The Associated Press
Former Jackson County psychiatrist accused in bike trail sabotage expected to plead guilty
April 30, 2013
MEDFORD
— A psychiatrist is expected to plead guilty to charges alleging he
tried to hurt mountain bikers by setting booby traps on national forest
trails shared by bikers and hikers outside Ashland.
The
Jackson County District Attorney’s Office says Jackson Dempsey is due
in court in Medford on Wednesday morning to change his not guilty pleas.
Deputy
District Attorney Alisa Ray says Dempsey has reached a plea agreement,
but the charges and recommended sentence will not be disclosed until the
hearing.
Dempsey was a psychiatrist for Jackson County when he was arrested last July. He has since resigned.
He
was charged with assault and three counts of reckless endangerment.
Authorities say he strung nylon cords across trails and threw nails and
small trees in the path
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