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Shawn Siefke (left) and Christian
Sanchez-Villavencio (right) were both
charged with assault in the third degree.
when they returned to the area while police
were still interviewing the victims.
Simpson said the gay victim’s minor inju
ries were treated on the scene, while Smith
and Siefke were taken to the hospital for
further treatment. KOIN 6 reported that
Smith receiyed a CAT scan before being
released with non-life threatening injuries.
Siefke and Sanchez-Villavencio were
both charged with third-degree assault and
Siefke was charged with second-degree in
timidation. Siefke is being held without bail
at the Multnomah County Detention Cen
ter on a U.S. Marshal hold. According to
Deputy U.S. Marshal Cory Cunningham,
Siefke s arrest violated his pre-trial supervi
sion in an unrelated ATF (Bureau of Alco
hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
matter. Sanchez-Villavencio was being held
on $7,500 bail, but has since been released.
Assault in the third degree is a felony
charge that typically involves assault with a
deadly or dangerous weapon, with “extreme
indifference to the value of human life” and/
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Portland Police have charged two men in
a June 25 assault in Northwest Portland
against a gay man and the good Samaritan
who stepped in to help.
Shawn Siefke, 28, and Christian San-
chez-Villavencio, 21, allegedly stopped a
30-year-old gay man to ask for directions
near NW Second and NW Flanders at
about 3 a.m. Saturday morning before
pushing him to the ground and hurling gay
slurs, according to police.
Ihe attack on the gay man, who told po
lice he did not want his identity publicized,
was cut short when passerby Andrew
Smith, 24, of Newport, stepped in to de
fend him. Siefke and Sanchez-Villavcncio
then allegedly turned on Smith, throwing
punches and kicking him in the head while
he was face down on the ground, according
to a report from KOIN 6.
“I stepped in to help the man because I
thought to myself, what if that was my little
brother?” Smith told KOIN 6.
While police don’t encourage people to
get directly involved in crimes in progress—
being a “good witness” and calling police are
the recommended approach—Simpson said
if people decide to step in like Smith did, it’s
important that they take into account their
experience and comfort level.
“He put himself at risk [in a way] that a
lot of people wouldn’t do,” Sergeant Pete
Simpson said. “He knew the risks and was
willing to get involved.... By all accounts,
he did the right thing.”
After the other victim called 911, police
questioned the men and broadcast a de
scription of the suspects, who were arrested
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