Ryan Joseph Beisley, who was wounded by Portland police at the Starbucks at Hollywood Fred Meyer last week, limped into a federal courtroom Thursday, his left arm in a sling beneath his blue jail scrub shirt.

Beisley, through his lawyer, entered a not guilty plea to a one-count indictment, charging him with escape.

The 34-year-old man was allowed out of the Northwest Regional Re-entry Center, a federal halfway house, at 10:18 a.m. on Dec. 1 but was supposed to return by 2 p.m. that day, according to Eric Wahlstrom, a supervisory deputy U.S. Marshal.

Beisley was released for an approved family visit. But when Beisley failed to return, the U.S. Marshals Service was alerted about 3 p.m. on Dec. 1 . He was supposed to be completing a sentence for three bank robberies and two attempted bank heists that occurred between Nov. 16 and Nov. 26, 2013, according to federal authorities.

He had been transferred from federal prison to the federal re-entry center on Nov. 8 and had been scheduled to remain at the center until May, having earned credit for good time served, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

On Jan. 20, 2015, Beisley was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to three bank robberies and two attempted bank robberies that occurred between Nov. 16 and Nov. 26, 2013. He also was ordered to pay more than $10,000 in restitution.

At the time he was sentenced, a federal judge recommended that he serve his time at the prison in Sheridan to allow contact with family members for support and that he participate in a residential drug and alcohol treatment program and a prison rehabilitation program.

Ryan J. Beisley, 34, was taken to a hospital for treatment Friday night, Dec. 7, 2018, and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on a federal fugitive warrant the next night.

Deputy U.S. Marshals were actively looking for Beisley with a federal fugitive warrant when he showed up last Friday night at a Starbucks attached to the Hollywood Fred Meyer.

Police and witnesses said Beisley went behind the counter of the Starbucks and yelled at employees, who hid in the back room.

Portland police said Ryan Joseph Beisley held this fake firearm when officers shot and wounded him Friday night at the Starbucks at the Hollywood Fred Meyer.

When officers arrived, the suspect showed a gun, police said. Officers fired at Beisley inside the Starbucks and outside, police said. He struggled with officers even after he was shot but was ultimately taken into custody and transported to the hospital, according to police.

Detectives found a fake black handgun near where Beisley was lying before he was taken away by ambulance to a hospital. Police suspect he had pointed it at officers, according to a preliminary police investigation.

Beisley is now in custody at the Multnomah County Detention Center on the federal hold. He also may face additional misdemeanor charges stemming from the Starbucks encounter in state court.

-- Maxine Bernstein

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