PORT ANGELES — Amber Steim, accused of vehicular homicide while allegedly driving drunk, was booked into Clallam County jail today after a court-ordered bracelet monitor detected alcohol consumption.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams set bail at $500,000, five times higher than her last bail posted 10 days after the wreck on state Highway 112 that killed 44-year-old Ellen J. Debondt of Crescent Beach.
Steim, 24, of Port Angeles, was allegedly driving with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times over the legal limit when she crossed the center line east of Joyce and hit Debondt’s vehicle head-on.
Williams also ordered that a court hearing must be held before Steim can be released.
The alcohol monitoring bracelet reported that Steim had a peak blood-alcohol level of 0.058 percent on Oct. 30.
She was prohibited from consuming alcohol as part of the conditions of her last release from jail.
The trial for Steim, who is also charged with witness tampering, is scheduled to start Feb. 13.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
