News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Sherman had been paroled to Oregon after serving time for a Portland bank robbery, said his former parole officer.
Trial is scheduled for March 20-22.
The indictments allege that on July 31, 1995, Sherman went to the office of lawyer Jonathan Basham and threatened him with a baseball bat. Basham had formerly represented Brent Sherman, Sherman's father and the Shermans' company, Cascade Aircraft Salvage.
Sherman allegedly forced Basham to pay him $10,000 and allegedly attempted to force Basham to deliver other property, saying that either Sherman or another "third person will in the future cause physical injury" to Basham.
Basham declined to comment prior to the trial.
Sherman also allegedly possessed a small amount of methamphetamine on May 15, 1995.
His current lawyer, John Springer of Bend, declined to elaborate on the pending prosecution.
These charges are not part of the Oregon State Police investigation that resulted in the raid on Sherman's office in Sisters.
According to a detective with OSP, that investigation into possible racketeering, arson, income tax evasion, criminal conspiracy, forgery, theft by deception and theft, is still open.
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