Prosecutors started filing charges Thursday against some of the 17 people arrested during a violent May Day protest in Seattle.

Six people who spent the night in the King County Jail face misdemeanor charges that include obstructing officers, resisting arrest, property damage and failure to disperse, the City Attorney’s Office said.

Three who bailed out of the jail could be charged later, and five others were expected to make their initial appearances in King County Superior Court to face more serious charges later Thursday.

In all, 17 people were arrested after the “anti-capitalism” demonstration turned violent, with protesters pelting police with rocks and bottles and police firing flash-bang grenades and pepper spray.

[It is believed some of those arrested in Seattle, according to the following article, may have also been responsible for an assault-robbery on a photojournalist at the TESC event billed as an (A)narchists Convergence around 11:30 am on 4-20-13. Their mug shots are being sought for identification independent of the course of criminal charges against them in King County.]

By Sara Jean Green (4-2-13)

Five protesters arrested during May Day’s “anti-capitalism” demonstration that turned violent made initial court appearances Thursday, with a King County District Court judge finding probable cause in each of the cases for crimes of rioting, assaulting Seattle police officers or both.

Four of the five men don’t live in Seattle, and the fifth is an unemployed 21-year-old with a lengthy juvenile criminal history, including a number of assaults in Spokane County, according to court records.

 

That man, Marcel Davis, 20, was ordered held in lieu of $60,000 bail for investigation of second-degree assault and felony rioting. He is accused of passing out large rocks to other demonstrators and hurling rocks at police, one of which struck a female officer, injuring her left leg, according to the probable-cause statement outlining the police case against him.

A public defense attorney told Judge Arthur Chapman that Davis receives mail at The Orion Center, a Seattle drop-in service center for homeless youth.

“I think that’s reprehensible,” Chapman said of the allegations against Davis, calling his case “egregious.”

Chapman set bail at $20,000 for Joshua Irwin-Patterson, 18, of Olympia, after finding probable cause for investigation of third-degree assault and felony rioting.

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Irwin-patterson, Joshua Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	07-8-00231-1		10-04-2007
2	Irwin-patterson, Joshua Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00179-7		06-30-2008

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Patterson, Joshua R Defendant	King County District	2Z0381803		05-28-2012
2	Patterson, Joshua R Defendant	King County District	3Z0016039		01-24-2013
3	Patterson, Joshua R Defendant	Renton Municipal	CR0046301		03-07-2008
4	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	11-8-00081-2		04-19-2011
5	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	11-8-00063-4		03-18-2011
6	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00008-1		01-09-2008
7	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00110-0		05-08-2008
8	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00112-6		05-07-2008
9	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	07-8-00247-7		10-22-2007
10	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	07-8-00111-0		05-04-2007
11	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00148-7		06-03-2008
12	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00111-8		05-07-2008
13	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	07-8-00110-1		05-02-2007
14	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	08-8-00303-0		10-13-2008
15	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	10-8-00232-9		10-14-2010
16	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	07-8-00212-4		09-12-2007
17	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	King Co Superior Ct	11-8-00766-1	Available	03-10-2011
18	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	10-8-00117-9	Available	06-09-2010
19	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	11-8-00094-4		04-27-2011
20	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	10-8-00133-1		06-29-2010
21	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Juvenile Respondent	Clallam Superior Ct	11-8-00032-4		02-11-2011
22	Patterson, Joshua Ryan Defendant	King County District	213011665		05-02-2013
23	Patterson, Joshua Ryan DEFENDANT	King Co Superior Ct	13-1-09605-2		05-06-2013

Daniel T. Satterberg, prosecuting attorney; W554 King Co. Courthouse, 516 3rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98104; (206)296-9000, fax (360)296-0955

As a crowd of 200 to 300 people moved from Fourth Avenue and Pine Street to Olive Way, Irwin-Patterson was seen by officers with his arm cocked back, ready to throw a large rock at them, the probable-cause statement says.

As officers yelled warnings to each other, Irwin-Patterson put the rock in his pocket and attempted to blend back into the crowd, but an officer grabbed his T-shirt and took him into custody, it says.

Joshua R. Irwin-Patterson, 18, who also has a lengthy criminal juvenile history, told the judge he was living at an addiction-recovery house, working in construction and anticipating the end of his parole this month in connection with an earlier case.

“If I don’t get out before the 5th, I’m going to lose my house,” Irwin-Patterson said, reacting to the amount of bail set in his case. Patterson was charged with third-degree assault. He remains held on $20,000 bail.

“Mr. Patterson, that’s my order,” Chapman replied.

The judge also found probable cause that Raymond Miller, 28, shoved a Seattle officer in the chest at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Stewart Street. Miller was charged with third-degree assault.

