The jail door slammed shut on former Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy
Brandon Claggett.

Claggett, 38, was sentenced to seven years in prison March 16 in Clackamas
County Circuit Court for assault and other crimes. Earlier this year he pleaded

no contest to coercion with a firearm, unlawful use of weapons and fourth-
degree assault.

One of Claggett’s victims, his ex-wife, testified before Circuit Judge Robert
Herndon, saying he will be a danger forever, stating that Claggett twice tried
to kill her as well as a man she was dating after they separated.

“I fear that after he serves his time he will come for me again,” she told the
judge. “Whatever sentence he gets, I feel is adding to my life expectancy.”

Claggett, who was dubbed the “Weed and Seed” detective for the Mountain
community, had a long history of abuse that multiple local residents had
stated in anecdotal stories brought to the attention of The Mountain Times.

These incidents dated back to 2008 when a police investigation found he had
taken a teenage girl on unauthorized ride-alongs in his sheriff’s patrol car and
had sent sexually explicit e-mails to her while on duty.

Criminal prosecution was shelved at that time when Claggett resigned from
the job.

In April, 2009, the former deputy held his wife at gunpoint, held her hostage,
and threatened her life at an Oregon City house they once shared.

In July, 2009, Claggett was arrested again when he held a Sandy resident at
gun point, thinking his wife was staying at the residence.

Claggett was remanded at a state mental hospital having been deemed to be
suffering from mental disease or defect and unable to proceed with a trial.
Subsequently, he had to face the court.

Claggett will be credited for the last eight months he has been held and must
pay a $1,300 fine.

So the saga comes to a close for the disgraced deputy – at least for the next
six years and four months.