WALDPORT – A dust-up between audience members at a local fire district board meeting has spilled into the grocery aisles of Ray’s Market.
A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy cited Tamara M. Rodriguez, 44, of Waldport for harassment after a Nov. 12 incident at the grocery store.
Rodriguez, who also goes by Tamara Derby, is well known among some in the community for confronting people, recording them on her phone and then posting edited versions on her TikTok account.
In September, Derby accused Pattie Huggins Detrick of assault during a meeting of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board when Detrick pushed Derby’s hand and phone away when Derby turned around in her seat to record her. Sitting next to Detrick was Susan Swander, a member of the district’s budget committee and an administrator of a Waldport community Facebook page.
During the meeting Rodriguez threatened the board with a lawsuit over a July 2 car-motorcycle collision involving the wife of chief Jamie Mason and her husband. She had also recorded the aftermath of that crash, including a confrontation between Mason and her husband.
Rodriguez called a Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy during the September meeting to accuse Detrick of assault. Deputy Abby Dorsey took a report on the incident, forwarded it to the district attorney’s office, which declined to prosecute.
On Nov. 12, Swander, 73, was shopping at Ray’s Market when Rodriguez pushed her cart into Swander’s cart, knocking Swander back. Rodriguez asked Swander if she recognized her, began asking questions and started recording her reaction. Swander walked away but Rodriguez followed her around the store. Swander later called the sheriff’s office to file a complaint.
Deputy Doug Honse investigated, examined a recording of the incident on the market’s security camera system, and on Nov. 15 cited Rodriguez for harassment. Her first appearance in Lincoln County circuit court is scheduled Dec. 4.
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