Man appears in court in Clark College incident
A 22-year-old Vancouver man who reportedly prompted a lockdown at Clark College last week made an initial appearance Tuesday morning in Clark County Superior Court.
Damian Daniel Rodriguez wore a suicide-prevention smock — given to inmates who may try to harm themselves with standard jail clothing — and did not speak during the hearing. He shook his head yes and no in response to routine questions from Judge Suzan Clark.
Clark noted that Rodriguez had not cooperated with the interview process that’s required, in part, to determine if a defendant is eligible for representation at the public’s expense. But Clark appointed a defense attorney on Rodriguez’s behalf.
Senior Deputy Prosecutor Anna Klein requested and was granted a bail amount of $75,000, arguing Rodriguez has nine prior criminal cases that included charges of escape, false statements to authorities and drug possession.
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