Former West Linn Police Department Sergeant Tony Reeves has been convicted of official misconduct in the first degree related to Reeves’ 2017 investigation of Michael Fesser, a Black man, who was an employee of A & B Towing in Portland.
West Linn cop fired for wrongful arrest mulling lawsuit December 22 2020
Former West Linn Police Sgt. Tony Reeves was let go in June for conduct during Fesser case; no lawsuit filed yet.
Former West Linn Police Sgt. Tony Reeves issued a tort claim notice to the city of West Linn in October alleging he was wrongfully terminated from the city. No lawsuit from Reeves has been filed, though his attorney, Chris Mascal, said they had filed the tort notice to keep their options open. City is on notice that Reeves asserts that his termination was unfair, unprecedented and was merely asserted against him to shift blame and pacify the public regarding the bad press that the City received over Fesser s civil lawsuit(s), the tort notice reads.