OLYMPIA, WA — A Grays Harbor County man has been resentenced to more than nine years in prison in connection with the illegal killing of multiple elk, marking what state officials say is the longest jail sentence for a big game case in Washington in at least a decade.
According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Richard Loren Pratt was resentenced March 27 in Grays Harbor Superior Court to serve 116 months in prison, pay $10,000 in fines, and forfeit two firearms.
Pratt, who is a convicted felon, previously pleaded guilty to unlawful hunting of big game in the first degree, unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, and wastage of wildlife…