Former Coquille cop goes to trial

By Jolene Guzman, Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 9 comment(s)

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COQUILLE - A former Coquille police officer will stand trial on charges of giving alcohol to minors and propositioning an underage girl for sex. 

James Bryant is scheduled for trial on Sept. 22, along with his wife, Tammy Bryant, who also is charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor.

Coos County Circuit Court Judge Richard L. Barron set the date Monday morning. Neither of the defendants, who now live in Sisters, appeared before the judge. Assistant Public Defender Allen Goldman appeared on their behalf.

Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said the Bryants consolidated their cases for trial.

Coos Bay police arrested James Bryant, 35, on March 18, on three counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor and attempting to contribute to the sexual delinquency of a minor. Tammy Bryant, 36, was not arrested, but she was charged during the course to the investigation.

The charges allege James Bryant gave alcohol to three people under 21 and tried to have sex with a girl younger than 18.

Eriks Gabliks, deputy director of the Oregon Department of Safety Standards and Training, said the department is looking into whether Bryant's officer certification should be revoked.

The department gave Bryant the opportunity to voluntarily surrender his certification in March after being notified of his arrest. He declined, Gabliks said.

Gabliks said the department will keep the file open until after the trial is finished and then decide whether to revoke his certification. The department has requested Coquille Police Department's file on the incident.

"Once the court makes it ruling and we receive and review the information from Coquille PD we will have a better idea on our next actions," Gabliks said in an e-mail.
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Dragonman wrote on Jun 29, 2009 4:29 PM:

I do believe for the most part our local PD is honest. This guy should be stripped of ever being a cop again, and maybe he should register as a sex offender. This seems very heinous to me. A policeman is one of societies most trusted positions. Moving away should never be a way to escape punishment. I also believe that if the funding were there for our District Attorney he’d hang this guy.

carefree highway wrote on Jun 24, 2009 9:30 PM:

Yep, go ahead Judge Barron, put this cop in jail for a few days. Dont forget to put a good family man in jail like me for 45 days for breaking a restraining order that corrupt cops connived my family into getting and my family asked for it to be dropped, but you wouldnt. Corrupt cop gets 20 days for a felony, rapist gets 30, and the court system persecuted and terrorized my family by incarcerating me for 3 months and 6 months separation. D.A went along with the crap like a wet puppy.

22656 wrote on Jun 24, 2009 10:12 AM:

To Medfordgrl-

If you are goin to bash anyone for misspelling.....perhaps you should learn how to spell "least"your own self. If in fact this is your family - maybe you should be correcting their misjudgement on hanging out with younger kids.

Just Me wrote on Jun 24, 2009 8:18 AM:

Medfordgirl: Who on these posts has even mentioned your family name???

pooky_flava wrote on Jun 23, 2009 5:38 PM:

With all due respect, I do not believe anyone is bashing your family. It is unfortunate what has happened and my condolences for you having to go through this with your family. However, these circumstances deserve serious consequences.

medfordgrl wrote on Jun 23, 2009 3:50 PM:

If you guys are going to bash my family the last you could do is spell our last name right...

Just Me wrote on Jun 23, 2009 2:57 PM:

As everyone knows Frasier's track record, this also will be pled down as everything else he tries is. Especially this one because this is a cop!

cisea wrote on Jun 23, 2009 2:44 PM:

What is it with the cops lately? Check out ' The East Oregonian' Pendleton paper. This one is an Athena OR police officer.

CC wrote on Jun 23, 2009 11:24 AM:

It is about time this officer faces the community for his actions. It has gone on for way to long. I just hope the DA sticks to his guns and does not allow a plea deal on this case. Only time will tell.


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