Miller, Raymond Respondent

Mason District Court

12CV01363

11-19-2012

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Kitsap District	Y40083020		08-09-2004
2	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Pierce Co District	XYT010441		02-17-2010
3	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Thurston County Dist	1Z0086319		02-11-2011
4	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Mason District Court	1Z0176953		04-19-2011
5	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Mason District Court	1Z0176952		04-19-2011
6	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Thurston County Dist	1Z0086320		02-11-2011
7	Miller, Raymond Thomas PETITIONER	Mason Co Superior Ct	04-3-00358-7		12-16-2004
8	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Mason District Court	2Z0145230		01-23-2012
9	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Kitsap District	Y12-06159		05-24-2012
10	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Mason District Court	2Z0145229		01-23-2012
11	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Thurston County Dist	1Z0354858		06-06-2011
12	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	Thurston County Dist	1Z0216590		03-14-2011
13	Miller, Raymond Thomas Defendant	King County District	213011662		05-02-2013
14	Miller, Raymond Thomas DEFENDANT	King Co Superior Ct	13-1-09601-0		05-06-2013

Given Miller’s lack of a criminal history, Chapman agreed to release him on personal recognizance. Miller, 28, limped into the courtroom, a bruise visible on his left temple. The judge heard that Miller works as a housekeeper and is living out of a recreational vehicle with his girlfriend in Shelton, Mason County.

The judge ordered Miller not to have any contact with Seattle police unless there was an emergency, possess no weapons and commit no new crimes.

Chapman also released two other men on personal recognizance with the same conditions. The judge determined there were questions about the men’s identities and ordered the media not to photograph their faces. The Times is not naming the men due to identity concerns.

 

Joshua Wollstein says he’s no angel, but neither, he insists, is he a bottle-tossing, window-smashing anarchist. This afternoon, he appeared in a King County jailhouse courtroom where he was arraigned on charges of felony riot. A young clean-cut man, Wollstein is accused of knocking over a couple of garbage cans and hurling a few bottles at police during the May Day protest.

He conceded he may have had his way with a garbage can or two, but as far as throwing bottles — no way.

“I am not an anarchist, I am a libertarian,” he told a handful of reporters after leaving the small courtroom following a brief hearing. Wollstein added that “I am informed by Marxism and I believe Marx’s theories about capitalism have to come to bear.”

Wollstein says he was arrested under the monorail tracks at Fifth and Olive, where a large hostile crowd converged last Wednesday night. Many of them were masked and hooded and, according to police, were hurling baseball-size rocks, along with bottles and other objects.

“I went as a free-market believer,” he said. “My goal was not to smash property.”

Joshua C. Wollstein, 28, was charged with felony riot.

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Wollstein, Joshua Conan DEFENDANT	King Co Superior Ct	13-1-09604-4		05-06-2013
2	Wollstein, Joshua Conan Juvenile Respondent	Snohomish Superior	01-8-00833-1		04-04-2001
3	Wollstein, Joshua Conan Juvenile Respondent	Snohomish Superior	01-8-01765-9		08-13-2001
4	Wollstein, Joshua Conan Defendant	Bellingham Municipal	CB0068759		12-07-2009
5	Wollstein, Joshua Conan PETITIONER	Pierce Co Superior	11-2-00052-0		01-06-2011
6	Wollstein, Joshua Conan Defendant	King County District	213011671		05-02-2013

Gerardo A. Hernandez, 18, was charged with third-degree assault.

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Hernandez, Gerardo A Defendant	Benton County Dist	J06461969		05-26-2011
2	Hernandez, Gerardo A RESPONDENT	Benton Superior Ct	09-2-00060-1		01-12-2009
3	Hernandez, Gerardo A Juvenile Respondent	Benton Superior Ct	04-8-00199-3		03-05-2004
4	Hernandez, Gerardo Aka G R Defendant	Yakima County Dist	Y07-03926		06-20-2007
5	Hernandez, Gerardo Arturo Defendant	King County District	IST010659		12-20-2012
6	Hernandez, Gerardo Arturo DEFENDANT	King Co Superior Ct	13-1-09596-0		05-06-2013
7	Hernandez, Gerardo Arturo Defendant	King County District	213011674		05-03-2013
8	Hernandez, Gerardo Sandoval Aka Defendant	Yakima County Dist	Y09-09116		12-08-2009

Both Miller and Wollstein appeared in court Monday (5-6-13) and spoke to reporters.

The judge found probable cause that a 19-year-old unemployed machinist from Lynnwood committed gross misdemeanor rioting. Wearing a distinctive white fedora and a black leather jacket, the man is accused of throwing items at officers, then running from them as the police tried to arrest him.

He was later arrested in Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill.

