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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015
Area man charged in alleged murder for hire scheme
Sam Fredrick
Valdez being
held in lieu of
$10M bail
Street Crimes Unit found six
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thousands of rounds of ammu-
nition, a box containing “seal
bombs,” a type of explosive,
half a pound of unprocessed
marijuana, and over 17 pounds
of marijuana oils and other pro-
cessed marijuana products with
a stated street value of more
than $140,000.
cops who collaborate on re-
gional drug investigations.
“When we realized it was
something the Task Force had
the resources to do, we passed
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type of case where you need
multiple people and multiple
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
resources, and for a detective
EO Media Group
to completely focus on it,”
Howie said.
ROSBURG, Wash. — Last
Under the guidance of a
‘Ugly’ divorce
year, Wahkiakum county busi-
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Court documents provided dential informant (CI) — a
nessman Sam Fredrick Valdez
won 5 percent of the vote in by Wahkiakum County Prose- person who has agreed to re-
the race for the assessor’s seat, cutor Dan Bigelow show that ceive lesser criminal charges
even though he dropped out Valdez became increasingly in exchange for helping police
before the primary. It’s prob- ¿[DWHG RQ H[DFWLQJ UHYHQJH with investigations — began
ably for the best that he didn’t upon people who played even recording conversations in
get elected.
a minor role in his drawn-out which Valdez allegedly asked
On July 3, Valdez, 63, divorce proceedings, which to have at least six people
was arrested on suspicion of were initiated in early 2013 killed. He agreed to pay for
hiring a hit-man to murder and still have not been fully WKH ¿UVW RI WKH PXUGHUV ZLWK
his ex-wife and several oth- resolved.
large quantities of the mari-
er people, including Superior
The divorce settlement cost juana concentrate he was al-
Court Judge Michael Sullivan Valdez about $112,000, and he legedly producing, according
and Cathlamet attorney Wil- has appealed the values as- to court documents.
liam Faubion, who serves as a signed to the couple’s jointly
Howie has not heard the re-
MXGJHSURWHPLQ3DFL¿F&RXQ- owned properties and the way cordings himself. But he says
ty. Valdez is also suspected of they were distributed in the di- the investigators who have
manufacturing and dealing vorce settlement.
listened to them were shocked
huge quantities of “honey oil”
:KHQ 9DOGH] EULHÀ\ UDQ by Valdez’s malice.
— marijuana concentrate, and for assessor last year, he told
“It doesn’t even begin to
other marijuana byproducts.
the Chinook Observer that his tell you how chilling it is to
The drug and murder in- primary motivation for run- hear the recordings. It’s cra-
vestigation also provided new ning was extreme frustration zy,” Howie said.
leads in an ongoing arson in- with the way the incumbent
‘Chilling’ recordings
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stroyed Valdez’s neighbor’s property valuation matters.
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informant (who is not iden-
cles in July 2014 — about a details.
week after Valdez’s contentious
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While executing a search received a tip about Valdez’s he wanted to have his ex-wife
warrant at Valdez’s home in the drug activities and murder killed. Valdez also allegedly
1000 block of Altoona Pillar conspiracy this spring. WCSO told the CI that “… he used
Rock Road south of Rosburg alerted the Cowlitz-Wahkia- a matchbox, cotton and small
on July 3, Wahkiakum County kum Narcotics Task Force, VRGD ERWWOHV ¿OOHG ZLWK JDVR-
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from the Longview Police of detectives and undercover stroyed his neighbor’s home,
and expressed a desire to burn
down two more neighboring
homes because the owners are
friends with his ex-wife.
The detective requested a
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learned the couple who lived
in the burned home had testi-
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divorce proceedings, which
“got ugly,” according to the
female resident. She had re-
ported seeing Valdez at the
scene of the early morning
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In mid-May, the informant
wore a concealed recording
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spoke with Valdez about kill-
ing his ex-wife. Valdez ex-
plained that he actually had
a “list” of people he wanted
killed. He agreed to pay air-
fare and car rental so the CI’s
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and kill the ex-wife, caution-
ing the informant that the plan
should “be well thought-out.”
The court documents don’t
say what price Valdez planned
to pay for the murder.
By the second week of
June, Valdez had told the CI
that he was actually wonder-
ing if he could have “a pack-
age deal,” and have both of
his ex-wife’s children killed,
too, in order to “send a mes-
sage.”
