A Forks police report regarding an alleged threat during the sheriff’s campaign has arrived at the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office in Port Angeles.
Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly said she will refer the report to someone outside of her office for review to determine if it warrants criminal charges.
The report stems from Forks City Councilwoman Denise Graham’s allegation that Sheriff Joe Martin’s campaign chairwoman threatened her following a forum last week in Forks.
Graham spoke during the forum about the Sheriff’s Department’s rocky relationship with Forks in recent years and said Morris approached her after the event, asking her to reconsider her vote for sheriff.
That’s when Graham said Morris — who is the grant coordinator of the $5.8 million federal grant for OPS-CAN, a multi-agency project, including Forks, to create a public safety communications backbone around the Olympic Peninsula — told the councilwoman she might reconsider funding for the project.
Consulted mayor
Graham consulted Forks Mayor Nedra Reed and filed a written statement with Forks police, who then forwarded the report to Kelly’s office.
Because Kelly’s husband works for Martin in the Sheriff’s Department, the prosecutor said she will refer the report to someone outside of her office for review.
Morris this week called the allegation “outrageous” and said it was politically motivated.
