Friday, November 16, 2007

Charges not likely against Reimer?s sister

Evidence lacking that relative was hiding fugitive


By TERRY SMITH
Express Staff Writer

Deborah A. Reimer

Authorities in Oklahoma are not expected to file criminal charges against Deborah A. Reimer's sister, who was found in the company of the fugitive when she was apprehended earlier this week.

Reimer, who has been charged in Blaine County with second-degree attempted murder, was arrested Monday after six days on the run at a motel in Pryor, Okla., a town of about 8,500 some 30 miles east of Tulsa.

Pryor Police Chief Dennis Nichols told the Idaho Mountain Express on Wednesday that his department has not determined that Mary Hollenbeck, of nearby Claremore, Okla., assisted Reimer in her escape from the law.

"She was with her, but we have no evidence that she helped her hide out," Nichols said. "If something came in new and she was definitely trying to hide her, that would be something else. But at this point it's probably a dead issue."

Angie Pirkey, a legal secretary with the Mayes County District Attorney's Office in Oklahoma, said that prosecutor had reviewed police information on Reimer's apprehension and determined that there was insufficient evidence to file charges against Hollenbeck.

Reimer, 54, waived extradition at a hearing in Pryor on Tuesday and remained incarcerated Thursday in the Mayes County Jail. Officials there said they did not know when she would be returned to Idaho, though they said they were discussing transportation arrangements with Blaine County authorities.

"They haven't given us any indication when they're going to come and get her," said Clifford Smallwood, an officer at Mayes County Jail. "We're still holding her on $1 million bond on their deal."

The Blaine County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is handling Reimer's extradition, but prosecutor Jim Thomas could not be reached for comment.

Ketchum Police Chief Cory Lyman said deputies from the Blaine County Sheriff's Office will likely be dispatched to Oklahoma to retrieve Reimer, but he didn't know when that would happen.

"I'm glad she's back in custody—it relieves some stress on our part," Lyman said Thursday.

Reimer is accused in Blaine County of firing two shots at Bob Dreyer, her former boyfriend, at his home in south Ketchum on July 18. She was released from custody on Oct. 3 after her bond was reduced from $500,000 to $50,000 on Oct. 2.

She was living with a friend in Gooding and was required to wear an ankle-monitoring bracelet that recorded her whereabouts by satellite tracking. She disabled and removed the bracelet while she was in Twin Falls on Nov. 6.

Ketchum police Detective Ken Martinez said he was surprised that Reimer was found in Oklahoma because investigators did not know that she had relatives there. He said investigators expected Reimer to run to her family in southern California.

Martinez said investigators are now trying to determine how Reimer got to Oklahoma.

"Right now we're just trying to gather any facts that we can," he said. "We're still trying to find out if she had any help in leaving the Twin Falls area, but we're still early in the investigation."




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