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The Players

Every individual named in VPD Case 2025-017448, grouped by role. Click any card for source documents and direct quotes from the police report.

The Complainants

3 individuals

The three individuals at the center of a series of coordinated actions documented in the VPD investigation, as identified by Det. Jay Alie's investigation.

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Kendall Thiemann

EPS Employee · Complainant

Delivered a complaint packet to VPD East Precinct on 9/2/2025. Declined to answer questions from the receiving officer. Packet included a self-produced "investigation report" and declarations.

"Thiemann brought in a packet of documents but he would not answer any questions about the case beyond saying everything would be in the documentation."
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Angie Bunda

Parent Advocate · EPS Advocate Page

Operates the "EPS Advocate" social media accounts. Distributed declarations containing identical language. Posted the police intake report online, characterizing it as a criminal investigation. The VPD issued a statement on 9/9/25 stating there was no criminal investigation.

"I spent like two years trying to work on finding out why no one will talk about these contracts."
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Camille Lowman

Parent · Complainant

Submitted Wave 3 declarations on January 5, 2026. Sent emails to Chief Price, the AG's office, OSPI, and the Mayor. Alleged district counsel provided false statements to the investigating detective.

Sent a 17-question email to Det. Alie on 10/29/25, pre-answering all questions as "Yes" and setting a 6:00 PM response deadline.

District Officials

6 individuals

Evergreen Public Schools administrators and board members referenced in the investigation.

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Jenae Gomes

Chief Operations Officer · EPS

Received a $13,980 supplemental contract in 2023 for serving as lead bargainer during the teacher strike. Three other employees received similar contracts. VPD investigation found no basis for criminal charges.

Complaint named only Gomes. Three other employees received the same type of contract for the same work.
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John Boyd

Former Superintendent · EPS

Superintendent who authorized and signed the supplemental contracts in 2023. Confirmed authorization in a recorded interview with Det. Alie on 10/22/25.

"You can't expect people to work 80 hours a week and not compensate them. It just doesn't pass the common sense test."
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Jacqueline Weatherspoon

Board Chair · EPS

Confirmed to Det. Alie on 10/9/25 that the contract issue had been reviewed by the board with no finding of wrongdoing.

Called Det. Alie on 1/14/26 to correct a detail in Supplement 2 regarding her board tenure dates.
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Christine Moloney

Superintendent · EPS

Current superintendent. Referenced in complaint-related emails to the board. Not directly interviewed in the investigation.

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Danny Orrantia

Evergreen HS Principal · HR Director

Referenced in Thiemann's tort claim regarding a 2006 Arizona incident. On the district's negotiating team during the 2025 strike. Named in Bunda's emails to the board.

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Jennifer Jacobson

Chief Financial Officer · EPS

Received a supplemental contract for 2023 bargaining work. Non-certificated employee. Not named in the complaint.

When asked why Jacobson was excluded, Bunda told Alie she would "have to talk to Kendall Thiemann about that."

Law Enforcement

5 individuals

Vancouver Police Department personnel involved in receiving, investigating, and reporting on the complaint.

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Det. Jay Alie

Lead Investigator · VPD #1205

Authored Supplements 2–6 and 10. Conducted all substantive interviews and evidence review. Concluded the complaint was timed to coincide with active labor negotiations.

Recommended PA review of complainants' conduct under RCW 9.62.010.1.
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Off. Andrea Bauman

Receiving Officer · VPD #1685

Took Thiemann's walk-in complaint on 9/2/25. Authored the General Information report. Report was subsequently posted on social media and characterized as a criminal investigation.

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Lt. Jeff Olson

Professional Standards · VPD #1216

Authored Supplements 7–9 documenting Lowman's December 2025 and January 2026 submissions. Each supplement recommended referral for charging determination.

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Cmdr. Whitney

Commander · VPD East Precinct

Received an interdepartmental envelope from the PA's office containing second-wave declarations on 10/6/25.

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Kim Kapp

Public Information Officer · VPD

Issued VPD media statement on 9/9/25: "We took a general information report but there is no criminal investigation."

Clark County Prosecutor's Office

2 individuals

PA's office personnel who interacted with the complainants and the investigation.

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Gayle Hutton

Clark County PA's Office

Responded to Bunda on 10/16/25: "The intake matter assigned to Anna Klein for review is closed, and no action is being taken."

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Anna Klein

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney · Clark County

Assigned to initial intake review. Told Det. Alie her knowledge of the case came from a clerk receiving calls. Case No Actioned.

The Declaration Signers

20+ individuals

Citizens who signed identical form declarations under penalty of perjury. Det. Alie interviewed a sampling; none reported independent knowledge of the allegations.

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Identical Declarations, No Independent Knowledge

Twenty or more citizens signed word-for-word identical four-page declarations containing a perjury attestation. Those interviewed by Det. Alie stated they did not write the declarations and had no firsthand knowledge of the allegations. Multiple signers described them as petitions. Some received the documents in workplace mailboxes at the EPS bus barn.

"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."

Corey Sutcliffe — recorded interview with Det. Alie, Supplement 3

Other Individuals

5 individuals

Additional people referenced in the investigation — social media amplifiers, union leadership, substantive declaration authors, and district employees.

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Cassandra Muhly-Hempel

EPS Parent · Substitute Teacher

Sent an email on 9/9/25 to media outlets, SAFS, and school board members titled "VPD Report about Evergreen School District Personnel." Email characterized the complaint as a VPD investigation.

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Danny Stevenson

Former EPS Payroll Employee

Separated from EPS effective 10/31/2023. Submitted a 19-page Wave 3 declaration. Circumstances of departure are disputed between Williams' account and Stevenson's declaration.

Williams told Alie the departure was voluntary. Stevenson's declaration states it was non-voluntary, supported by ESDC documentation.
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Adam Aguilera

Teacher · Shahala Middle School

Submitted a 32-page Wave 3 declaration. Filed the complaint that led to the Kaiser investigation. Declaration contains verbatim passages shared with Stevenson and Siess declarations.

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Tim Siess

EPS Employee

Submitted a 5-page Wave 3 declaration. Contains verbatim passages shared with Aguilera and Stevenson declarations, including Dodge v. ESD analysis and MRSC overtime sections.

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Mindy Troffer-Cooper

Union President · SEIU Local 1948

President of the classified employees union (SEIU Local 1948) that was on strike when the complaint was filed. The district became aware of Thiemann's complaint after Troffer-Cooper posted it online during active negotiations.

Posted Thiemann's complaint publicly on 9/5/25 while her union was on strike against the district.