The Messina Bulzomi Christensen law firm has settled a case against Washington State Department of Corrections for $2.2 million for the negligent supervision of a violent parolee who beat a 69-year-old Tacoma man to death out for his morning walk...
At the time of the attack, Brown was officially under 12 months of community custody supervision after being convicted of second-degree robbery in August 2004... While on supervision, Brown repeatedly violated the terms of his probation, quitting work and school, and also engaged in criminal activity, including taking part in gang-related activities, drinking, smoking methamphetamine and cigarettes soaked with embalming fluid.
He was arrested by the Puyallup Police Department for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Those charges were forwarded to the DOC, but they failed to take appropriate action. From late November 2004 until Jan. 4, 2005, the DOC had effectively ignored Brown...
