Officer Charged With Threatening Ex-Wife's Boyfriend

He engaged in a little B&E to issue the threat

A Portland Police officer pleaded guilty in Clark County court to reduced charges and has been sentenced in a harassment case that resulted from an incident more than one year ago.

Officer James Botaitis was accused of breaking into his estranged wife's apartment in October 2011 and threatening to kill her boyfriend, David Bacus. Botaitis and his wife were in the process of divorcing at the time. They have a son together who was seven when the incident occurred.