SEATTLE — The son of a recently deceased “Deadliest Catch” fish boat captain won’t be charged with drunken driving or hit-and-run following his arrest in Seattle last month.
Instead, the King County Prosecutor’s Office said iit will charge Jake Harris with reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.
Harris is a son of the late Phil Harris, who was captain of the crab fishing vessel Cornelia Marie on the Discovery Channel show. Phil Harris died Feb. 9 in Alaska after suffering a stroke. Jake Harris has appeared on the show as a deckhand.
He was arrested for investigation of DUI on Feb. 18 after the State Patrol received calls about an erratically driven BMW on Interstate 5, a few hours after a hit-and-run crash on the highway.
Prosecutor’s spokesman Dan Donohoe said there wasn’t evidence to support DUI or hit-and-run charges. Harris is due in court April 21.
Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com
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