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than 41 years in prison.
Collins has been in the
Union County Jail since
November 2017 when
he was arrested. Five
underage female vic-
tims came forward with
similar stories of how he
took advantage of their
vulnerability and sexu-
ally assaulted them. At
the time of the incidents
all the women were un-
derage. At the end of a
five-day trial, Collins
was found guilty of 11 of
20 sexual abuse charges.
One of the charges alone
earned him 25 years in
prison.
The sentencing hear-
ing on Friday included
multiple outbursts from
Collins against District
Attorney Kelsie McDaniel
as well as the judge.
Powers said Collins was
“one of the most remark-
able” people he had ever
come across in his career
— and not in a good way.
In sentencing hearings,
victims, defendants, their
families and their lawyers
are able to make final
statements to the judge
about why the defendant
should be given the maxi-
mum penalty or some le-
niency.
McDaniel said Collins
was the most “danger-
ous sexual predator I
have ever come in contact
with” in her career.
She said Collins treat-
ed his situation as a joke
throughout the entire
trial process. He made
threats against the Or-
egon State Police trooper
responsible for the case,
as well as his family, Mc-
Daniel said. He made
threats against the vic-
tims and had winked at
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fortunate,” he said.
One reason the job is less
sought after, he noted, is
that there is a good job mar-
ket right now, and people
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as dangerous as policing.
Another big factor is the
change in the public per-
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Harvey said that a negative
perception of cops is mak-
ing the job seem more dan-
gerous and less appealing.
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the contest. First place will
earn a Microsoft Surface Pro
6 laptop, while second and
third places will each receive
a $100 Amazon gift card.
Brogoitti said she hopes
youth will be inspired to
share what they’ve learned
about underage drinking
through their art with the
adults in their lives.
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youth to think about how
alcohol impacts them now
and potentially in the fu-
ture,” she said. “Youth are
gathering and sharing in-
formation to educate adults
with the goal of creating an
environment to support
youth not drinking.”
Along with its underage
drinking awareness contest,
CHD is working to educate
the public on gambling
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which is Problem Gambling
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a woman attending the
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McDaniel said.
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McDaniel talked about
a sexual harassment ac-
cusation made against
Collins when he was a
juvenile. She said the
details of the claim were
“remarkably similar” to
the incidents in this case.
While McDaniel was
talking about this juvenile
case, Collins started to
protest and mumbled to
the DA that she needed to
“shut her damn mouth.”
Next, the victims and
families talked about the
impacts of Collins’ ac-
tions.
“I’ve never been more
terrified and didn’t know
what to do,” Victim No. 1
said of the night Collins
sexually assaulted her.
“Now I live in fear this
will happen again. I am
afraid.”
Her mother said her
daughter cannot sleep
without the light on.
“Her
personality
changed,” she said. “That
After several highly pub-
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police use of lethal force
that resulted in the deaths
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was at the lowest it had
been in 22 years.
“Look at the amount of
negativity that’s put toward
police,” Harvey said. “(A
law enforcement) career is
not perceived to be as de-
sirable as it used to be.”
treats clients who have
gambling addictions with
one-on-one counseling ser-
vices year round.
DeAnne Mansveld, pre-
vention programs coordi-
nator at CHD, said gam-
bling is less likely to be seen
as an addiction than alco-
hol or tobacco use, but be-
cause it activates the same
areas of the brain as other
addictive substances, gam-
bling should be considered
an addictive activity.
“We’re trying to increase
awareness that gambling
can be a problem for some
people,” she said. “Aware-
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many people don’t realize
gambling can even be an
addiction.”
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with a hug or kiss.”
Victim No. 3 said Col-
lins assaulted her be-
cause she broke up with
him and rejected him
multiple times.
“He views young wom-
en as objects,” she said.
Victim No. 5, who had
been engaged to Collins
and has a son with him,
said she always thought
she and Collins would be
a family.
During the February
trial, Victim No. 5 said on
the night of the assault,
she had not been feel-
ing well. She and Collins
were lying in bed in his
trailer and Collins want-
ed to have sex with her,
but she had said no mul-
tiple times.
Despite that, Collins
forced her, she said. She
testified Collins said the
next morning “he felt like
he had raped (her).”
Also during the trial in
February, Khirenda Col-
lins, Corey’s sister, tes-
tified that she had seen
Corey and Victim No. 5
together during the time
of a no-contact order.
Victim No. 5 said Friday
that her idea of a family
with Collins is gone.
“He hurt me mentally
and physically,” she said.
