Man pleads guilty in 2011 fatal home invasion robbery for coin collection
A man accused of a violent home invasion robbery in 2011, where an Illahee man was struck with an ax and later died, pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison.
Daniel Scott Farley, 37, was serving a prison sentence in Nevada for assault with a deadly weapon when he was brought back to Kitsap County in December 2019 to face charges related to the death of William "Bill" Thomas Johnston, 61.
Prosecutors had hesitated to charge Farley with murder, as Johnston was known to be in poor health before he was attacked. Medical experts found Johnston died as a result of homicide but prosecutors were unsure if they could prove the injuries Farley was accused of causing directly led to Johnston's death about five months after the robbery.