I don't know Mr. Hammer, but his chastising of the police, claiming he committed no criminal act and that they are mistaken, is either the statement of a completely-detached-from-accountability Type-A person or a woefully ignorant one. Noting that he is an extremely experienced landlord, it must be the former: "the law doesn't apply to me"!
This is the second large property owner in Eugene to come-a-cropper with the law in a couple of years. Is this a pattern? It may be time to make an example of these fellows. If it were a low-ranking member of the community, we all know that is exactly what a prosecutor and judge would say.