A Freeland man was sentenced this week for threatening and harassing a series of people, including News-Times employees after a story about him was published.

During a Nov. 18 hearing in Island County Superior Court, 61-year-old Graham J. Lau pleaded guilty to two counts of felony harassment, four counts of telephone harassment, one count of harassment and one count of making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

The guilty pleas were part of a “global resolution” of several cases from this year and late 2024. Under the plea bargain, both the prosecution and defense recommended a sentence of 18 months of electronic home monitoring. Defense attorney Claire Highland explained that Lau suffers from health problems, including severely infected legs, and that the jail doesn’t

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