OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to charges related to underwear thefts was sentenced Tuesday in Olympia to 15 years in prison.
Fifty-nine-year-old Royce Baxter of Long Beach denied he was a threat but apologized in court, saying he committed terrible transgressions because of his obsession with a co-worker.
The Olympian reports (http://bit.ly/tXxT6v ) Baxter pleaded guilty in September to burglary, stalking and harassment charges.
Baxter is a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife employee who had worked with his victim at the Willapa Wildlife Refuge in the 1990s.