The victim’s parents
testified they felt helpless
for their daughter.
“I’ve heard her wake in
terror,” her mother said.
Her father said Collins
had promised to love and
protect his daughter.
“It’s one thing to learn
your daughter was raped,
it’s another to hear it in
court,” he said.
Victims No. 2 and 4
were unable to attend the
sentencing hearing.
Collins’ defense at-
torney, James Schaef-
fer, asked rhetorically
what was an appropriate
amount of time for his
client to serve a sentence.
“While my client was
an adult, he wasn’t that
much older than the vic-
tims,” Schaeffer said.
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Collins’ family said Co-
rey was a loving human
being who had a bad tem-
per. Most of them said
he was unintelligent, and
Shataeu Lansdon, Co-
rey’s sister, added he was
mentally not mature at
the time of the assaults.
They argued he shouldn’t
have his life taken away
from him because of this
situation.
Collins then spoke di-
rectly to Powers.
He apologized for his
outbursts and then said
he had been a “little kid”
when those incidents had
taken place.
“(Victim No. 3) and I
got drunk and slept to-
gether. If I had been so-
ber, I wouldn’t have,”
Collins said.
He then recanted the
statement and said “it
sounded way worse than
He recalled seeing appli-
cants losing the desire to
stands why the job is not
for everyone. He decided to
ulates that some may have
lost interest because of the
national distrust.
“They are saying, ‘Why
would I even want to do
this job?’” he said.
Kaleb Cole started work-
ing for the La Grande Po-
lice Department about a
year ago. Cole said of the
national increase in dis-
trust for police: “Some
cops have made a bad
name for us as a whole.”
He said that he under-
his “heart is in the job.”
“I’ve always had that
need to protect people,” he
said.
Cole said that in La
Grande, the national trend
cording to Mansveld’s own
experience of witnessing
students smoking cigarettes
with their teachers while
she was in high school.
“There was rampant
smoking everywhere, but
now we’re at the point where
smoking is not as culturally
acceptable as it once was,”
she said. “This has been a
huge success of public and
population health.”
Brogoitti agrees, but
adds she believes the best
way to approach preventa-
tive care is to start at home
with the family unit.
“(Tobacco use preven-
tion) is a good example of
how public health controls
can work to protect a whole
community,” she said. “The
idea (with prevention) is to
stop problems before they
who claims to be a victim
of false accusations.
“I find that remark to
be somewhat disturbing,”
Powers said. “What I saw
was vulnerable girls not
protected but treated as
prey.”
Powers said Collins was
“reprehensible” when he
preyed on one of the vic-
tims because her father
had fired him from a job.
“What kind of mind de-
cides to get revenge (on
someone) by sexually as-
saulting his daughter?”
he asked.
The judge had the op-
tion of running Collins’
sentences concurrently
(at the same time) or con-
secutively.
“What I heard today,
especially from Collins,
was an extraordinary in-
ability or unwillingness
to take responsibility for
what happened.… Based
on what I heard today, the
sentence will be served
consecutively. That’s not
a decision I expected to
make.”
The sentence Collins
could’ve received was 25
years. Powers said due
largely to Collins’ actions
in court, he will now be
serving more than 41
years in prison and a life-
time of post-prison su-
pervision.
The Collins family does
intend to appeal the de-
cision.
Contact Cherise
Kaechele at 541-963-3161
or email ckaechele@
lagrandeobserver.com.
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it should’ve.”
Collins
said
he
shouldn’t go away for life.
“Why am I supposed
to mope and cry? There’s
nothing I can do to
change (things). Crying
won’t fix anything,” he
said, alluding to the lack
of apology. “Women have
all the power in society.
They just point their fin-
ger, and you’re guilty.”
He also said McDaniel
pushed this case for “po-
litical gain.”
Just 15 minutes later,
Powers came back with
his decision.
He said the young
women, under the law,
are classified as victims,
but by coming forward,
they start the process of
being survivors.
“It was compelling to
hear (their testimonies),”
Powers said.
The judge then ad-
dressed Collins.
“I understand how life-
changingly significant my
decision is,” Powers told
the defendant. “What
I heard at the hearing
... changed what I was
(planning on) doing.
What people say (during
their statements) mat-
ters.”
Powers told Collins he
had been taken aback that
the defendant still denies
he sexually assaulted the
victims.
“It happened,” Powers
said of the assaults. “I
gave out the convictions.”
He said there was a
“profound lack of empa-
thy” from the defendant
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