Goldendale Man Pleads Guilty To Tampering With Train Brakes

A Goldendale man has pleaded guilty to tampering with the brakes of railcars stopped at Wishram in February of last year enroute to California.  The Tri-City Herald reports that court documents indicated 58-year-old Forrest Ethan Wanous says he was drunk at the time and has no memory of his action.  He is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court for the crime of violence against railroad carriers May 28 in the Yakima U.S. Courthouse.  By the time Wanous was identified as a suspect and questioned, he was serving a 15 month sentence in the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton for felony DUI.  Wanous’ attorney said he has recently completed inpatient treatment for substance abuse and is living in Walla Walla with the help of the Veterans Administration.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern Washington District has agreed to ask for five years’ probation rather than incarceration for Wanous, pointing out in court documents that would place him under court supervision longer than he would serve in prison plus probation under federal guidelines.

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