SPOKANE, Wash. — Daniel Wiseman was sentenced to 36 months of community custody, in addition to treatment at Frontier Behavioral Health for a carjacking incident on July 7.
Wiseman pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery after carjacking a woman, Deb Weaver, back on July 7.
Weaver was working for UberEats the day of the attack. Her car was parked on Third Avenue outside of the Lexus dealership with her windows rolled down slightly when Wiseman approached her car. He demanded she give him the vehicle.
During the carjacking, Wiseman had punched Weaver repeatedly in the face. He then stole the car before crashing it shortly afterwards. She received non-life threatening injuries from the attack.
At Monday’s sentencing, Weaver gave her victim impact statement.
“Before the 7th of July ’23, I was a very contented, happy, confident woman plowing through life with no real concerns. I could sit and read a book and totally relax. The assault and robbery changed this. I am no longer confident in myself. I’m not the happy woman that I was,” Weaver said.
Weaver said she has gone into counseling to deal with her trauma. She said her counselor suggests she has PTSD from the incident.
Wiseman, for his part, took ownership of his actions on July 7 and gave Weaver a tearful apology.
“I’m truly sorry. No person, no matter their circumstance doesn’t deserve to go through that. It eats me up inside every time I think about it. I would have never have wanted to be in that position. It would have been terrifying,” Wiseman said.
The defense attorney argued that Wiseman’s mental health deteriorated after serving time in the military. His attorney claimed Wiseman does not remember any of the events that took place on July 7.
Due to Wiseman being sentenced the mental health sentencing alternative, he will not serve any time behind bars.
After the sentencing, Weaver stated that in some regards, the sentencing brought her some closure. However, in many ways, she argues there was a lack of accountability for Wiseman attacking her and stealing her vehicle.
“He gets to go into treatment and become a ‘better person,’ or so they keep saying that he will. But I’m left with nothing, all the trauma all the pain and everything else. There’s nothing for me,” Weaver said.
A no-contact provision will be added to the judgement and sentence.
Meanwhile, on Dec. 15, a review hearing will be held at 9 a.m.
