Tacoma Police Officer Chad Lawless took the witness stand after a lengthy argument between prosecutors and defense attorneys about the rules of cross-examination for him.
Lawless was one of the first to the scene when Troyer called 911 to report newspaper delivery driver Sedrick Altheimer was threatening his life. Lawless testified he arrived just minutes after the initial call – a call in which the sheriff is heard telling dispatchers multiple times that he was threatened.
According to Lawless, Troyer told him he was at home when he noticed a suspicious car pulling into his neighbors’ driveways, so he got dressed and went out to investigate.“He just talked down to me like I was just lost, like I didn’t know where I belonged,” Altheimer said in court today. “He accused me of being a porch pirate.”
Even after being asked twice, Lawless said Troyer repeatedly indicated Altheimer did not threaten to kill him.
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