SEQUIM — A second man involved in an attempted burglary and the assault of an employee last October inside an AM/PM in Carlsborg will serve prison time after he pleaded guilty.
Julian Treat, 30, of Seattle was sentenced to two years in prison, including time served, and 18 months of community custody for his role in beating an employee and attempting to take his wallet.
Treat pleaded guilty on Jan. 21 and Judge Simon Barnhart agreed to the recommended felony charge of first-degree burglary on Jan. 29 in Clallam County Superior Court.
Another man, Joshua Pulliam, 28, of Lakewood, pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary on Dec. 18 and was sentenced to 12-plus months in prison and 18 months in community custody.
On Oct. 25, 2024, Pulliam made threats against an AM/PM employee and was kicked out by the employee. He returned with Treat and began hitting the employee, and Clallam County Sheriff Office deputies reported that one of the attackers demanded the man’s wallet.
The men left without the wallet because it was attached with a chain.
They were pursued by law enforcement at high speeds and later found with a drone using night vision near Sequim Bay State Park.
The AM/PM employee sustained minor injuries, and he returned to work a short time after the incident, staff said in an interview.
Michele Devlin, Clallam County chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney, filling in for deputy prosecuting attorney Steve Johnson at Treat’s sentencing, said Treat did not know the victim and the attack was payback for Pulliam getting into an argument with the employee earlier in the day.
Devlin said Treat has a substance use disorder that contributed to the offense. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office reported he had fentanyl and methamphetamine upon his arrest, according to court documents.
Treat faced nearly 31 months in prison due to his previous offenses — two counts of possession of a stolen vehicle in Yakima County in 2020 and possession of a stolen vehicle in Riverside County in California in 2015, documents stated.
Barnhart ordered Treat to receive substance abuse treatment and a mental health evaluation.
Both Pulliam and Treat also have a no-contact order with the AM/PM store and the employee.
Treat’s defense attorney Douglas Kresl said his client has “a serious drug issue … and it’s something he’s been struggling with for a period of time.”
Treat has received rehabilitation treatment before, Kresl said, but he’s been diagnosed with multiple mental ailments with no treatment.
“He fully realizes if he doesn’t get himself straightened out, he’s going to be in prison or dead,” Kresl said.
Treat told Barnhart he’s ready to get help.
Barnhart said he hopes Treat can use the fact that he has children as motivation to change his life.
Treat was not ordered to pay any legal financial obligations due to his employment status, and the court will consider restitution another day, if ordered. He also can no longer own a firearm.
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Matthew Nash is a reporter with the Olympic Peninsula News Group, which is composed of Sound Publishing newspapers Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum. He can be reached by email at matthew.nash@sequimgazette.com.
