GUILTY OR - K9 Mick killed, officer injured by burglary suspect, Portland, 16 April 2014

[popsicle]

Oregon

ORS 164.369

Interfering with Police Animal.

(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with a police animal if the person intentionally or knowingly injures or attempts to injure an animal the person knows or should reasonalbly know is a police animal while the police animal is being used in the lawful discharge of its duty.

(2) Interference with a police animal is a class A misdemeanor.


ORS 164.365 Criminal Mischief I

(1) A person commits the crime criminal mischief in the first degree who, with the intent to damage property, and having now right to do so nor reasonable ground to believe that the person has such a righta) Damages or destroys property of another:

(F) Which is a police animal and the police animal suffers death or serious physical injury;( there are several other sub paragraphs that are included in this statute but this is the one that is applicable to police animals).

(3) Criminal mischief in the first degree is a class C felony.

http://www.policek9.com/html/statutes.html

Criminal mischief in the 1st degree is a Class C felony. This felony charge carries a potential penalty of up to 5 years in state prison and fines reaching $125,000.

http://www.criminalpropertydamage.com/oregon/

The best I could find.

 

[FindingTheMissing]

Oh no! Suspect had an AR-15 so unfortunately this poor K9 didn't stand a chance. Such a shame he wasn't fitted with a vest. Although against that weapon it may not have helped him much.

I remember a while back reading about someone kicking a K9 officer and getting a federal charge over it. I'm not sure when the law went into effect, or if it's only certain states/counties, but it is supposed to be a federal offense now to harm a K9.

RIP little fella!

 

[Kimster]

KATU News ‏@KATUNews · 28m
JUST IN: There will be a police procession carrying K-9 from the shooting scene to a SE Portland vet at 139th/Stark starting soon. #LiveonK2

https://twitter.com/KATUNews

 

[BrianL42384]

Poor dog

 

[Starry Night]

Live feed:

http://www.katu.com/news/live2

 

[Starry Night]

Look at the medical personnel lined up..........wow

 

[Yoda]

"Officer Dorn would like the community to know that 'Mick saved my life'."

RIP Mick

 

[fran]

RIP Mick.

:rose:
fran

 

[Tssiemer]

Shouldn't the dog had been trained to stay there and not run away?


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[LambChop]

Shouldn't the dog had been trained to stay there and not run away?


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I believe I read somewhere that it is instinctive for an animal who knows they are dying to hide. It was a long time ago that I read the article but it might be their way to get away from a predator. So sad.

 

[Tssiemer]

That is sad


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[Zippy's Girl]

How awful!! :banghead:
Thank God that they caught the bad guy so that way he can be punished.

Praying for the officer. I know that if it were my dog, I'd be brokenhearted. :tantrum:

 

[fran]

Documents: Ropp talked about shooting police

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) – Paul Ropp, the 20-year-old suspected of shooting a Portland police officer and killing his K-9 partner, allegedly told his accomplice he would shoot at police if they tried to stop them during the robberies.

He made his first official court appearance on Monday to face a myriad of charges, including attempted murder.

Ropp, 20-year-old Steven Young and 25-year-old Jemaell Riley are suspected of breaking into Blumenthal Uniforms & Equipment last week, stealing body armor and non-functioning sample pepper spray grenades and police badges, according to the store’s owner.

more at link ............ http://koin.com/2014/04/21/suspected-k-9-killer-court-monday/

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/12/killing_an_on-duty_police_dog.html

Offenders who kill an on-duty law enforcement dog would face stiffer penalties under a proposed law that has been drafted for Oregon's next legislative session.

The proposal is dubbed "Mick's Law,'' in memory of Portland police dog Mick, who died in April from fatal gunshot wounds sustained while trying to stop a suspect wanted in connection with a Southwest Portland burglary.

 

[OkieGranny]

From December:

http://koin.com/2014/12/12/man-who-shot-portland-cop-gets-30-years/

The man who shot and wounded K9 police officer Jeff Dorn and killed Dorn’s police dog, Mick, entered a new plea of guilty today and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Paul Alan Ropp entered a guilty plea Friday to two counts of attempted aggravated murder with a firearm, four counts unlawful possession of destructive device and one count each of conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, first degree burglary, assaulting a law enforcement animal with a firearm, and attempted first-degree kidnapping.

From February:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/02/soft-spoken_kid_associated_wit.html

A 21-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in a Southwest Portland crime spree that ended with an officer shot in both legs and his canine partner dead.

Steven Young pleaded guilty for the crime he committed in the early morning hours of April 16, 2014...

Young also pleaded guilty to various charges -- including first-degree attempted kidnapping -- for planning with his two co-defendants to rob the owner of Affordable Jewelry and Precious Metals at 304 S.W. Washington St. sometime in March or April 2014.

From March:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/03/canadian_border_patrol_stops_p.html

Canadian Border Patrol agents have apprehended a man who Portland police say was involved in the shooting of a police officer and police dog last year.

Early Wednesday morning, 26-year-old Jemaell Diamond Riley cut off the ankle monitoring bracelet he was required to wear while awaiting related charges...

 

[OkieGranny]

From July:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/07/third_burglar_who_fled_portlan.html

A former college student who was among a group of burglars that led police on a chase ending with an officer shot and a police dog dead was sentenced to 17 years in prison Wednesday...

Riley, 27, was the only one of the trio to go to trial...