Jail call nets charges after arrest for order violation

A Garfield man was arrested for violating a domestic violence no contact order April 20 during an Easter visit with the no-contactee.

Garfield Police Officer Joe Handley arrested Charles Terry, 40, after receiving an anonymous call that Terry was doing yard work at a residence for which he was to remain 1,000 feet from per the no contact order.

According to the arrest report, Handley went to the residence and spoke to Terry, asking if he had any paperwork that said the order was not in place. Lacking that, Terry was arrested. Tabitha Ries, who lived at the residence and was petitioner for the order, approached Handley and told him she had picked up Terry for Easter and brought him to the house. According to the report, when asked if she had dropped the order she told Handley she had the paperwork but had not filled it out.

Handley explained the order violation process and Terry was booked into the Whitman County Jail.

Terry was arrested again Friday on charges of tampering with a witness and violating a no contact order.

According to the arrest report, Sheriff Sgt. Michael Jordan was reviewing calls made by inmates at the jail. During two calls placed April 16, Jordan heard Terry, who was booked into the Whitman County Jail April 13 for violating a no contact order, tell another person the protection order against him needs to be dropped and mentioned that person should contact Ries to do so.

In a second call, the other party used another phone to connect Terry with a third person whom he asked about Ries dropping the charges.

Sgt. Jordan locked Terry down in his cell for violating jail rules by using the phone to commit a crime and having a three party call on the phone.

Bond has been set at $100,000 surety or $10,000 cash with a court appearance set for Monday.