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Camas City Councilman John Svilarich, who was initially charged with two misdemeanor crimes following an Aug. 31 incident involving a firearm along the Washougal River Greenway trail in Camas, is now facing felony charges of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
A probable cause document filed by Camas police detective Gary Manning, shows Camas police were dispatched to the Washougal River Greenway trail at 7:52 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, following a 911 call from Daniel Beaudoin, 46, of Portland, who reported that a man — later identified by police as Svilarich — had thrown a rock at him from a pedestrian bridge and “pointed a firearm at him soon after.”
When police arrived and confronted Svilarich, they found the councilman was carrying a Walther 9mm, semi-automatic handgun “concealed in his back right waistband of his pants,” according to police records, and also had a concealed-carry license.
Police said Svilarich “originally denied having a firearm, then stated he had one but did not display it,” according to the report, which added that Svilarich then told police he had pulled his firearm but had not pointed it at Beaudoin and, instead, “had it at ‘low ready’ to protect himself.”
Svilarich made his first appearance in Clark County Superior Court on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
