Captain Monica Alexander
Government and Media Relations
(360) 596-4010 – office
(360) 596-4015 – fax
http://www.wsp.wa.gov
*** For Immediate Release***
Date:
July 8, 2015
Contact:
Trooper Jeff Hatteberg, WSP Aviation
Phone:
360-753-6173
E-mail:
Jeffrey.Hatteberg@wsp.wa.gov
Twitter:
@wastatepatrol
Arrest Made In Hit and Run Fatality
Washington State Patrol Aviation Section assisted Kitsap County Sheriff's Department in an arrest of a suspect involved with a vehicle-pedestrian hit and run fatality collision that occurred July 4, 2015.
On July 7, WSP troopers received a request from the Kitsap County Sheriff's Department to investigate, by air, the property where the suspect vehicle of the hit and run was reported to be located by tips from the public.
The suspect driver, a 39 year-old male from Spokane, was arrested at the location where troopers identified the vehicle. He has been booked into the Kitsap County Jail on a charge of hit and run (fatality), with a $250,000 bail.
The collision occurred in the Indianola community of North Kitsap in the early morning July 4th where the driver fled the scene, initiating a three day investigation.
The Kitsap County Coroner has identified the victim as Jordan Dale Adams-Wickham, 23, a resident of the Indianola Community.