By Barbara LaBoe, The Daily News Online, April 6, 2013 The 130-year-old state mental hospital treating accused cop-killer Daniel Armaugh Butts has a storied history, including filming of the 1975 Academy award-winning film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” When it comes to patients like Butts, though, the focus is on their future — and […]
Press release from the Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization, about August 10, 2012 The Oregon Health Authority approved an application from Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization to take over managing Medicaid mental and health plan services on the North Coast as of Sept. 1. Columbia Pacific CCO will serve all of Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook […]
From the St Helens Chronicle, June 6, 2012 Hundreds of family members, friends, colleagues and acquaintances gathered in the St. Helens High School auditorium for a memorial service to honor Jennifer Warren on June 3. Warren, who worked at Columbia Community Mental health as a mental health worker, was fatally stabbed two weeks earlier while […]
From The Oregonian, May 26, 2012 The Psychiatric Security Review Board is fairly modest about its existence. There’s little useful information provided in a obvious place on the web – so we created this web site to list the staff contact information and relevant statutes. Filling in for a co-worker on the weekend shift, Jennifer […]
Recently released mental health reports give glimpse into life, mind of accused murderer From the The South County Spotlight, May 16, 2012 By many accounts, Daniel Butts is troubled. But the question remains: Is the murder suspect mentally fit to face his charges in court? Butts’ competency to “aid and assist” in his defense – […]
READ – Investigation into mental health worker’s murder, KGW.com READ – Suspect’s family blames system for death of mental health care worker, KATU.com READ – Oregon Mental Health Worker Fatally Stabbed While Delivering Medication, ABC.com READ – Release Approved for Caseworker Slaying Suspect, AP.com READ – St. Helens man accused of stabbing worker tried to […]
From The Oregonian, April 30, 2012 The heavily redacted mental evaluation report on Daniel Butts, the accused killer of Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter, contains very little information not revealed in court during his aid and assist hearing earlier this year. READ – the not-redacted Aid & Assist judgement from Columbia County Judge Ted Grove, […]
From the South County (Scappoose) Spotlight, April 25, 2012 State struggles with rising number of heroin overdoses, availability of illicit narcotics It was meant to strike a hefty blow to the region’s heroin supply. A two-month Columbia County Narcotics Team investigation led to a large-scale bust Feb. 24 at the Gresham house of suspected drug […]
By Stuart Tomlinson, The Oregonian, Thursday, February 02, 2012 Daniel Butts, the 22-year-old man accused of gunning down Rainier Police Chief Ralph Painter in January 2011, is “gaming the system” and can aid in his own defense, a judge ruled Thursday. Columbia County Circuit Court Judge Ted Grove said “it is not my intention to […]
By Stuart Tomlinson, The Oregonian, Dec. 21, 2011 ST.HELENS — For six hours Wednesday, the lead attorney for the man accused of gunning down Rainier’s police chief went back and forth with a forensic psychologist for the Oregon State Hospital over the mental competency of Daniel Butts. When the session ended, the only thing certain […]
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