Flook will face state prison term

Roger Flook, Jr., 31, Endicott, is expected to face a long term in the state prison system after he pleaded guilty to five different charges Friday in Whitman County Superior Court. Flook agreed to enter a plea after the state offered to consolidate charges related to two cases.

The first charges were filed in 2011, and the second set of charges were filed against him last October after deputies investigated another credit card case.

Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau told the court Flook’s history of prior convictions means he will have an offender score of five when he returns to court Jan. 4 for sentencing. An offender score of five means a defendant will face a sentence of between 22 and 29 months.

Flook pleaded guilty to charges of first degree theft, being an accomplice in first degree theft, identity theft in the first degree and identity theft in the second degree. He also pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of stolen property which was the credit card involved in the theft transactions.

LeBeau told the court two of the charges remaining against Flook related to the credit card case this year after officers received a report that a credit card had been taken from a residence in Endicott.

The card had been used to make purchases of items from Walmart in Pullman. Flook was one of three suspects in the October case.

The sheriff’s report after the arrest noted Flook had been out of jail on bail pending resolution of charges from the 2011 case. The first case also involved use of the stolen credit card to make fraudulent purchases at Sam Dial Jewelers and Walmart, LeBeau told the judge at Friday’s arraignment.

Flook’s pending sentence is also expected to include an 18-month probation term after he is released from jail. Violation of the probation conditions could result in additional jail time, Judge Frazier advised the defendant.

After entering his guilty pleas, Flook requested a short furlough to take care of personal matters before he begins his jail term. The deputy prosecutor objected to any release before Flook is formally sentenced.

LeBeau said Flook had an extended record of failing to appear at court dates. He said in one of the latest instances, deputies learned Flook and his wife attended a movie after he had been allowed a short furlough for a medical appointment.