A 38-year-old Level 3 sex offender with nine previous indecent exposure convictions has earned his 10th.
He was sentenced Tuesday to just over 7.5 years in prison.
Sean C. Morgan pleaded guilty Nov. 21 to one count each of indecent exposure and second-degree burglary for exposing himself and assaulting a Centralia College employee in September — less than two months after he was released from prison for a previous conviction for similar activity.
Morgan also entered an In Re Barr plea — which allows him to plead guilty to a crime he didn’t admit to committing to benefit from a plea deal — to one count of indecent liberties.
The conviction stems from a Sept. 8 incident where Morgan made physical contact with a Centralia College staff member while masturbating at the campus.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Sept. 8, Centralia police responded to a report of a male suspect “that was masturbating to a staff member and then put his penis on her.”
Prior to the incident, Morgan was released from prison on July 10 and was serving a community custody sentence that required him to wear an ankle monitoring device.
Morgan has nine prior felony convictions for indecent exposure, along with numerous other convictions for offenses that include felony harassment, malicious mischief and third-degree assault, domestic violence. Morgan also has at least three prior community custody violations and a probation/supervision violation, as well as a felony no-contact order violation conviction.
His previous convictions require him to register as a sex offender. He was registered as a transient with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office when the Sept. 8 crime was committed.
When speaking with the victim, an officer noted that she was “visibly upset and shaken up,” according to the affidavit. The woman said she was working on a project at her desk when she saw a man enter and sit at a computer located behind her.
According to the affidavit, the woman “said she felt weird about it” because he used the computer directly behind her, when there were multiple other computers available, and she kept hearing noises from the male. She said she kept trying to block out the noise, but eventually she called her boss into the room.
The boss reportedly entered the room and, after an undisclosed period of time, left the room.
The woman then said she felt something on her shoulder.
According to the affidavit, the woman “said she turned to her right and saw the male's erect penis and hand on her shoulder so she pushed (her) chair back and yelled at him to leave.”
The woman indicated she had never seen the man before.
A suspect was later located based on the description given. The woman identified him as the one who assaulted her. The suspect was Morgan.
According to the affidavit, Morgan admitted to being at the college — a place he was trespassed from in 2018 — to use the bathroom and computers, saying that “a woman freaked out when he stood up to leave and put on his jacket, possibly exposing his boxers.”
He said he was only at the college for 10 minutes.
The incident itself was not captured by surveillance cameras, according to the affidavit, but surveillance footage does reportedly show Morgan exit the room carrying his jacket. The footage also allegedly places Morgan at the college for about 45 minutes.
Morgan’s sentence includes a 10-year no-contact order in favor of the victim. He is also prohibited from having any future contact with Centralia College.
