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| Troutdale Man Arrested, Attempts to Bribe State Trooper to Avoid Jail | ||
| 01/30/2007 | ||
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Lieutenant Gregg Hastings Public Information Officer Office: (503) 731-3020 ext. 247 Pager: (503) 323-3195 Photograph links valid for 30 days - Source: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office http://www.flashnews.net/images/news/butkovich.jpg A Troutdale-area man already under arrest for outstanding warrants, allegedly attempted to bribe an Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper into letting him go in an attempt to avoid being lodged in jail. The man is facing a felony charge of Bribe Giving in addition to the other charges. On January 29, 2007 at approximately 4:33 p.m., OSP Senior Trooper Robert Fosburgh stopped a 1994 Saturn four-door southbound on Interstate 205 near West Linn for a vehicle license violation (no front license plate). During the initial contact with the driver, he provided the trooper with a false name and date of birth. Further investigation determined his true identity was NICHOLAS DOMINIC BUTKOVICH, age 26, from Troutdale, and he was wanted on six outstanding misdemeanor Fail to Appear warrants out of Clackamas County. BUTKOVICH was taken into custody on the warrants, in addition to charges of Furnishing False Information to a Police Office and misdemeanor Driving While Suspended. While enroute to the Clackamas County Jail, BUTKOVICH, who was in possession of a large amount of cash, allegedly initially offered Senior Trooper Fosburgh $500 to let him go. Before reaching the jail, the offer rose to $2,000. Senior Trooper Fosburgh lodged BUTKOVICH in jail on the above listed charges as well as Bribe Giving, a class B Felony. According to ORS 162.015 "a person commits the crime of bribe giving if the person offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant with the intent to influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion in an official capacity." As a class B Felony, this crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine up to $250,000. ### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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