Pierce County Council to pause investigation into Sheriff Ed Troyer
(Pierce County Sheriff s Department, Facebook)
The Pierce County Council announced Wednesday that it will be pausing its investigation into Sheriff Ed Troyer, following the announcement of a separate investigation from the state Attorney General.
The two investigations stemmed from a late-January incident, where Troyer had called the police on a Black newspaper delivery driver. Troyer had reported seeing a car moving in and out of a neighbor’s driveway at 2 a.m. with its headlights off. He then confronted the driver, identified as 24-year-old Sedrick Altheimer, before making a call to dispatch that had an estimated 42 units from around the region to the scene.
Former US Attorney Brian Moran to investigate Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer KING 5 Staff
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Editor s note: The video above aired April 6, following calls for Sheriff Troyer s resignation.
Former U.S. Attorney Brian Moran will lead an independent investigation into recent actions by Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, according to the Pierce County Council.
Troyer is under fire for calling 911 dispatch on Jan. 27 to report a Black newspaper carrier in his neighborhood “threatened to kill him.” It s a statement he later retracted when speaking with the Tacoma Police Department.
The call led to more than 40 officers from multiple agencies rushing to the neighborhood.
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