Driver arrested in highway worker death in Yakima County
Judge sets bail at $1M; police say woman had high blood-alcohol level By Associated Press
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RICHLAND A judge has set bail at $1 million for a driver accused of fatally hitting a construction site worker in Washington last weekend after police said she had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.
Jada J. Gibson, 21, was arrested Saturday and was being held in the Yakima County jail following the death of Bonnie M. Stewart, 51, the Tri-City Herald reported Tuesday.
Gibson was driving a Volkswagen Passat at 1:30 a.m. near the Yakima River Bridge when she hit Stewart as the worker stepped off a mixer truck into the street, authorities said. Stewart died before she could be taken to a hospital.
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Man Dies in Fatal Stabbing Suspect in Jail
Yakima Police are investigating a fatal stabbing of a 42-year-old man reported on Saturday. Officers were called to the 1100 block of South 32nd Avenue at about 12:08 a.m. for a report of a fight between two men. Capt. Jay Seely says when officers arrived at the duplex they had to force their way inside. Once inside they found the stabbing victim identified as 42-year-old Gasper Villacana. He died at the scene from stab wounds. Police immediately began a search for the suspect. Seely says at about that time a neighbor alerted police that a man was in her backyard in a nearby home. Police found the 44-year-old suspect in a backyard of the home and placed him under arrest. The man was taken to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital for treatment of cuts but reportedly started fighting with hospital staff so police say he was sedated. The man was expected to be booked into the Yakima County jail on a charge of second-degree murder.
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