BELLLINGHAM, Washington (AP) – A former Bellingham police officer convicted of a number of crimes regarding years of abuse of a girl has taken off simply over a yr and a half from his unique sentence.
Former Cpl. Brooks Owen Laughlin, 36, was sentenced to six years in jail with three years probation within the Whatcom County Supreme Court docket this week, The Bellingham Herald reported. Laughlin will not be entitled to personal firearms after his launch from jail and is required to attend anger administration and psychosocial counseling based on courtroom information.
Laughlin was sentenced once more after Division 1 of the Washington State Court docket of Appeals overturned Laughlin’s conviction in December for plenty of felony offenses and molestation.
The Court docket of Enchantment upheld Laughlins’ seven further convictions on three costs of second diploma assault, one cost of bodily hurt, two costs of violating a contactless order, and one cost of fourth diploma assault, courtroom information present.
Former longtime prosecutor David McEachran, who dealt with the rescheduling as assistant particular prosecutor, stated in courtroom the amended ruling was a really helpful association between the prosecutor, protection and the sufferer.
Laughlin was initially sentenced to eight years in jail in December 2018.
