Suspect who punched elderly man won't face murder charge

We need to restore this young man to society. Teach him from now on not to punch out old vets, just young left wing Kool Aid Drinkers.

This guy would have made a good candidate for the ObamaCare Death Panels.

Let this guy go free.  I know what he looks like, and I know the area he hangs out at now.  Me and my boys can fix this real quick.  No joke. 

Lucky the killer lives in the great State of Washington.   One doesn't get much time because it is never the bad guy's fault.  Washingtonians believe it was always mom and dad's fault; or the teacher; or George Bush.

 

It's why they automatically give 1/3 off a convicted criminal's sentence when he enters confinement.  So, it's really 7+ years.

 

I don't understand this state - nor its sanctuary city people.

So the medical examiner & the prosecutors have decided that the victim was ailing from other health problems, he was 91 yrs old & going to die any way...so no big deal....

This is truly sickening.... 

A 10 yr sentence ????  The prosecutors are truly outrageously pathetic...Life in prison for this idiot...minimum!!!!

Getting caught with narcotics gets more time than this...

Scum.

AMAZING how the law continuously protect criminals and killers. Will Snohomish County medical examiner office's findings be different, if the dead victim is their love ones? Should this poor victim pay part of his estate to this criminal for wrongly putting him through all this trouble to even think he have anything to do with this victim dying on him. This poor victim is healthy enough to fill up and drive his own car, if he have this much health issues, he wouldn't be driving nor filling up his own gas. This poor victim is very independent, and have many more years to go. Evil like this POS, who picks on, robs, hurts, injures, and killed the elderly deserves a seat next to Josh Powell.

Bet he's a gun-nut too.

This just really makes me mad. The punk is sitting there with a cocky frickin smile and laughing because these laws just let these slime balls do as they please. Someone is going to remember this guy and what he did and I hope they make him pay.

Sociopath...no conscience. No fixing.

they should hang this douchbag on live TV I would pay to see that while eating popcorn.

Just another misguided youth who no doubt a victim of the environment.  Let's all give him a group hug........

And why are we having a national gun rights debate?

This is the very reason why we have a crime problem. Politicians, prosecutors and judges will not do their job. I hope his next victim is one of these lazy limp wristed pieces of garbage we have put in charge.

As for this guy I hope he dies in prison very painfully. Any low life trash that would punch a 90 year old man to rob him needs to suffer very much.

Out of prison in 6 years, or less, to kill again. Liberals in control lead to lax laws, lax penalties and empowering criminals to continue their lifelstyle.

Murder or not he still should be hung.

Why is he still alive?

I remember when they struck down that law about intent to kill, when you attack someone. Washington State has the weakest laws and judicial system.  The criminals seem to serve little time. I'd hate to be a cop here. You risk your life to get these cretins off the street, and they're out in a few years.  Remember the story says the Prosecutor WANTS 10 years, that does NOT mean that the judge will even give him that. It's not a done deal. he could give the guy a few year + probation, even with his history.   Trash California all you want, which is a hobby here, but they are serious about their justice system.  A guy like that with that history, would not be walking out  in a few  years. 

Yet another predatory loser wrecking havoc on society. People, don't have kids if you aren't going to raise them right. Respect for the eldery is a no-brainer except if you are a lilly livered sissy, who doesn't want to work to earn his keep.

And he probably won't even serve the fiull 10 years if it is given at sentencing - they will give "time served" as a credit against the 10, allow time off for "good behavior" - he'll probably be out in 6-7 years.

 

Some "justice".

So I take it they're just gonna get him on the robbery? No assault charge?

you are such a man, Patrick. Why don't you try someone your own age and see how that goes. Hard chain-gang labor until you fall apart from age and exhaustion, that's what you deserve.

Pre-existing medical conditions or not...a violent punch to the face and subsequent knock down, to an already frail elderly person will easily result in death. This is ridiculous. Shudder to think what the victim's family has already been put through, and now, more salt in those wounds. Way to go justice system!!

The criminal, Patrick Hartness showed up in Washington Courts data base 36 times. He needs to be put away for longer than 10 years.

Inslee will probably commute him second week of January, 2017....

Won't be long until he'll be free to do it again for sure. That he chose to do this to begin with tells us something about this person.

Its obvious that the assault at least contributed to the victims deteriorating condition and death. That should require at least a manslaughter charge. When he gets to prison someone should spread the rumor he's a pedophile. Prisoners love to show pedophiles a little love.

This is utterly disgusting. Having the nerve to punch a man that is 91 years old is straight up lunacy. This guy should be charged with more than 10 years. In fact, if he's been targeting elderly people, he'll most likely do it again after he is released. Why not keep this creep in prison until he's around 70 or so, until he's an elderly person himself.

according to the other story on him he has been preying on elderly for a while and needs life in prison. why let him out in 10 years to offend again? heck charge him with civil rights violation were he took away Caywood's rights by attacking him. We will be reading about Hartness again in 11 years how he killed an elderly person after being released from prison.

If you're complaining about the Snohomish County prosecutor's decision here in this page you're wasting your time, energy & it won't do accomplish anything: your writing is for your own edification exclusively But  if you want to make a difference  write the Snohomish County Prosecutor, Mr. Mark Roe: www.snoco.org/app/dis/ContactUsForm/ Urge him to seek as serious an assault charge as he is able to by law, and to add Hate crime  (it was a hate attack against an elderly person) to the charge. That would add some "punch" to the charges and sentencing if the perpetrator, Mr. Hartness, is convicted. If he's convicted and in prison til he's the same age as the man he punched and robbed would give him plenty of time to reflect on his brutal and ugly behavior.

This all goes back the that Law (sorry, don't remember the name) that passed/was repealed about 4-5 years ago.

 

If you "Assault/Beat/Push/Punch" and they Die - you CAN NOT be charged with Murder if you only meant to "Beat them Up o& Not Kill them"

 

That is how the Tuba's mans Killers got off - several other sentences have been reduced in the Prisons from Murder to 1st degree assualt or armed assaults,  w/e....point is....if you say "Well, I didn't mean to KILL him, only Beat the Living crap out of "  you won't get charged w/murder. Like the guy who was at the Bus stop a year or so ago, punch only 1 once, but fell and hit his head &  died....dude was only charged w/simple assault, even though he killed the guy by his actions, but since  it was 1 punch.....so no Murder Charges.

 

Be sure to click on the "related content" clicky right under his picture so you have even more info on what this State is letting off the hook. 10years, what a joke.