara Bahr, George Rob- inson, Judith Craig, Leslie Col- son, Judy Worthy, Stephanie Boy- sen, Uretta Lykstad, Robert Wild- er, Rosalie Byerly, Deberah Rech- nitz and Shirley Eacrett. His father, Dan Salido, also ad. D " ighb dressed the court at sentencing, rop In, Ne or Sherry Hoffman, Theodore Gierke "Dan is in prison for murder," he ..... and Richard Stites. said. "He was in the wrong place 'i "): $ "L:U' C:U' O"i,'$ $'. 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