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From handsome youth to meth-addled fugitive: How life of crime took a shocking toll on man involved in four-hour police standoff
In 2002, Matthew Joseph Medlin was a handsome 18-year-old — so good that even his first police mugshots make him look like a model.
But his latest police photo shows the repeat offender looking decidedly less attractive, after a four-hour police stand-off that saw him injecting himself with meth while talking to officers, and ended when he was tased and shot with non-lethal rounds.
Police found Medlin, 32, at 1pm on Saturday after they were called in to investigate reports of an unknown figure climbing on trains in a Portland rail yard.
Medlin, whose face is marked with black tattoos of knife-like eyebrows and tears, was already wanted for a parole violation. But when police approached, he jumped into an open-topped, dumpster-style car and refused to come out.
Officers surrounded the car, but Medlin — who later told police he'd been on meth and had been awake for 26 hours — seized rocks and pieces of metal for weapons, and they entered a standoff that lasted four hours.
Police said they tried to talk the man down, but he responded by injecting himself with more meth, causing him to behave even more erratically.
The standoff continued through a thunderstorm and hailstorm, and ended with Medlin being booked on multiple charges, including Criminal Mischief and Trespass, and given a $7,500 bail.
This incident is far from Medlin's first encounter with the law. In 2013 he was jailed for sex abuse, burglary and assault charges. However, in May 2014, despite being just six days away from release, he decided to mount an escape.
Medlin scaled the razor fence of Columbia River Correctional Facility and fled, but his distinctive facial tattoos meant that he wasn't at large for long.
Within ten hours of his noon escape, he was spotted by a correctional officer just two miles away from the prison.
Police were called and Medlin was eventually cornered in a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant by police. He was charged with second-degree escape and returned to prison.
Medlin's record stretches back to his 18th birthday in 2002, and one of his earliest mugshots shows a handsome young man with scant facial hair.
But as the years wind on, his photos become more menacing. In a 2007 image he is pictured with his eyes locked in a narrow glare, and what appear to be bruises and scrapes on his left ear and nose.
And in 2013, Medlin's infamous tattoos — two pointed 'eyebrows' and four roughly inked tears — appear for the first time. That year he was brought in by police on a number of occasions; one image shows him with black paint crudely scrawled across his face.
Cocky: Medlin's record stretches back to 2002, when he was 18. This picture from that time shows Medlin sporting a cocksure expression — unaware of what the future held for him
Medlin's 2014 escape led to an internal review of the Columbia River Correctional Facility by the Department of Corrections, who found a number of issues, according to local news station KOIN6.
Highlighted problems were local businesses not being notified and and 'antiquated' video system with eight broken cameras.
Changes made by the facility included adding more barbed wire and extending the existing barbed wire system.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-man-involved-four-hour-police-standoff.html
In 2002, Matthew Joseph Medlin was a handsome 18-year-old — so good that even his first police mugshots make him look like a model.
But his latest police photo shows the repeat offender looking decidedly less attractive, after a four-hour police stand-off that saw him injecting himself with meth while talking to officers, and ended when he was tased and shot with non-lethal rounds.
Police found Medlin, 32, at 1pm on Saturday after they were called in to investigate reports of an unknown figure climbing on trains in a Portland rail yard.
Medlin, whose face is marked with black tattoos of knife-like eyebrows and tears, was already wanted for a parole violation. But when police approached, he jumped into an open-topped, dumpster-style car and refused to come out.
Officers surrounded the car, but Medlin — who later told police he'd been on meth and had been awake for 26 hours — seized rocks and pieces of metal for weapons, and they entered a standoff that lasted four hours.
Police said they tried to talk the man down, but he responded by injecting himself with more meth, causing him to behave even more erratically.
The standoff continued through a thunderstorm and hailstorm, and ended with Medlin being booked on multiple charges, including Criminal Mischief and Trespass, and given a $7,500 bail.
This incident is far from Medlin's first encounter with the law. In 2013 he was jailed for sex abuse, burglary and assault charges. However, in May 2014, despite being just six days away from release, he decided to mount an escape.
Medlin scaled the razor fence of Columbia River Correctional Facility and fled, but his distinctive facial tattoos meant that he wasn't at large for long.
Within ten hours of his noon escape, he was spotted by a correctional officer just two miles away from the prison.
Police were called and Medlin was eventually cornered in a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant by police. He was charged with second-degree escape and returned to prison.
Medlin's record stretches back to his 18th birthday in 2002, and one of his earliest mugshots shows a handsome young man with scant facial hair.
But as the years wind on, his photos become more menacing. In a 2007 image he is pictured with his eyes locked in a narrow glare, and what appear to be bruises and scrapes on his left ear and nose.
And in 2013, Medlin's infamous tattoos — two pointed 'eyebrows' and four roughly inked tears — appear for the first time. That year he was brought in by police on a number of occasions; one image shows him with black paint crudely scrawled across his face.
Cocky: Medlin's record stretches back to 2002, when he was 18. This picture from that time shows Medlin sporting a cocksure expression — unaware of what the future held for him
Medlin's 2014 escape led to an internal review of the Columbia River Correctional Facility by the Department of Corrections, who found a number of issues, according to local news station KOIN6.
Highlighted problems were local businesses not being notified and and 'antiquated' video system with eight broken cameras.
Changes made by the facility included adding more barbed wire and extending the existing barbed wire system.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-man-involved-four-hour-police-standoff.html
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