Six face felony charges after rally

2 from Evergreen, 1 from SPSCC, 3 from California

By Jeremy Pawloski | The Olympian • Published May 03, 2008

• Riggins was ordered held Friday with bail set at $10,000 on suspicion of riot and first-degree malicious mischief. He allegedly threw rocks that smashed windows at U.S. Bank on Fourth Avenue. Police saw Riggins throwing rocks at the U.S. Bank building, and he initially refused to give his name, police said.

Riggins said he moved to Washington from California in January, court papers state. He told a pretrial-services official that he is unemployed but "is a participant in a medical study for which he does receive some compensation."

• Student was ordered held Friday on suspicion of second-degree theft and riot, with bail set at $7,500. Student is accused in court papers of running from a detective with another man who allegedly grabbed a narcotics detective's cell phone while the detective was trying to make arrests. Public defender Eric Pilon said in court that the allegations against Student do not involve him actually grabbing the cell phone. Pilon said the case against Student is weak and constitutes "a bit of a stretch for accomplice liability."

Student also is accused of helping the suspect accused of stealing the detective's cell phone by "attempting to switch clothing" with him, "apparently to confuse the police as to their identities."

According to court papers, Student has a misdemeanor malicious-mischief charge pending for spraying graffiti at a dorm at Evergreen. He is barred from being on campus, court papers state. Student said during a pretrial-services interview that he has been living on Milroy Street in Olympia but is about to be evicted. Student's attorney, Larry Hildes, said there is "absolutely no evidence" that Student left the graffiti at Evergreen. Hildes said the value of a cell phone is not enough to justify a felony theft charge. A felony theft in the second degree must exceed $250, he said. He added that Student is innocent.

• Wilson, the third Californian who appeared in court Friday, was ordered held on suspicion of first-degree malicious mischief and riot, with bail set at $5,000. He also is accused in court papers of throwing rocks at U.S. Bank. Two of the people who threw rocks at U.S. Bank are described in court papers as "dressed in black" and "had arranged their clothing to conceal most of their faces."