Photo By: Rachel CavanaughTurnidge trial
Bruce Turnidge, who was convicted, along with his son, Joshua, for planting a bomb outside West Coast Bank in Woodburn that killed two police officers, maimed a third and injured a bank employee, spoke for the first time at the sentencing hearing Monday. He said the state didn’t prove its case and that he was being punished for being intelligent.
SALEM — After remaining silent throughout his three-month trial, the father convicted of the Woodburn bank bombing spoke for the first time Monday, launching into a defiant tirade against the state.