Thomas C. Bostwick Attorney at Law 825 Liberty Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301 Phone: 503-370-7745 e-mail: tbostwic@cyberis.net Fax: 503-370-7832 April 13, 2000 Lawrence J. Friedman Legal Administrator Legal Defense Fund P.O. Box 2487 Stockton, California 95201—2487 Re: State of Oregon vs. Robert Alan Roeder Marion County Circuit Court No. 99C51188 Dear […]
Santa Monica Police Officer John Biel was vindicated and his 40-hour suspension was rescinded, after a lengthy hearing before Hearing Officer Michael Prihar. Biel was represented by Ken Yuwiler, of Silver, Hadden & Silver. In March 1997, Biel had been a police officer for the City of Santa Monica for […]
It was the night of September 18, 1997. A wild party in the city of Ojai became completely out of control as violence erupted. One of the party-goers, Nicholas Dowey, suffered blows to his head from what witnesses described as a baseball bat and an auto anti-theft device. Bleeding and […]
Legal Defense Fund lawyers have successfully obtained an injunction against the City of Modesto and the Modesto Police Department for the department’s violation of a police officer’s rights under the Peace Officers’ Bill of Rights. Robert Finley retired from his police officer position in June 1994. Prior to retiring, in […]
As our avid readers will recall, we previously chronicled the saga of fired Santa Maria Officer Tom Radzyminski, whose Petition for Writ of Mandate to overturn the termination was granted by Superior Court Judge Zel Canter on January 5, 2000. Radzyminski, who previously served with great distinction in the U.S. […]