Democrat Fred Walser isn’t letting a criminal conviction end his campaign against state Sen. Val Stevens, R-Arlington.
Walser, the former Sultan police chief, pleaded guilty today to a gross misdemeanor of providing false information to a public servant. Afterwards he said he is not abandoning the race.
According to reporters Diana Hefley and Jackson Holtz:
A Whatcom County district court judge ordered Walser to do 240 hours of community service and pay the city of Sultan $20,000. Walser also will be on probation for a year and be required to check in with the court periodically, said Warren Page, the deputy prosecutor who handled the case in Whatcom County.
“I just wanted to get it over with and move on,” Walser said. “I’m glad it’s behind me.”
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