MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Skagit County Superior Court judge has ordered the city of Burlington to pay $965 to a prison inmate for not responding in time to his public records requests.
The Skagit Valley Herald reports Rayne Dee Wells Jr. has a record of robbery, assault and theft and is now serving a 14-year sentence.
He had filed requests for reports on his cases plus any disciplinary action against a police officer.
The city said he was using the public records process to harass the police department. It successfully sued earlier this year to deny access.