A Camano Island man who stole some rare old-growth timber near Lake Wenatchee has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle in Spokane also ordered Kevin J. Moran to pay $37,688.77 for the value of the trees.
Moran pleaded guilty in December to theft of federal property, admitting he cut down 27 old-growth cedar trees in April 2004 and sold them to mills in Western Washington.
The trees, at least five feet in diameter, were 400 to 600 years old and were taken from 20 acres near the White River.
The 49-year-old Moran owned property next to the Forest Service property where the trees were cut. Court records say he initially told investigators he didn't know who cut the trees, then later said he cut them, but thought they were on his property.
Moran was sentenced Tuesday.AP via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
