Three waves of declarations were submitted to Vancouver Police and the Clark County Prosecutor's Office between September 2025 and January 2026. None were independent witness statements.
Across three waves spanning four months, 20+ declarations were submitted — to VPD, to the PA's office, and to the Chief of Police, the Attorney General, OSPI, and the Mayor.
Det. Alie's investigation established that none were individualized statements of personal knowledge. The first two were co-authored with attorney Alan Harvey. The next 20+ were word-for-word identical, circulated via social media and workplace mailboxes. The final four share extensive verbatim passages.
Signers interviewed by Alie consistently stated they did not write the declarations and believed they were signing a petition.
Two declarations — from Angie Bunda and Camille Lowman — were included in Thiemann's original complaint packet. Both were co-authored with attorney Alan Harvey. Both are nearly word-for-word identical. Both contain the same erroneous date.
When Det. Alie asked Bunda who wrote her declaration, she identified Alan Harvey as a "friend" who helped. She said they "worked on it together." Harvey later told Alie he "only assisted the original complainants by providing them with the declaration forms" — a claim Alie found inconsistent with the evidence.
Both declarations are written in unnecessarily formalized language. Both open with "I am over the age of eighteen (18) and competent to testify to the facts set forth herein and make this declaration upon personal knowledge." Both raise the same contract interpretation issues. Both contain the same erroneous date — signed "1st day of September 2022" despite referencing events from September 2023.
Det. Alie's assessment: "The language, content, and format of the declarations was appearing to be Alan Harvey's work product and not individualized witness statements."
Sources: Bunda & Lowman declarations (Wave 1), Bunda recorded interview, Det. Alie Supplements 2 & 4
Twenty or more identical four-page declarations, all signed under penalty of perjury. Distributed via the EPS Advocate Facebook page and through workplace mailboxes at the EPS bus barn. All are word-for-word the same. None were individualized witness statements. The language mirrors Harvey's published email, including the Josephine Townsend comparison.
"What is clear from these documents is that they were written by the same original source. The way the documents are written is clearly intended to make it appear the Vancouver Police have initiated an investigation and allegations against Gomes."
The form declaration was posted on the EPS Advocate Facebook page (operated by Angie Bunda) with encouragement for others to sign and submit copies. Shimea Potter told Alie she saw the declaration on the page, messaged Bunda, and received a copy to sign.
At the EPS bus barn — where SEIU Local 1948 members work — the declarations appeared in workplace mailboxes. Jodi Cowell told Alie she "showed up at work one day to find this statement in her work mailbox." She signed it and gave it to a co-worker who was collecting them.
David Kerney, a police officer in another Washington county, received the document from his mother-in-law, an EPS bus driver. He is not an EPS parent — despite the declaration being written in first person claiming he is. He told Alie he "didn't know what I was talking about" when first contacted.
Det. Alie interviewed a sampling of the signers. None had independent knowledge of the allegations. None wrote the declarations. Most didn't fully understand what they signed.
"I didn't know this was for a crime... that's not fair whatsoever. I thought this was more about the way the whole strike was handled."
"I didn't honestly realize it was like a legal thing. I thought it was something for the strike, or pay. I signed it to appease my mother."
"I thought they would look into her about the whole strike thing. That she didn't want to agree to the bus drivers and the paraeducators. I guess I didn't read it thoroughly, did I?"
"Not without googling it."
"I have no idea. I don't understand strikes, I don't get unions. I know nothing of that. I didn't know this was about some criminal claim against her."
"The document wasn't something that I fully understood."
"It would be more accurate to describe that the declaration contributors who were willing to talk to me believed they were signing something similar to a petition rather than a statement of facts they intended to represent as their own independent knowledge."
| Name | Date Signed | Interviewed by VPD | Notable | Doc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Young | 9/21/25 | — | First in this wave | View |
| Corrie Young | 9/21/25 | — | Word-for-word identical to Kyle Young | View |
| Malia Silverthorne | 9/22/25 | — | View | |
| Rachael Campbell | 9/22/25 | — | View | |
| Kathryn Fertick | — | — | View | |
| Nicholas Gates | — | — | Scanned diagonally on copier | View |
| Angela Gates | 9/21/25 | Yes | Would not identify who wrote the declarations | View |
| Jeff Zhao | — | — | View | |
| Rebecca Goldman | — | — | View | |
| Shimea Potter | — | Yes | Got declaration from Bunda's FB page | View |
| Jodi Cowell | — | Yes | Found in work mailbox at bus barn | View |
| David Kerney | 9/27/25 | Yes | Not an EPS parent. Police officer in another county. | View |
| Cortney Kerney | — | Yes | "Signed to appease her mother" | View |
| Corey Sutcliffe | — | Yes | "Didn't know this was for a crime" | View |
| Karyn Sutcliffe | — | No response | EPS bus driver | View |
| Crystal Stader | — | No response | View | |
| Arlene Miro | — | No response | View |
Five declarations submitted after Det. Alie had already closed the investigation and referred the complainants for malicious prosecution. Unlike the form declarations, these are multi-page documents with exhibits — but they share extensive verbatim passages indicating collaborative drafting rather than independent testimony.
| Declarant | Pages | Role | Notable Content | Doc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Aguilera | 32 | Teacher, Shahala MS | Longest declaration. Filed the original complaint that triggered the Kaiser investigation. Contains Katie Rich's declaration as an exhibit. | View |
| Danny Stevenson | 19 | Former payroll employee | Disputes Williams' characterization of his departure. Claims non-voluntary separation confirmed by ESDC. | View |
| Tim Siess | 5 | EPS employee | Shares verbatim passages with Aguilera and Stevenson declarations. | View |
| Katie Rich | 5 | EPS employee | Also included as an exhibit within Aguilera's compilation. | View |
Lowman submitted her own second declaration alongside the four substantive ones. In her accompanying emails, she accused Garrett Williams of providing "false or misleading information" to Det. Alie in his October 28 email — a crime she characterized as making Alie the victim.
She also alleged that payments to Williams' law firm were not "publicly approved by the ESD Board in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act requirements" and suggested that a different law enforcement agency should investigate because "VPD Det. Jay Alie was the victim of one of these crimes."
Sources: Lowman emails (Jan 5–6, 2026), Lt. Olson Supplements 7–9 — Page 043–047
Det. Alie signed his final substantive supplements on December 2, 2025, formally closing the investigation and recommending the PA's office review the complainants' conduct for potential malicious prosecution. The Wave 3 declarations were submitted on January 5, 2026 — more than a month after the investigation concluded.
The declarations were not submitted to the investigating detective. They were emailed by Lowman to Chief Price and cc'd to OSPI, the Attorney General's office, the ESD 112 superintendent, the Mayor of Vancouver, and Lt. Olson. Olson documented the submissions in Supplements 7–9 with the recommendation: "Refer to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for review and charging determination."
Sources: Lt. Olson Supplements 7–9 (Page 043–047), Det. Alie Supplement 5 signed Dec 2, 2025 (Page 039–041)