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Corbett man gets probation, house arrest after threatening teens with a gun and leaving them stranded
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian
February 10, 2010, 5:56PM
William Everett Willis was irate at the way an 18-year-old with a carload of teenagers was driving one night, so he decided to teach them a lesson.
The 29-year-old Corbett man followed close behind during the Oct. 25 incident. When the other driver stopped along Larch Mountain Road near Corbett, Willis stopped, too. The teens, in the area for a party, later told police that Willis ordered them out of their car at gunpoint and told them to lay on the ground.
They feared that Willis might kill them.
William Everett Willis
"Does your friend want to die?" he reportedly asked at one point. He also warned them to stay out of the area. "This is so none of you guys will come out here again! I don't want to see you in Corbett again!"
Then he took their car keys and drove off.
Wednesday, Willis pleaded guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court to four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. As part of a plea agreement, Judge Michael Marcus sentenced him to three years of probation and 120 days of house arrest. He will be allowed to leave for work or other reasons approved by his probation officer, and will wear an electronic monitoring device.
The judge also ordered Willis, now 30, to pay each of his five victims $500. Two guns that were confiscated from his home were destroyed.
Oregon sentencing guidelines recommended probation and up to 90 days in jail. But Deputy District Attorney Christine Mascal that given jail crowding and Willis' lack of previous convictions, he probably would have been released far earlier.
After Willis drove off that night, the teens -- ages 15 to 18 and from Gresham, Happy Valley, Clackamas and Oregon City -- walked to get help. They didn't know who Willis was until a few days later, when Willis, apparently rethinking what he'd done, gave the keys to someone he knew would return them.
From there, Multnomah County sheriff's deputies were able to identify Willis.
-- Aimee Green
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2010/02/corbett_man_gets_probation_hou.html
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian
February 10, 2010, 5:56PM
William Everett Willis was irate at the way an 18-year-old with a carload of teenagers was driving one night, so he decided to teach them a lesson.
The 29-year-old Corbett man followed close behind during the Oct. 25 incident. When the other driver stopped along Larch Mountain Road near Corbett, Willis stopped, too. The teens, in the area for a party, later told police that Willis ordered them out of their car at gunpoint and told them to lay on the ground.
They feared that Willis might kill them.
William Everett Willis
"Does your friend want to die?" he reportedly asked at one point. He also warned them to stay out of the area. "This is so none of you guys will come out here again! I don't want to see you in Corbett again!"
Then he took their car keys and drove off.
Wednesday, Willis pleaded guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court to four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. As part of a plea agreement, Judge Michael Marcus sentenced him to three years of probation and 120 days of house arrest. He will be allowed to leave for work or other reasons approved by his probation officer, and will wear an electronic monitoring device.
The judge also ordered Willis, now 30, to pay each of his five victims $500. Two guns that were confiscated from his home were destroyed.
Oregon sentencing guidelines recommended probation and up to 90 days in jail. But Deputy District Attorney Christine Mascal that given jail crowding and Willis' lack of previous convictions, he probably would have been released far earlier.
After Willis drove off that night, the teens -- ages 15 to 18 and from Gresham, Happy Valley, Clackamas and Oregon City -- walked to get help. They didn't know who Willis was until a few days later, when Willis, apparently rethinking what he'd done, gave the keys to someone he knew would return them.
From there, Multnomah County sheriff's deputies were able to identify Willis.
-- Aimee Green
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2010/02/corbett_man_gets_probation_hou.html
