Parolee hearing rescheduled Bail posted on day of initial court hearing

While the investigating officer on the case was unable to attend, Pierce’s officers were represented in the courtroom by two deputies, including Deputy Al Guerrero.

The parolee who was arrested on the Pierce College campus earlier this month for an assault in a classroom posted bail and was released from Twin Towers Correctional Facility on Sept. 27, the same day he was expected in court for his preliminary hearing.

Wearing all orange, Branden Saighe, 27, arrived in the courtroom for his hearing at approximately 9:20 a.m. carrying a bag of belongings and having posted bail roughly two hours earlier.

Deputy Guerrero said he is not surprised that Saighe made bail while on parole but couldn’t speculate on why.

“There’s a lot going on behind it. We have to let the judicial system work,” Guerrero said. Saighe, who is not a Pierce student, had made threats to a professor and tried to take over a communications class in the Village, prompting an arrest from officers at the campus sheriff’s