A former Green Hill School employee was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this week after pleading guilty to six felony charges back in September.
Emily N. Baker, 30, of Chehalis, admitted to two counts of first-degree custodial sexual misconduct and four counts of second-degree introducing contraband on Sept. 5.
Three additional counts — tampering with a witness, official misconduct and second-degree conspiracy to commit assault — were dismissed.
Prior to sentencing, Baker faced maximum punishments of 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines for each sexual misconduct charge. The other charges were considered lesser offenses, and came with maximum sentences of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
According to court documents, the standard sentencing range for similar misconduct crimes is between 67 and 89 months, putting Baker’s sentence of 84 months toward the upper end.
She must also serve three years of community custody and register as a sex offender.
During the sentencing, Judge Paul Strophy entered a 10-year no-contact order on behalf of the incarcerated adult individual Baker was sexually involved with.
Baker is further prohibited from contacting Green Hill School.
In a written statement regarding her guilty plea, Baker admitted to having “sexual intercourse” with an incarcerated individual on two “separate and distinct” occasions.
“He was an inmate/resident of Green Hill School, a juvenile corrections facility and I was an employee with authority over him,” Baker wrote.
In her statement, Baker also admitted to knowingly bringing marijuana into the facility on “four separate and distinct occasions.”
The Chronicle previously reported that, on July 19, 2024, the Chehalis Police Department learned of a Child Protective Services referral related to possible sexual misconduct between Green Hill staff and incarcerated individuals.
A Chehalis detective subsequently reviewed recordings of incriminating phone calls between a staff member named Angel Misner and the same person Baker was found to have been sexually involved with. At the time, the inmate had been transferred to a Department of Corrections facility in Shelton due to overcrowding at Green Hill.
Both Misner and Baker were reportedly aware of each other’s relationship with the inmate.
During the recorded conversations, the inmate “mentioned that Baker had photos or video of them on a cellphone together in her locker,” according to court documents.
The detective later inspected security footage that implicated Baker and the inmate as they engaged in possible illegal behavior in a supply closet at the facility.
“It shows Baker unlocking the supply closet and leaving it open,” court documents state. “She then goes into the closet and shuts the door behind her. About six minutes later, (the inmate) is let out of his room and walks into the supply closet and shuts the door. Approximately 18 minutes later (the inmate) walks out of the supply closet, with Baker exiting approximately (14) minutes later. There are no cameras in the supply closet.”
The detective also reviewed three-way phone conversations between Baker, the inmate and Misner — who had been fired and arrested by this time — using the Lewis County Jail phone system.
According to court documents, “Baker and (the inmate) both tell Misner not to write anything incriminating, they discuss the new reporters that are likely to be in court, discuss whether or not anyone has come to talk to (the inmate) about what happened, and discuss a similar case with a former Green Hill staff member and how she got caught.”
Baker was booked into Lewis County Jail on Aug. 8, 2024, and charged the next day for abuse of office and tampering with a witness. Those charges were twice amended during the course of the court proceedings.
In January 2025, Misner was acquitted of six charges, including custodial sexual misconduct, tampering with a witness, introducing contraband and money laundering.
She was found guilty of one count of official misconduct and released from the Lewis County Jail on Jan. 23.
On April 1, Misner made a preliminary appearance on new charges of possession with intent to manufacture or deliver marijuana and second-degree introducing contraband after she was accused of delivering a burrito containing 1.3 pounds of THC concentrate to a Green Hill School employee in March.
Misner pleaded guilty to the charges May 28 and was sentenced to two years and a day in prison, along with one year of community custody.
