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Judge rules evidence sufficient
to take Davis to trial for felony
McMINNVI1.1.1-: (AIM A Yamhill Countv
distric t judge decided Tuesday th.it them is sufli
c ient evidence fur former st.ite Kep Drew Davis
to stand trial on two felony charges of tampering
with drug records
fudge Wayne Harris issued the ruling after
two Newherg police offic.ers and a pharmai is! re
called the events that led to the former lawmak
er"s arrest following a polic e chase Aug 2‘t
Davis, :tH, of Hike Oswego, is ace used of try
ing to fill a phmn prescription at a Newherg
pharmac \ The pharmac ist hec aim* suspic ions
and telephoned police, who arrived shortly alter
I tavis left the drugstore
A la-mile car chase ensued Ihe car was
abandoned, but police using trac king clogs lound
Davis nearby
Davis, who also is c harged with eluding po
lie e reckless driving and rec kless c-nclangerment
remains tree on hail A trial report conference
was sc heduled for N'o\ 1 t m c ircuit c uurt
Davis served in the Oregon House for eight
years until 1'IHlt, when he was defeated in the
Democratic primary He later switched party a ltd
iation to Republican and waged an unsuccessful
campaign lor Congress against Kep Ron Wyden
He is president ot the conservative American
f reedom (Inal it ion
Distric t Attorney John Collins told the judge
he thinks there is strong evidence that Davis
phoned in three different phony prescriptions to
three Newherg area pharmac ies
Collins said tile state hopes to show Davis
made c unflic ting statements about the c ase to po
lice and to a reporter tor The (Iregonian
The newspaper quoted Davis alter Ills arrest
•is saving hi* had phoned in the prescription tu
the* Newborn pharmat \ .mil had phoned m alHiut
10 phony preM riplioits during the past tev\ years
u ilhout nett inn 1 aught
|).i\is also was ipioted as saving lie had pan
i< ked when polii e showed up at the pharma* \
Mil hael A Douglas owner of Mike s Medi
i al I’harmat \ in Newherg testified that he re
i.eived a prescription for the pain killing drug
Yicudin on Aug J‘t lie said lie hei ame suspi
■ ions because the presi nplion was phoned in
from northeast Cortland using the name of a i .lad
stone dot tor and was being filled in New berg
One of the arresting officers. Robert Hughes
said that when Davis was apprehended he told
officers he had been kidnapped at gunpoint
Hughes testitied Davis also said polii e were mak
mg a mistake and there was another suspei t hid
ing in the brush nearby
I he officers said Davis offered the inform.i
lion w ilhout being asked
Davis did not speak during the healing \t
terward, he was unchanu teristii ally ipiiet
I think there are some t.n Is (fiat need to he
straightened out that were misrepresented m
court Dav is said I i an t get into them
I d love to say a lot. but I'd lose mv law
ver
Ills attorney linn Montgomery said he had
advised Ills i bent "to make very few i moments at
this lime
At a news i onfereni e Sept H Day is i la lined
Newherg polite lied about evident e found in the
trunk of Ins i ar Polite said they found soft t ore
pornographit magazines a mat bine gun and pre
si ription pill bottles in the trunk
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