Bellingham man pleads guilty in bizarre stalking case
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - A Bellingham accountant accused of gluing an ex-girlfriend's doors shut, turning off her home's natural gas and dumping paint remover on her car has pleaded guilty to stalking.
The Bellingham Herald reports that 54-year-old Charles Lysander Storrs IV harassed the woman for almost a year and a half before police had enough evidence to arrest him.
The victim told Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Deborra Garrett on Thursday that during that time she couldn't return home without checking to see if something new had been changed or vandalized.
Court records show that in the summer of 2012, video cameras caught clear images of Storrs pouring paint remover on the woman's car.
Storrs told the judge he agreed to plead guilty to the gross misdemeanor because he works as a private tax preparer and couldn't do that with a felony on his record. He was sentenced to 20 days of jail alternatives and 80 hours of community service. The sentence includes suspended jail time.
The Bellingham Herald reports that 54-year-old Charles Lysander Storrs IV harassed the woman for almost a year and a half before police had enough evidence to arrest him.
The victim told Whatcom County Superior Court Judge Deborra Garrett on Thursday that during that time she couldn't return home without checking to see if something new had been changed or vandalized.
Court records show that in the summer of 2012, video cameras caught clear images of Storrs pouring paint remover on the woman's car.
Storrs told the judge he agreed to plead guilty to the gross misdemeanor because he works as a private tax preparer and couldn't do that with a felony on his record. He was sentenced to 20 days of jail alternatives and 80 hours of community service. The sentence includes suspended jail time.
I was hoping to read about the judge requiring restitution, but with the revolving door justice in this state, I already knew it was too much to hope for.
Why isn't he being charged with harassment and vandalism along with stalking?
Should of glued his hands to a pile of 1040's..
Arm this woman and the next time he comes after her, and there probably will be a next time knowing how obsessed his is, she can take him out and spare the next woman.Â
Why should anyone do him any favors. Excuse me you want a lighter sentence because you can't have a felony on your record. You should have thought about that before you ruined someone else's property. I hope the sentence includes no contact. And I sure wouldn't want him doing my taxes knowing where I live.
@komonews - To bizarre for words! Even for a stalking case.
"Storrs told the judge he agreed to plead guilty to the gross misdemeanor because he works as a private tax preparer and couldn't do that with a felony on his record."
 Poor baby, won't want him to lose his ability to be a tax preparer on the account of him being a creepy dirtbag.