The Brief
- A judge sentenced Andrew Baim to more than 20 years in prison for killing Ravensdale resident Nick Valison by running him over in 2023.
- Investigators say Valison was trying to protect his neighborhood when he confronted Baim in a stolen U-Haul before being struck.
- Baim apologized in court, but the judge said the killing was avoidable and issued the maximum sentence allowed.
RAVENSDALE, Wash. – The man convicted of killing a Ravensdale dad by running him over in 2023 was sentenced Thursday in court to more than 20 years in prison.
Andrew Baim was found guilty of second-degree murder. Investigators say Nick Valison confronted Baim after he noticed him going through items in a stolen U-Haul in a wooded area of his neighborhood.
FOX 13 spoke with his wife Tanie two years ago. At that time, she said she wanted justice for Nick, and Thursday she got it, with the judge giving Baim the longest sentence available under the law.
“His final act was to protect his family, our neighbors and the community of Ravensdale,” said Tanie Valison, Nick’s widow.…