Deadliest Catch star Jake Harris,24, was arrested last night on suspicion of DUI, Hit & Run and Driving While License Suspended.  He is currently sitting in the King County jail in Seattle where he was booked Thursday night just before midnight.   

It’s been a bad year for Deadliest Catch’s Harris family.  Captain Phil Harris, 53, died of complications from a stroke earlier this month in an Alaskan hopital. 

People magazine spoke with the Washington State Patrol regarding the incident.

“Mr. Harris was spotted driving a BMW 3 Series erratically Thursday evening by a citizen in Shoreline, Wa. We were able to locate his vehicle by aircraft, and he was pulled over in the Seattle area. The car was registered to his father,” says Washington State Patrol spokesman Dan McDonald.

“He failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a toxicological test,” McDonald added. “After further investigation, it was found that he was involved in a hit and run with another occupied vehicle earlier in the evening. He had rear-ended another car.”

Suspected DUI driver shuts down Highway 18 in Auburn

If you were stuck in traffic nightmare South of Seattle this morning it may have been due to the following incident.

The Seattle Times reported:

The Washington State Patrol says a drunken driver went the wrong way for a mile-and-a-half on Highway 18 before colliding head-on with another car.

The crash about 3 a.m. Thursday seriously injured the other driver. The wrong-way driver suffered minor injuries.

Westbound lanes of Highway 18 were closed for two hours.

No other details were readily available as of Thursday night.