PORT ANGELES — Timothy P. Smith, accused as an accomplice in last week’s hit-and-run, has bailed out of jail for the second time in a week and was formally charged with additional charges Wednesday.
The alleged getaway driver in the April 13 car-ramming that hospitalized four people — including two small children — posted bail Wednesday morning after being arrested for investigation of allegedly being in possession of a stolen motorcycle and methamphetamine.
Appearing out of custody, Smith was charged Wednesday in Clallam County Superior Court for investigation of second-degree possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance.
The Port Angeles man will be arraigned on those charges Friday, along with two charges stemming from the hit-and-run: first-degree rendering criminal assistance and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Michael J. Moyle, who is accused of ramming the car last Wednesday on South Laurel Street, remained in the Clallam County jail Wednesday after he was formally charged Tuesday.
His bond is set at $500,000.
Moyle, 28, will be arraigned April 29 for investigation of charges of first-degree assault of a child, two counts of second-degree assault, second-degree assault of a child — all of which come with an alternative charge of vehicular assault — and hit-and-run injury accident.
Smith, 27, was arrested at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday during a traffic stop near his auto body shop east of Port Angeles.
He was violating the terms of his release at the time, which required him to be home from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
The curfew applied to his release on a $50,000 bond last Friday.
Smith said in court that he was responding to an alarm at the shop.
Judge Ken Williams did not address the issue of the curfew violation because it applied to the hit-and-run case, and the attorney representing him on that matter was not present and could not be reached by phone.
The alleged curfew violation will be handled Friday, Williams said.
Smith bailed out of Clallam County jail Wednesday before the 1 p.m. court hearing by paying $3,500 cash.
Williams set his bond for the new charges at $25,000, which prompted Smith to protest, saying he had already paid bail that day.
In response, the judge said the cash payment was sufficient, noting that it meets his 10 percent bond obligation.
Clallam County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Troberg explained after the hearing that Williams was referring to the cash payment required by bail bondsmen, which is 10 percent of the bond amount.
Smith now must remain at home from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and begin electronic home monitoring by 1 p.m. Friday.
Troberg, who requested the change in curfew, said Smith “really shows no intent of obeying court orders.”
Police said Smith also violated his previous curfew Saturday evening. An officer knocked on his front and back door, setting off an alarm, but Smith did not respond.
Smith said in court that he was asleep at the time.
He initially turned himself in to police last Thursday.
Police said Moyle rammed a Subaru sedan, driving it into a telephone pole, with his Ford Mustang on South Laurel Street near Viewcrest Avenue on April 13 after chasing it from the Albertsons store at 114 E. Lauridsen Blvd.; he then left the area in a truck driven by Smith.
The Subaru’s passengers were hospitalized.
The most seriously injured was 5-year-old Aaron Baker, who was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center with a head injury and broken leg. He had been discharged from the Seattle hospital by Saturday.
Stewart Baker, the driver, and Lavender Baker, 2, were treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center the day of the collision.
Tawny Baker, 48, was hospitalized at OMC and had been discharged by Saturday.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
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