PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County Superior Court judge has postponed the trial of Michael J. Moyle, a Port Angeles man accused of ramming a Ford Mustang into a small Subaru carrying two children on Laurel Street in south Port Angeles in April.
Moyle, 29, is charged with first-degree assault of a child, second-degree assault of a child and two counts of second-degree assault — all of which come with an alternative charge of second-degree assault — and hit-and-run injury accident.
Judge S. Brooke Taylor on Friday reset the trial to Sept. 19 to allow time for Moyle to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
The four-day trial was previously set to begin Monday.
Moyle remains in custody at the Clallam County jail on $500,000 bond.
Port Angeles police said Moyle followed a red Subaru from the Port Angeles Albertsons parking lot April 13 to South Laurel Street.
Moyle alledgedly struck the vehicle at the intersection of Laurel Street and Viewcrest Avenue, sending the Subaru into a telephone poll about 150 feet away.
All four people in the car, including a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl, were hospitalized. All survived the wreck.
The impact of the crash disabled Moyle’s Mustang.
An alleged getaway driver, Timothy P. Smith, 27, of Port Angeles, was subsequently charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Smith posted a $50,000 bail bond two days after the incident.
His trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 24.