Testimony resumed Monday afternoon in the criminal trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. Troyer faces two misdemeanor charges after he allegedly claimed on an officer line to 911 dispatch that Sedrick Altheimer, a newspaper carrier, threatened to kill him in January 2021. It was the 11th day of the trial. Attorneys spent most of Monday morning discussing whether to admit new evidence pertaining to Troyer's personnel file, which was sent to the state last week. Kitsap County District Court Judge Jeffrey J. Jahns ruled it could not be used as impeachment evidence. However, the court ruled it could be included as character evidence. Because of that, the court also allowed photos of Troyer's family to be entered into evidence - reversing a previous ruling that didn't allow the photos. That evidence included an interaction with someone over Facebook messenger who told Troyer his deputies "got off easy" and that they should be in jail. Troyer, who said he took that message as concerning, responded by saying he would relay the message to police in King County, according to testimony given Monday. On Jan. 27, 2021, Troyer called 911 on a line used by law enforcement to gather routine information and requests and said that he “caught” Altheimer in his driveway and “he just threatened to kill me,” according to probable cause documents.  Troyer allegedly retracted those statements when police arrived. During cross-examination by prosecutors, Troyer explained he initially thought Altheimer could be homeless because of the state of his vehicle and that he could see items of some kind piled up in the vehicle's rear window. He said he did not see newspapers. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/pierce-county-sheriff-ed-troyer-trial-day-11/281-082d70c7-7b01-4040-ad65-85fc68cb87c8