PORT ANGELES — A former Des Moines man wanted on four counts of alcohol-related vehicular homicide is in custody in King County jail after he was arrested without incident at his new address in Port Angeles.
Nicholas W. Anderson, 38, was apprehended without incident at about 11 p.m. Thursday at a home in Port Angeles after changing his address with the state Department of Licensing as of last Wednesday, Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said.
A felony warrant was issued for Anderson, who was hospitalized after the Oct. 25 single-car crash in Auburn, when he could not be located after leaving the hospital, Cmdr. Steve Stocker, Auburn Police Department spokesman, said this morning.
Anderson was driving his 1995 Nissan 300 at about 2 a.m. Oct. 25 on Auburn Way South with five acquaintances and his dog when the crash occurred.
Anderson was driving at a high rate of speed when he struck a utility box and then a tree, Stocker said.
Four people were killed, Anderson’s dog was euthanized and a fifth person was hospitalized, he said.
Anderson was conscious when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, Stocker said.
Port Angeles police received information Anderson was in Port Angeles and traced his cellphone to the 200 block of West Second Street, Smith said.
Anderson was arrested without incident by law enforcement officers from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department, Port Angeles Police Department and Border Patrol.