A few days later, the CI
again put on a wire and con-
tacted Valdez to discuss the
plans in more detail. When
the informant asked for more
information about how to kill
the ex-wife, Valdez added a
new name to his hit-list — that
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Tattooed man Matt Gone makes beach stop
By LAURA
MULLENNIEX-DAVIS
For EO Media Group
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— The World’s Most
Checkered Man has more
than 1,050 tattoos and more
than 130 artists have worked
on his body.
Matt Gone visited Long
Beach’s Reddog Tatoo shop,
owned by Kevin Fink, over
LAURA MULLENNIEX-DAVIS — For EO Media Group
the Fourth of July weekend.
This unique man, who got Kevin Fink and Matt Gone mug for the camera.
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when he was 16, travels personal favorite tattoo is rare birth defect called Po-
worldwide to many tattoo his tongue.
land syndrome which caus-
conventions. He said his
Gone was born with a es undeveloped or absent
muscles on one side of the
body. The tattooing was a
way of self love — Gone
wished to be proud of his
body, and comfortable in his
newly checkered skin. Di-
agnosed with kidney disease
in 2007, Gone uses his tat-
tooed image to raise aware-
ness of rare birth defects and
kidney disease.
Fink is part of the One
Nation Under Ink and would
like to bring next year’s
convention to Long Beach.
While Gone was at the Red-
dog shop, Fink added the state
of Washington tattoo, next to his
tattoo of the state of Oregon.
for every contingency. But in
the end, “it went very smooth-
ly,” and Valdez cooperated.
Initially, Valdez was placed
under arrest for the suspected
drug crimes. But during a lat-
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to inform him that he was also
under arrest on suspicion of
conspiracy to commit murder.
Valdez is now lodged in
the Wahkiakum County Jail
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solicitation to commit mur-
der, delivery of marijuana,
and possession of marijuana
with intent to manufacture
or deliver. The solicitation
charge carries a minimum
sentence of 20 years without
parole, a maximum sentence
of life imprisonment, and/or
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marijuana-related
charges
carries a maximum penalty
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Howie said Valdez did
not immediately hire a law-
yer, possibly because he
believed his friends would
pool their resources to hire
an attorney for him. It’s not
clear yet whether he’ll hire
his own attorney, or ask for a
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he’ll be spending at least an-
other week in the jail while
he waits for the next chance
to be arraigned with legal
representation.
He is being held on $10
million bail — the highest bail
ever in Wahkiakum Coun-
ty history, as far as Howie
knows.
Little chance of release
“Quite frankly I don’t
Howie said police met be- think he realized how high
fore the July 3 raid to assign a bail he was going to get,”
UROHVWRHDFKRI¿FHUDQGSODQ Howie said.
County Superior Court judge
who had been hearing Val-
dez’s divorce case.
“Sullivan. I’ll say one
word. Sullivan.” Valdez told
the CI. “I go before him in
six to eight months, and I
don’t want to see (his) face
again.” He agreed to pay the
hit-man’s expenses with the
honey oil marijuana extract.
Valdez also elaborated on
his increasingly cold-blooded
fantasies about how to exact
revenge on those whom he be-
lieved had wronged him. His
“list” included William Faubi-
on, who served as his attorney
during the early stages of the
divorce. Valdez suggested
possible means of killing his
targets, including tossing acid
in the faces of female victims.
He also pondered the idea of
using a knife to dismember
one of the victims.
In late June, Valdez pro-
vided the CI with photographs
and contact information for
his ex-wife, stating he want-
ed to “cut the head off of the
snake.” The CI recorded Val-
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and handed over a jar honey
oil, mentioning that he had
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erful marijuana concentrate at
his home.
“Once we leave here, the
deal’s done. It’s done, it’s so-
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Valdez.
“It was done the day I said
f----n’ do it,” Valdez respond-
ed.
Civil War re-enactor
dies after fall from horse
The Associated Press
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ton woman died after she fell
off her horse while preparing
to participate in a Civil War
re-enactment.
The Salem Statesman
Journal reports (http://is.gd/
tBpAR4 ) that Tammy Still-
well, of Langley, Wash., was
preparing to head into the
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lamette Mission State Park
when her horse took a turn
into the woods.
Scott Ingalls of the North-
west Civil War Council says
Stillwell was knocked off her
horse by a tree branch and fell
to the ground. She was taken
to Salem Hospital where she
went into emergency surgery
Sunday to repair internal
bleeding. She died during sur-
gery.
Ingalls says the re-enac-
tors and the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department will
investigate.
Oregon
State
Police
spokesman Lt. Bill Fugate
says because Stillwell died at
the hospital the agency will
not be investigating.
The annual Civil War
re-enactment on the coast is
Sept. 5-7,
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