Deadliest Catch star jailed in Seattle following a DUI arrest

On February 19, 2010, in Criminal Law, DUI News, King County, Traffic Law, Washington State, by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.

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.”

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State Patrol trooper shot by DUI supects husband

On February 16, 2010, in Criminal Law, DUI News, News, Washington State, by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.

The story regarding the shooting of Washington State Patrol Trooper Scott Johnson on Saturday continues to unfold.  The latest, according to the Seattle Times, is that the wife of the man suspected of shooting the Trooper had been arrested on suspicion of DUI earlier that same night by a different Trooper.  The Trooper Greene had transported the woman  away from the scene while Trooper Johnson stayed to conduct an inventory search of the woman’s vehicle before towing.   

The shooting occurred after another trooper, Jesse Greene, had pulled over a woman on suspicion of drunken driving.

Johnson, who was working solo in a patrol cruiser, arrived around 12:20 a.m. so Greene could take the driver in for processing.

Tow-truck driver George Hill arrived and was preparing to tow the car when the shooter emerged from the dark. The man exchanged words with the trooper and opened fire at 12:40 a.m.

Johnson got off a shot but there was no indication at the scene that his assailant was hit.

Trooper Johnson was released from the hospital on Monday.

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Washington Trooper Shooting Suspect Caught

On February 15, 2010, in DUI News, News, Washington State, by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.

A suspect in the Saturday morning shooting of Washington State Trooper Scott Johnson has been caught. 

Martin A. Jones, 45, of Seaview was arrested overnight Sunday in Long Beach and has been booked into Pacific County jail.  The State Patrol is still looking for evidence and tips from the public.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 

The State Patrol says Scott Johnson was working a drunk driving case in Long Beach when a man walked up, started an argument, and then shot him twice, including once in the head.

Dozens of officers spent Sunday going house-to-house all throughout the Long Beach peninsula. Investigators consider this an ambush, and believe Johnson was chosen at random.

Meanwhile, Trooper Johnson is recovering at a Portland, OR hospital and scheduled to be released today.  It is not known whether the bullet fragment lodged in the back of Trooper Johnson’s head will ever be able to be removed.

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Washington State Officer Shot, Again!

On February 14, 2010, in Criminal Law, DUI News, News, Traffic Law, by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.

Washington State Trooper Scott Johnson was shot twice, once in the head while conducting an inventory on a vehicle about to towed.  The incident happend Saturday morning at about 1am. This marks at least the 8th law enforcement officer to be shot in Washington is the last couple of months.  Six of those ended in fataltities. 

MyNorthwest.com reported the following:

A Washington State Patrol trooper has been shot while taking inventory of a vehicle about to be towed.

The patrol says Trooper Scott Johnson was shot shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday along State Route 103. A man walked up and had a short exchange with Johnson and the tow truck driver, then pulled out a handgun and shot Johnson twice, including once to the head.

The patrol says Johnson returned fire but it wasn’t known if the man was hit. Johnson was taken to a hospital in Long Beach, then to a hospital in Portland.

Trooper Krista Hedstrom says Johnson is alert and conscious, but in considerable pain at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital. Doctors believe his injuries are not life threatening.

The driver of the vehicle being towed had been arrested for driving while impaired and taken to a nearby police station. Authorities say there is currently no evidence the DUI arrest and the shooting are related.

The only thing that goes through my mind is “not again.”  While my job is to challenge the things that officer’s do on behalf of my clients I have also come to know many of these officers as friends.  My heart goes out to the family of Trooper Johnson and all of his colleagues.

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Fundraiser and Memorial for Four Slain Officers’ and thier Families

On December 7, 2009, in Legal News, by Scott W. Lawrence, Esq.

Four officers were brutalied murdered in Lakewood, Washington, last week while having coffee and preparing for their shifts.   A friend, who also happens to be the mother of a Washington State Patrol Officer, sent me this:

IF you live near a Papa John’s Pizza place, PLEASE consider having a meal there on Tuesday (December 8), or Wednesday (December 9), as all profits from all Papa John’s nationwide will go to take care of the 4  families who have lost a parent.  There are a total of nine children in these families.

 If going to have pizza cannot be in your plans, please remember in your prayers, and hold in your heart, the families of these Lakewood, Washington officers who were slain in a senseless massacre last week. The memorial service will be held in the Tacoma Dome on Tuesday:

Mark Renninger.

Tina Griswold

Ronald Owens

Greg Richards.

Thank you sincerely. 

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