The fifth man is a 19-year-old Tacoma Community College student who allegedly turned over a trash can and fished out two beer bottles that he hurled at officers, according to the probable-cause statement. Chapman found probable cause that he committed the crimes of third-degree assault and gross misdemeanor rioting.

All five are to return to court Monday.

The five charged with felonies Monday join six others who were charged with misdemeanors Thursday by the Seattle City Attorney’s Office.

Earlier Thursday, the City Attorney’s Office charged six people with misdemeanor crimes in connection with the May Day violence.

They are:

Sebastian Harris, 21: charged with obstruction of an officer and resisting arrest. He was arrested at Eighth Avenue and Howell Street;

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Harris, Sebastian Faro New Name	Island County Dist	CV13-0023		01-11-2013
2	Harris, Sebastian Maury Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	588517		05-02-2013

Gregory Hustead, 22: obstruction of an officer and resisting arrest; arrested in the 400 block of Olive Way;

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	King County District	1Z0469961		07-12-2011
2	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	King County District	711215938		09-29-2011
3	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	King County District	CS01734KC		10-31-2011
4	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	King County District	711215938		11-10-2011
5	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	King County District	I06210023		06-22-2010
6	Hustead, Gregory Reid Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	588514		05-02-2013

Bryanna Stader, 27: obstruction of an officer; arrested at Sixth Avenue and Olive Way;

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Stader, Bryanna Defendant	Grays Harbor Dist #1	CR0044210		09-03-2008
2	Stader, Bryanna Naomi Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	588520		05-02-2013

Paul Novasky, 44: obstruction of an officer, failure to disperse and resisting arrest; arrested at Ninth Avenue and Pine Street;

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Novasky, Paul Defendant	King Co Superior Ct	04-2-04788-9	Available	03-03-2004
2	Novasky, Paul RESPONDENT	King Co Superior Ct	07-2-17223-8		06-22-2007
3	Novasky, Paul H Defendant	King County District	85-007937		07-07-2008
4	Novasky, Paul H Taxpayer	King Co Superior Ct	10-2-44666-4	Available	12-29-2010
5	Novasky, Paul Hyun Defendant	Kcdc-so Div (swd)	C00266208		04-07-1998
6	Novasky, Paul Hyun Defendant	Chelan Co Dist Court	C00538576		07-24-2009
7	Novasky, Paul Hyun RESPONDENT	King Co Superior Ct	10-2-00817-9		04-20-2010
8	Novasky, Paul Hyun Defendant	Kirkland Municipal	28929H		10-30-2000
9	Novasky, Paul Hyun Defendant	Kirkland Municipal	28928H		10-30-2000

Justin Gonzalez, 25: obstruction of an officer; arrested at Eighth Avenue and Pine Street;

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Gonzalez, Justin Descandon Defendant	Mercer Island Muni	147288N		01-17-2006
2	Gonzalez, Justin Descandon Defendant	King County District	8Y5027567		04-28-2008
3	Gonzalez, Justin Descandon Defendant	King County District	BI0723504		03-14-2007
4	Gonzalez, Justin Descandon Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	588515		05-02-2013

Devin Bahm, 20: property damage and obstruction of an officer; arrested at Boylston Avenue and East Pine Street.

Name		Court	Case Number	Judgment Record	Court Information
1	Bahm, Devin Addison Defendant	Sno Co-evergreen Div	I2031211M		03-20-2012
2	Bahm, Devin Addison Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	588513		05-02-2013
3	Bahm, Devin Addison Defendant	Seattle Municipal Ct	585389		01-25-2013

The City Attorney’s Office said three others who were arrested posted bail overnight and will be considered for charges at a later time.

Three others were arrested but their status was unclear.

Seattle Times news researchers Miyoko Wolf and Gene Balk contributed to this report.

Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com

From: Seattle Westlake Park Street Urchins

Convicted Felon, Ben Padgett, 23, is currently being prosecuted for multiple felony crimes in Port Orchard Superior Court, Kitsap County Superior Court and in Jefferson County, Washington.

The not at all an innocent street urchin; rumored drug dealer, obvious thug, and convicted felon (see Kitsap County Superior Court case 12-1-00355-4) “Ben” aka “Trash” Padgett, who is known to harass, and intimidate residents trying to enjoy Seattle’s Westlake Park, may finally be getting a little well deserved justice after his long history of ongoing criminal activity. It has been clear all along that “Trash” is not all the “innocent” “child” that his mostly criminal cohorts have claimed since the inception of this facebook page!

In Kitsap County he was charged with and convicted of felony burglary after the vacant house he burglarized burned to the ground. The case number is 12-1-00355-4 in the Kitsap County Superior Court. Padgett pleaded guilty to those felony charges before Judge Sally F. Olsen.

