An Everett man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for drugs and weapons charges after being arrested in January near Sequim.

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Simon Barnhart last week followed the State of Washington’s recommendation and sentenced Daniel Hawn of Everett to 156 months in prison for two counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver while armed with a firearm, Clallam County court officials said in a press release.

The Aug. 20 sentence followed a guilty plea to the two charges.

According to court officials, early in the morning on Jan. 7, 2024, deputy Steffen Estep of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office came upon a running car parked on the wrong side of the road near Sequim Bay Lodge.

Estep approached the car, saw a driver and passenger were asleep. He woke then woke Hawn, who was seated in the driver’s seat.

During the ensuing conversation, Estep saw a firearm on the driver’s floorboard, according to the press release.

Hawn, who had an active warrant for his arrest, said was a fake gun, according to court officials. Estep was then joined at the scene by other law enforcement personnel from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and Sequim Police Department; the seized the gun, which was real, along with sizeable quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Hawn’s car, law enforcement officials said.

“Dep. Estep handled that situation about as capably as one could,” Barnhart said.

Hawn has eight previous felony convictions, including burglary, theft of property, vehicle theft, attempting to elude police, and unlawfully possessing a firearm, court officials said.

“This case underscores the continued scourge that drug dealing is in our community,” county deputy prosecuting attorney Steve Johnson, who handled the case, said in the press release.

“Hawn had no known ties to Clallam County, but came here armed and with several narcotics he was planning to sell. Guns and drugs bring a lot of harm and risk to our community and this resolution reflects how seriously we take these types of crimes,” Johnson said.