Area man charged with two felonies

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August 11, 2008

By BOB GIBBINS

TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — STILWELL – Adair County prosecutors have charged a man with two felonies and two misdemeanors after he allegedly spit on a Westville police officer.

Ernest Heydorn Jr., 20, faces felony counts of prisoner placing body fluids on a government employee, and sex offender living within 2,000 feet of a school, and misdemeanors of assault on a police officer. Department of Corrections records show Heydorn is on probation for second-degree rape and assault and battery until March 2011.

Heydorn allegedly came to the police department July 7 to register as a sex offender, and said he was going to live on Cherokee Street when asked where he was going to live. He was told he couldn’t live in town.

Heydorn was then handcuffed and changed his story, telling the officers he was going to live outside town in a trailer park. He also offered to tell Westville police where some drugs were, and said he would never come to town again, if he was released.

An affidavit filed in the case states Heydorn was put in the back of a patrol car for transport to the Adair County Jail. Heydorn allegedly told someone on a cell phone that Officer Jeremy Alverson was going to assault him. He started screaming and crying when officers tried to take his cell phone, and the officers told him they weren’t hurting him.

Heydorn allegedly tried to bite Alverson in addition to spitting in Curtis’ face. He later told authorities he may have Hepatitis C.

Placing bodily fluids on a government employee is punishable by imprisonment for up to two years and/or a fine of up to $1,000. Sex offender living within 2,000 feet of a school is punishable by a fine of up to $3,000 and/or imprisonment for one to three years. Both misdemeanors carry possible $500 fines and/or imprisonment for up to a year.

Assistant District Attorney Shannon Otteson is prosecuting the case.

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