PORT ANGELES — Timothy P. Smith has bailed out of jail for the second time in a week.
The alleged getaway driver in last week’s hit-and-run that hospitalized four people — including two small children — made bail this morning after being arrested for allegedly being in possession of a stolen motorcycle and methamphetamine.
Appearing out of custody, Smith was charged today in Clallam County Superior Court with second-degree possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance.
He 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.
Smith, 27, was arrested at 2:45 a.m. 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.
Smith said in court that he was responding to an alarm at the shop.
He bailed out of Clallam County jail today before the 1 p.m. court hearing by paying $3,500 cash.
Clallam County Judge Ken Williams set his bond for the arrest at $25,000, but determined that the cash payment was sufficient.
Smith now must remain at home from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and participate in electronic home monitoring.
Michael J. Moyle, the man accused of ramming the car last Wednesday on South Laurel Street, remains in jail. His bond is $500,000.
Moyle, 28, will be arraigned April 29 on 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.
EARLIER REPORT:
PORT ANGELES — Michael J. Moyle remained in the Clallam County jail Tuesday after being formally charged for investigation of deliberately ramming a car carrying four people — two of them children — last Wednesday.
Clallam County Judge George Wood spoke to Moyle only to read the charges and potential penalties during the hearing, which lasted a few minutes.
Moyle, 28, spoke only to his attorney, Harry Gasnick.
Bond was set at $500,000.
The Port Angeles resident will be arraigned April 29 in Clallam County Superior Court on 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.
Maximum penalties for the charges range from 10 years to life in prison.
Meanwhile, Port Angeles police continue to search for Moyle’s alleged getaway driver, Timothy P. Smith, who bailed out of jail last week.
Police last weekend issued a temporary felony warrant for Smith after searching his shop and home, saying they want him for investigation of second-degree possession of stolen property and possession of methamphetamine.
Police said Moyle rammed a Subaru sedan, driving it into a telephone pole, with his Ford Mustang on South Laurel Street near Viewcrest Avenue last Wednesday 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 driver Stewart Baker’s son, 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.
Tawny Baker, 48, the driver’s mother, was hospitalized at Olympic Medical Center and had been discharged by Saturday.
Stewart Baker and his daughter, Lavender Baker, 2, were treated and discharged from Olympic Medical Center the day of the collision.
Smith, 27, who bailed out of jail Friday, has been charged for investigation of first-degree rendering criminal assistance for allegedly driving Moyle away after the wreck and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm for a loaded handgun subsequently found in his truck.
He initially turned himself in to police.
But authorities are looking for him once again. Police said they found a stolen motorcycle in his auto body shop and methamphetamine in his Port Angeles home Friday.
Smith was not at his home Saturday evening as required by the conditions of his release and has not been located, police said.
Smith’s arrest warrant was set to lapse today.
Sgt. Barb McFall said police will extend it for another 72 hours if a permanent warrant isn’t obtained in time by a judge.
Smith is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Clallam County Superior Court on the charges stemming from the hit-and-run. No other charges have been filed.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
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