The brother of a man accused in a Christmas Eve burglary and arson in Hockinson last year was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail for trying to help his sibling evade arrest.
Michael Anthony Roland, 33, was sentenced to 30 days on a charge of second-degree possession of stolen property, Senior Deputy Prosecutor James Smith said in an email. Roland received a suspended 89-day sentence on a charge of second-degree rendering criminal assistance. He received credit for a single day in jail, Smith said.
Roland was originally charged in January with first-degree rendering criminal assistance. He pleaded guilty to amended charges in October.
Nearly a year ago, his brother, Joshua Adam Roland, 30, and Daniel L. Cronin, 36, allegedly broke into and set fire to a Hockinson house in the 17000 block of Northeast 119th Street. Joshua Roland cut his thumb inside and was bleeding profusely, according to probable cause affidavits.
