State v. K.L.B.

¶1 The main issue in this case is whether a Sound Transit fare enforcement officer (FEO) is a “public servant” as defined in RCW 9A.04.110(23). Fifteen-year-old K.L.B. was charged with making a false or misleading statement to FEO Brett Willet under RCW 9A.76.175, which provides that it is a misdemeanor to knowingly make “a false or misleading material statement to a public servant.” The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s conclusion that under the statute, FEO Willet was a public servant at the time K.L.B. made the false statement. We hold that under these circumstances, because FEOs…