Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Helgerson (in blue shirt) sits with his attorney, Robert Van Dorn, while Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell stands next to Deputy Prosecutor Dale Slack.
Culwell questions Macey Cunnington on the stand, while Superior Court Judge Scott Galina looks on. Cunnington is the mother of the alleged victim in the crime.
A trial was underway in Dayton last week in the courtroom of the Columbia County Courthouse. Levi Helgerson of Dayton is facing a charge of first degree assault of a child for an incident that occurred in February 2014.
Jury selection began Monday, Nov. 2, and the trial is expected to run at least through Friday.
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