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Accused kidnapper seeks access to texts, instant messages
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
Russell Wayne Devin-
ey’s attorney said he is still
waiting on evidence that
may very well “change the
nature of the case” involv-
ing the accused kidnapper
and rapist.
Deviney, 48, of Everett,
Wash., appeared before Clat-
sop County Circuit Judge
Paula Brownhill on Friday,
Sept. 4, in a gray, striped
jumpsuit and shackles for a
status check. Both the de-
fense and District Attorney’s
of¿ce are being delayed by a
lack of evidence, including
surveillance footage from a
Walmart in Salem.
Deviney allegedly kid-
napped a 15-year-old girl
in Sanger, Calif., on May 9
before leaving her and his
2004 Nissan Pickup at the
McDonald’s in Astoria two
days later. A nationwide
felony warrant was issued
for Deviney’s arrest.
Cannon Beach police
and FBI agents found
Deviney behind a locked
JOSHUA BESSEX/THE DAILY ASTORIAN
Russell Wayne Deviney, right, appears for a status hearing at the Clatsop County Court-
house Friday, Sept. 4.
Russell Wayne Deviney is
walked back to the Clat-
sop County Jail after a sta-
tus hearing at the Clatsop
County Courthouse.
the case an “online luring
situation.”
According to court doc-
uments, the girl believed
Deviney was an 18-year-
old named James Russell,
or “JR,” who chatted with
her on Instagram. Meeting
him at a location near her
home, she was kidnapped
and later sexually assaulted,
according to documents.
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von Boeckmann said he is
waiting for the state to pro-
vide text messages between
his client and the victim.
On Friday, District At-
torney Josh Marquis called
gate in a privately-owned
wooded area south of Can-
non Beach on May 14, after
a passerby reported seeing
him and called police.
Defense attorney James
“Mr. Deviney is facing
some very serious charges,”
Marquis said.
Deviney pleaded not
guilty to 12 felony charges
in May, including ¿rst-de-
gree kidnapping, ¿rst-de-
gree rape and ¿rst-degree
sodomy, and remains in
custody on $1 million bail.
Marquis said his of¿ce
is waiting on the crime lab
to pull those text messages
from two phones con¿scat-
ed from Deviney. The state
agreed to request any ex-
isting copies of texts from
investigators to forward to
the defense.
Von Boeckmann said he
is also seeking social media
correspondence.
The state has had dif-
¿culty recovering the
Walmart surveillance vid-
eo, Marquis said. The DA’s
of¿ce is seeking a court
order to prevent the store
from destroying or altering
the video in any way.
Deviney is scheduled
for a ¿nal resolution con-
ference on Dec. 11. A trial
date has not been set.
Wyden comes to Seaside to show support for foster kids
THE NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING
leaving the foster care system
don’t fall between the cracks
in terms of housing, health
care and basic necessities.
Wyden, whose wife Nan-
cy joined him, chose Seaside
to debut his foster care ¿nance
reform package because the
city is home to FosterClub,
the Seaside-headquartered
national network for young
people in foster care.
Nancy Wyden’s father and
aunt had both been in foster
care, her father from age 5 to
12 and her aunt from 13 to 15,
she said.
“I want you guys to pre-
tend you’re in my shoes,”
Ron Wyden said. “I’d be in-
terested in hearing what you
would be working with you if
you were in my shoes.”
Royce Markley, 22, who
spent nine years in Oregon
and Washington foster care
systems, said he had received
little or no information on ¿-
nancial aid before entering
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Sen. Ron Wyden came
to Seaside Monday, Aug. 31
to show support for a Sen-
ate proposal to expand funds
available for foster care fami-
lies and children. The legisla-
tion expands reimbursement
to provide parenting skills,
family counseling, mentoring
programs and services to sta-
bilize families in crisis.
“It looks like this fall we’re
going to be able to advance
this bill,” Wyden, a rank-
ing member of the Senate
Finance Committee which
oversees foster care, said. “In
a tight budget environment it
would be very hard to pro-
vide direct ¿nancial support,
but the idea is that we provide
young people ways to ¿nance
college, ways to secure hous-
ing and health care.”
The goal, he said, is to
make sure young people
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Celeste Bodner of FosterClub
in Seaside receives a visit
from Sen. Ron Wyden.
Linn-Benton
Community
College. “That put a lot of
strain on my life and my ed-
ucation,” he said.
Ashlee
Foster-French,
who spent four years in Or-
egon’s foster system, said
foster children faced obsta-
cles setting up bank accounts,
budget and ¿nance. “Identify-
ing the problems we have is
an important place to start,”
she said.
“We get labeled,” Fos-
ter-French said. “We have to
fall into a category to receive
medication. I’m a mother of
three, and every time I’ve
gone in to give birth, they
bring up my past medical his-
tory. It’s very upsetting.”
Elbert Belcher spent 21
years in Kentucky’s foster
care system. He urged pre-
ventive services, including
counseling,
transportation
and assistance for families
and parents on board to take
before children are placed
into the foster care system.
“I’d like to focus on the
sibling connection,” Belcher
said. “I haven’t seen my two
younger brothers for six or
seven years because they’ve
been readopted after our un-
fortunate abusive adoption.
I think it’s inhumane not to
have communication with
your siblings if they’ve been
adopted in a closed adoption.
Others told Wyden about
frequent placements, bully-
ing, abuse from some foster
families and lack of con-
tact with overburdened case
workers, many of whom are
untrained in youth engage-
ment.
“I think there’s a pow-
erful moral case for every
youngster to be able to have
a safe option in these kind
of situations,” Wyden said.
“Even if you don’t share my
idea for the morality, you
should be for what we’re
talking about because it is
so much more attractive ¿-
nancially than what we’re
going to pay for picking up
the pieces, in the welfare
system, the law enforcement
system, post-traumatic stress
and drug addiction.”
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