Warrants for Robert Coltte (Bernard Red Cherries)

Here is my dilemma:  I have in my possession copies of official documents which I’m not comfortable publishing on The Abuse Papers. I have verified the authenticity of these criminal complaints against Robert Coltte/Bernard Red Cherries to my satisfaction. But since one of the five counts is for rape, I cannot in good conscience publish too many identifying details of the location or the time frame in the complaints here. There are rape shield laws to protect the identity of the victim among other considerations. Violations of rape shield laws are taken very seriously by the courts. I place a very high priority on protecting victims from further harm as well.

Until now, I have done my best to minimize my interpretation of the evidence of Coltte/Red Cherries’ criminal record. I’ve provided screen shots and links to public records wherever possible rather than have my reader trust my reporting or opinion. I can’t do that in this instance. To remove identifying details on the original criminal complaint documents to my satisfaction, I would have to obscure the overwhelming majority of each page in the series.

Instead, I am going to quote from these documents, removing (redacting) any sensitive information which might identify a victim.

The first criminal complaint names the defendant as “Bernard L Red Cherries Jr.” of “Portland, OR” [includes last known specific street address of the defendant, confirmed but redacted];  DOB –/–/1962 [month and day redacted to prevent identity theft but the date of birth (DOB) on these criminal complaints is exactly the same as the DOB on all prison, arrest, and court records for Coltte/Red Cherries I have seen (e.g. here, here, here, and here among others.)] There are four (4) separate counts of specific offenses listed in this document. This also appears to be a warrant for the arrest of the defendant on these charges.

• Count 1: “THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME… On [date redacted] did threaten to commit a crime against the person or property of another, to wit: murder, in violation of [specific law redacted].”
• Count 2:  ”THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME… On [date redacted] did threaten to commit a crime against the person or property of another, to wit: murder, in violation of [specific law redacted].”
• Count 3: “RAPE… On [date redacted] did assault a person with the intent to commit rape, and did commit rape upon such person, in violation of [specific law redacted]. …upon conviction, must register as a sex offender pursuant to [specific law redacted].”
• Count 4 “A&B… On [date redacted] did assault and beat [redacted], in violation of [specific law redacted].”

A second criminal complaint names the defendant again as “Bernard L Red Cherries Jr.” of “Portland, OR”;  DOB –/–/1962 [see DOB redaction note above.] There is one (1) count of a specific offense listed in this document.

• Count 1: “ABUSE PREVENTION ORDER, VIOLATE [specific law redacted] On [date redacted] did fail to comply with a court order to refrain from abuse, to vacate the household, multiple family dwelling or workplace, to have no contact with the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s minor child(ren), or to surrender any license to carry firearms and/or firearms identification cards which the defendant held, or to surrender all firearms, rifles, shotguns, machine guns and ammunition which the defendant then controlled, owned or possessed, issued under the provisions of  [specific laws redacted], or a protection order issued by another jurisdiction, as defined by [specific laws redacted].”

In summary, these documents show that Coltte/Red Cherries is charged with two counts of threats to commit murder, one count of rape, one count of assault and battery, and one count of violating an abuse prevention order. My best information is that the warrant for his arrest is still active as of June 13, 2011.

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