WASHINGTON STATE \u2014 In tonight\u2019s Operation Crime and Justice report, KOMO News is digging into why a repeat offender with a history of violent crimes was offered a plea deal. <\/p>\n
Attorneys involved in the suspect\u2019s most recent cases tell KOMO News the charges were reduced in a plea deal, in part related to the suspect\u2019s mental health issues he was exhibiting during these crimes. <\/p>\n
Abdinjib Ibraham has spent most of the last decade locked up or at Western State Hospital.<\/p>\n
RELATED | Man shot by police in Burien facing life in jail following violent crime spree<\/a><\/p>\n In 2016, Ibraham was serving 10 years for robbery with a deadly weapon when authorities say he nearly beat a corrections officer to death.<\/a><\/p>\n I just feel like I lost so much, I just don\u2019t remember,\u201d Terry Breedlove, the corrections officer attacked, told KOMO News in 2023<\/a>. \u201cI just want to keep him off the streets now, that’s my focus, I just want him off the streets and not hurt anybody anymore.<\/p>\n That attempted murder case was ultimately dropped because of Ibraham\u2019s mental health issues, and he was released in 2023 without a support plan or a place to live, according to his attorney.<\/p>\n RELATED | Inmate charged with attempted murder in attack on guard at Forks prison<\/a><\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t long before Ibraham was back in cuffs. Authorities say just weeks after his release, he\u2019s on video pistol-whipping a man during a carjacking<\/a> in Seattle and pointing a gun at an elderly woman while robbing her of her purse.<\/p>\n