Court imposes 24-month probation, fines and community service to man accused of defacing ‘I Can’t Breathe’ artwork Posted: January 20, 2021 981
Richard Tuttle, accused in the July 14 “I Can’t Breathe” art installation defacement, appeared in Edmonds Municipal Court on Wednesday where attorneys for the defense and prosecution presented a pretrial diversion agreement for the court to consider in lieu of traditional sentencing. Clockwise from upper left, the Hon. Judge Whitney Rivera, defense attorney Patrick Feldman, prosecuting attorney Yelena Stock, and defendant Richard Tuttle.
In a Wednesday morning ruling, newly-installed Edmonds Municipal Court Judge Whitney Rivera agreed to impose the terms of a pretrial diversion agreement negotiated by the prosecution and defense teams in the case of an Edmonds man accused in the July 14 defacement of the ‘I Can’t Breathe’ art installation.