Benjamin Padgett then failed to show for subsequent post conviction hearings. The court has since issued a warrant for his arrest.

According to other court records and jail registries. Benjamin Padgett has also been arrested and booked into the King County Jail multiple times since late December 2012, but apparently, and inexplicably, made bail.

Ben Padgett, aka Benjamin Michael Padgett was arrested on 12/04/2012 under booking number 2Z0784504 for charges in Jefferson County, with a bail amount of $10,100.00. Padgett was arrested on 12/28/2012 under booking number 212033796 for felony charges in Port Orchard Superior Court. Padgett was previously arrested on 08/22/2012 under King County Jail booking number 20326801 for charges in Jefferson County, with a bail amount of $10,000.00.

May Day 2013 Violence in Wash DC

Undercover cop drops GUN, sparks Furious street fighting @ DC 2013 Mayday GAP protest

by (A)non
When marchers at the Mayday march in Washington DC rushed into the GAP outlet on Connecticut Ave, the shit really hit the fan. Protesters were there because GAP labels were found in the infamous Tazareen factory fire in Bangladesh, where workers are fighting furiously to put an end to sweatshops and factory deaths.

Police vigorously resisted protests at the GAP, and at one point appeared to try to seal several protesters inside. At least one person, maybe more, was arrested there. Suddenly, a person dressed as a protester tackled another protester-and a GUN and holster tumbled out of his clothing to the street. That person was an undercover cop, and their carelessness could have killed people.

With life and death potentially on the line, an incredibly furious street battle erupted instantly. I do not know if the cops managed to make any further arrests, but it was very clear they had to give some to get some, the fight appeared almost evenly matched or possibly a slight edge favoring the protesters. The video really can’t capture the incredible swirling fight this was, I would have had to be on an elevated postion and often farther back. Sometimes elbows and asses are all you see in something like this!

I have not seen this kind of fighting over protesters entering a public building since IMF protesters stormed the Washington Circle Hotel back in Spring 2010, and even that was not as violent. Since then, protesters rushing the doors, occupying a lobby, then leaving after half an hour or so has been a common occurance in DC with little violence resulting-until now.

Street fighting at 2013 DC Mayday parade

By (A)non
The Mayday parade from Malcolm X Park to Lafayette Park in front of the White House was supposed to end with speakers and a traditional Maypole ceremoney. Only thing was, the “White Student Union” from Towson, including outright neo-Nazis, was also by the White House to counterprotest, sparking a third round of the day of street fighting and wrestling over
asphalt.

Despite more police attack and at least one more person assisted from the field by medics, the Nazis were pushed away-and at least one Nazi flag ended up a trophy of war, with pieces of it tied to an activist’s bike.

Video from INSIDE the Washington, DC Gap

WARNING: The Following Video Contains Obscene Langu(a)ge–parental discretion advised

Seattle Police Heckled/Provoked by 2013 M@y D@y Protester

Phoenix Jones @ 2012 Seattle May Day attack on federal courthouse

Wisconsin (A)narchist Thistle Pettersen speaks to the MacIver News Service on June 6, 2012, the day after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thwarted attempts to recall him

Wisconsin (A)narchist Apologist Provides Rationale

The King County Courthouse is located at:

516 Third Avenue, Room C-203 (Superior)
500 5th AVE at JAMES ST. (Seattle City Ct.)
Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206-205-9200

Rioters Assault LEO

Above is an excellent clip of a LEO being mobbed by black bloc participants in a May Day(?) demo. Notice how the officer’s back is unprotected. One assailant circles behind and strikes him with what appears to be a skate board. The officer’s night stick is inadequate to fend off the mob. Another assailant sprays the LEO with what appears to be pepper spray. The LEO is very vulnerable here because he doesn’t have backup (at least 1) to cover his back-Better non-lethal mob tools are needed.

Also, notice the split second rapidity necessitating an instant response. Predictably, someone will eventually be maimed/killed in such stressful life threatening circumstances. Less than lethal repetitive weapons such as bird-shot may be in order. Dept. policy on force appears to have made the LEO an easy target here. Pepper balls might have worked. Paint-balls would have marked suspects. Lack of backup could have proved fatal.

Some of the assailants appear to have clubs. Others appear to have blankets intended for such confrontations. The weapons present seem to indicate premeditated planning to riot. This clip reveals a sporadic low grade civil war by street radicals who have openly declared war on the State and society itself, proclaiming, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” The malefactors involved are enemies of the State. They are an ongoing threat to the people, their institutions, private property, public safety, and the rule of law. They readily accept and even boast of this. Existing State laws treating them as petty criminals are inadequate for petty traitors. WA State has laws against treason–USE them!

For their part, (A)narchists who subscribe to the theology of insurrection argue as follows: