Kitsap County District Court Judge Jeffrey J. Jahns denied the defense's motion to dismiss a charge of making a false or misleading statement to a public servant against Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. On Monday, prosecutors and Troyer's defense lawyers rested in the criminal trial against the sheriff. Jahns allowed the state to reopen the case as prosecutors worked to prove that a dispatcher with South Sound 911 was a government employee - therefore a public servant. On Tuesday, Jahns ruled there was sufficient evidence that South Sound 911 dispatcher Conrad Shadel is a public servant. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/pierce-county-sheriff-ed-troyer-trial-day-12/281-84c0eff7-1aa7-49a8-82b1-c1974006ddab