Friday, May 7, 2010

Police arrest peculiar piggybacker

A man with a history of jumping on high school athletes in an attempt to get piggyback rides was arrested in Tualatin this week. Sherwin Shayegan, 27, was arrested by Tualatin Police on Monday on a drug-related charge out of Mt. Vernon, Wash. Shayegan posted bail and his whereabouts now are unknown, according to Tualatin Police spokeswoman Jennifer Massey.

In a letter sent out by the Oregon School Activities Association early last month, the organization warned its members of Shayegan’s bizarre behaviour at high school sporting events throughout Oregon and Washington, saying his actions were “cause for concern” and that he was excluded from all OSAA events. “(At a tournament), he made his way into one of the team’s locker rooms without authorization and sought autographs from team members and photographs,” the April 7 letter said. “Later, he met players in the parking lot and jumped on them, receiving piggyback rides.”


Photos from here.

The letter later detailed Shayegan’s history of similar behaviour in Washington, pointing out that he is a two-time convicted felon, with arrests for burglary, theft, trespassing and criminal impersonation, among other charges. According to previous news reports, Shayegan often asks male high school athletes to be interviewed for a college term paper, asks them odd, sometimes sexual questions, and then jumps on their backs in an attempt to get a piggyback ride when they try to leave. Previous reports have also suggested that Shayegan is developmentally disabled.

Massey said that the police department became aware in recent weeks that Shayegan was in the Tualatin area. “We asked him to please not come to any of the school functions,” she said. After that initial meeting, the warrant for Shayegan’s arrest was amended to be “extraditable,” Massey said, which meant he could be arrested by Tualatin police.

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