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While charges against Fodor were eventually dropped, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes described him as 'no hero, just a deeply misguided individual' after the incident. He was arrested in 2011 after allegedly dousing a group of people with pepper spray in an attempt to 'break up' a street brawl that police later said did not happen. Law enforcement have always been skeptical of Fodor's superhero status. I have a very special skill set and you no longer get to use it if you're not gonna play your part.' But I don't own anybody anything anymore. 'If I see a crime in front of me, I'm going to take care of it. 'If you're not using your ability to help people, I'm not using my ability to help people unless I want to,' he added. I used to feel like because I have this power it was my duty to use it, but it's not.'

I don't feel like I owe people anything anymore. 'I'm just saying I don't owe you anything anymore. 'I'm not saying I'm never going to fight another crime,' said Fodor in a March 2019 interview with NW NERD Podcast. In recent years, his activities as 'Phoenix Jones' have trailed off.įodor announced that he was retiring as a self-proclaimed superhero in 2019, claiming to be tired of attempting to solve the problems of Seattle, although he said he might put on his armored costume again if there is 'a riot in the city.' Public reactions to his supposed crime-fighting activities were mixed. The former self-described superhero also competed in mixed martial arts and reportedly relied on some of those skills in his costumed persona. Costumed Characters Keep Manhandling Tourists in Times Square.Oregon Woman Arrested for Allegedly Feeding Co-Workers Meth Bean Dip.Police Seek Identity of Alabama Church-Robbing 'Batman'.Fodor was arrested three days later when the exchange was allegedly made, with police confiscating four grams of cocaine during that transaction.Īs 'Phoenix Jones,' Fodor urged drug dealers to refrain from their activities in Seattle and instead 'sell somewhere else,' according to a November 2010 article in the magazine Seattle Met. The agent created a new persona and arranged a different drug deal on January 6. He is said to have then met an agent at a Starbucks coffee shop, where he delivered a brown paper bag containing around seven grams of the drug in exchange for the $200 balance.Ī second attempt at a meeting to purchase another $500 of MDMA was made nearly a week later, but Fodor did not show up. The officer arranged to buy $500 worth of MDMA, which Fodor allegedly agreed to on the condition that $300 would be sent in advance to his Venmo payment account.

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His girlfriend Andrea Berendsen, 26, is also alleged to have been involved in a scheme to sell cocaine to undercover agents in January.Ĭourt documents reportedly indicate that a Seattle narcotics officer initiated a series of text messages with Fodor in November 2019 after having earlier been tipped off to Fodor's alleged drug dealings. Police said Fodor was caught selling MDMA, also known ecstasy, to an undercover officer in November. He was charged Monday on two counts related to dealing narcotics, according to The Seattle Times.

A Seattle man who patrolled the city's streets in a costume and described himself as a 'superhero' has found himself on the wrong side of the law after police arrested and charged him for allegedly selling drugs.īen Fodor, 31, was the leader of a group of costumed characters known as 'The Rain City Superheroes' under the pseudonym 'Phoenix Jones' until the group was dissolved in 2014.