Briefs: January 16, 2020

HAYES PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Phillip A. Hayes, 59, Lamont area resident, pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday to charges of drive by shooting and second degree assault Jan. 2.

Hayes remains in jail in lieu of posting bond for pre-trial release. His bond has been set at $350,000 surety or $35,000 cash.

Hayes has been charged with shooting at the farm shop of a neighbor, Rowdy Brown, who lives on Spuler Road.

He has been scheduled for a readiness hearing Feb. 7 and trial Feb. 17.

ANOTHER WARRANT ON ASHLOCK

Dustin Ashlock, 34, the "white camo" suspect in two November car cases at Colfax, failed to appear in court Friday morning for a readiness hearing on burglary charges dating back to July 10. The hearing was set in advance of a trial which was slated to begin Jan. 21 in superior court.

Judge Gary Libey ordered a warrant be issued for Ashlock's arrest and a $2,500 bail posted to guarantee his appearance Friday be forfeited.

Colfax police were called out to investigate two cases Nov. 21.

The suspect in the cases was reported to be wearing a white camo outfit.

The case involved damage to a window of an employee's car at Les Schwab and a car prowl case of a customer's car at Rosauers.

When deputies learned Colfax police were looking for a suspect wearing white camo, a deputy recalled Ashlock wore a white camo outfit when he appeared in court that day.

He was later identified as the suspect in the two Colfax vehicle cases.

Today's Jan. 10 court date was set on the day Ashlock had made his appearance in court in the white camo outfit.

The prosecutor's office has also filed a motion to revoke Ashlock's pre-trial release in the burglary case because he is suspected to breaking the law while on pre-trial release. A warrant for his arrest was also issued at that time.

The burglary charge alleges Ashlock and another suspect took items out of a farm shop building on Little Goose Dam Road below Hay July 10.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and preparations started to conduct a trial on the charges. Friay's court date would have been the last session prior to the start of the trial.

FOUR HURT IN 3-CAR CRASH

Four people were injured in a three-car accident late last Thursday afternoon on Highway 195 approximately 13 miles south of Pullman. The injured people were taken to hospitals in Pullman, Spokane and Lewiston.

The accident led to a shutdown of traffic on Highway 195.

According to the Washington State Patrol report, Maria E. Sileoni, 54, Pullman, was driving a 2002 Ford Explorer northbound at 5:14 p.m., lost control, slid across to the southbound lane and hit a 2015 Toyota Rav driven by Jeffrey C. Tietjen, 57, Colton. The Rav hit the passenger side of the Explorer.

The Explorer then rotated counter clockwise and collied head-on with a Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by Lacey Fitzpatrick, 32, Rathdrum, Idaho. She had been driving southbound behind Tietjen.

Sileoni was transported to Pullman Regional Hospital, and a passenger in her vehicle, Raul E. Gonzoliz, 52, Pullman, was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

Marty B. Tietjen, 55, Colton, a passenger in the Tietgen car, was transported to Pullman Regional, and Rachel Tietjten, 30, Colton, also a passenger in the Rav was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewiston.

Jeffrey Tietjen was not injured.

Fitzpatrick, driver of the third car, and a two-year-old infant in the car were not injured.

One of the cars came to a stop in the southbound ditch, and one came to a halt on the shoulder of the southbound lane. The Trailblazer came to a stop on the fog line of the southbound lane.

Trooper Shane Widman of WSP detachment at Colfax was the primary investigator at the accident scene.

The accident scene was south of the intersection of Johnson Cutoff Road and Highway 195. Lifeflight, Pullman and Fire District 12 ambulances responded to the scene along with a Lewiston ambulance crew. A Fire District 12 extrication truck from Pullman and a truck from the Johnson substation was also at the scene.

Highway 195 was closed during the accident investigation, and later a detour route was used via Chambers Road to Johnson and then south to Colton on Johnson Road.