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Six more Kelso longshoreman arrests made
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Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Updated today at 5:46 PM
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KELSO, Wash. – There have been more arrests in the Port of Longview union dispute, including a Kelso man previously arrested for allegedly assaulting a guard and vandalizing a rail car.
Six more arrests for disorderly conduct were made Wednesday.
Ronald Stavas has been accused of intimidating a witness. He is also the same person who confronted a KGW news crew last Thursday, police said.
According to a report in the Longview Daily News, a person who witnessed a recent raid at the Longview EGT grain terminal told police Stavas later threatened him, using a "four-letter word."
The report said that the man who claimed he had been threatened by Stavas is a security guard who works for the grain terminal.
Stavas had previously been arrested on four felony charges: burglary in the first degree, assault in the second degree, intimidating a witness, and sabotage. A witness had alerted police that he recognized Stavas after seeing video on KGW-TV of an angry man who confronted a news crew at the Longshoremen union hall.
Raw video: Longshoreman confronts KGW news crew
Tension has been growing amid the union and the port, over the right to work at a new grain terminal in Washington state.
On Wednesday, police arrested 45-year-old Phillip D. Schill, age 45 of Kelso, 28-year-old Byron J. Jacobs, age 28 of Longview, 45-year-old Guy E. Tow, age 45 of Longview, 54-year-old Michael K. Muller, age 54 of Longview, 39-year-old Christopher J. Barber, age 39 of Kelso and 47-year-old Randy K. Johnson, age 47 of Longview were charged with criminal trespass and obstructing a train.
Background: Longshoremen storm Port of Longview
Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview on September 8, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that was the center of a labor dispute, according to Longview Police Chief Jim Duscha. |
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