News brief: Inappropriate touching case from Sunbird ends with plea deal

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – The 33-year-old man charged with indecent liberties for allegedly grabbing the hand of a 20-year-old special needs student and placing it in his crotch area while the two were working at Sun Bird Shopping Center in Chehalis was sentenced yesterday to 90 days in jail.

Rodney R. Cook, from Olympia, was arrested last month.

The young woman was participating in a  program in which students go to local businesses to learn job skills.

Cook entered into a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to two counts of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation and the indecent liberties charge was dropped, according to his lawyer Kevin Nelson.

Lewis County Superior Court Judge Nelson Hunt yesterday accepted the agreed recommendation in which Cook would be given 364 days in jail with all but 90 of them suspended for two years. He’s already served 43 days.
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For background, read “Sunbird employee accused of inappropriately touching  developmentally disabled worker” from Thursday August 18, 2016, here

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2 Responses to “News brief: Inappropriate touching case from Sunbird ends with plea deal”

  1. Right Wing Liberal says:
    Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Did you learn that from your Proofessor? Diddle me this, Batman…

  2. Diddle Me says:
    Friday, September 30, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    90 days in jail, the Green Hill Rapist only got 14 days in jail. I see that the Judge fails to properly prosecute their own. Proff of the Good ole Boy club. It’s no longer a conspiracy it’s a fact.