Former Clackamas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Claggett has pleaded no
contest to coercion, weapons charges and assault.

Known to the Mountain community as the CCSO’s “Weed and Seed” officer,
Claggett, 38, will be sentenced March 1 by Clackamas County Circuit Court
Judge Robert D. Herndon. The judge will determine the sentence — a
maximum of 10 years in prison — as Claggett and the district attorney’s office
did not come to an agreement on a penalty.

The no contest plea was for two incidents that left his estranged wife fearing
for her life.

In April 2009 Claggett held her at gunpoint and threatened to kill her.

In July 2009 Claggett was arrested again when he went to his former Sandy
residence armed with a gun and a knife. The sheriff’s report said that he
believed his wife was staying at that location.

The disgraced deputy resigned from the CCSO in October 2008. A sheriff’s
office investigation discovered he had taken a teenage girl on unauthorized
trips in his patrol vehicle and had e-mailed the girl sexually explicit photos
during official duty hours.