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| DOC Settles Last Of Cowboy Mike Suits |
| By yakima-herald.com |
| Published: 06/29/2010 |
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YAKIMA, Wash. -- The state of Washington has settled the last of the lawsuits in the long-running Cowboy Mike case, making a total of $6.4 million the state agreed to pay. The final two settlements were announced Monday by Yakima lawyer Blaine Tamaki, who sued the state Department of Corrections for failing to properly supervise Michael Braae. The drifter and karaoke country singer came to be known as Cowboy Mike after he allegedly attacked two women in Yakima during a brutal crime spree in the summer of 2001. Tamaki said officials also misclassified Braae, now 50, as a low-risk offender before the spree began despite a well-documented history of violence against women. Read More. |
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