EVERETT — A teen charged with vehicular homicide is behind bars after he allegedly held his ex-girlfriend against her will inside a bathroom stall at the Lynnwood Recreation Center last week.
She told police the suspect became angry when she turned down his attempts to reconcile. The teen allegedly only released the girl after an employee knocked on the stall door and demanded they leave.
The victim’s friend reported that the suspect threatened to “shoot him up” during a confrontation at the pool. He told police he was afraid of the man, who he believes has access to guns.
The suspect was booked for multiple crimes, including harassment and kidnapping, connected to the April 29 incident at the pool. He was being held on $25,000 bail at the Snohomish County Jail. He turned 18 early last month.
The teen had pleaded not guilty to the vehicular homicide charge April 17 in juvenile court. The crash happened last year when the boy was 17. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge George Bowden agreed to release the defendant from the Denney Juvenile Justice Center without ordering bail.
Prosecutors plan to ask the judge to revoke the teen’s release given his recent arrest and ask that bail be set at $25,000. The teen is due in juvenile court later this month.
He was charged with vehicular homicide in March for the crash that killed Roy Bennett, 89. Witnesses reported that the teen accelerated hard from a traffic light in south Everett and smashed into Bennett, who was pulling out of his driveway. The teen told police he was going the posted speed limit.
Detectives estimated that he was going up to 83 mph at the time of the crash. The impact pushed Bennett’s car 180 feet. A dashcam caught the collision on video.
The teen had a learner’s permit and told officers he’d only been driving for a few months. A detective reported that the boy became upset when he was told he wasn’t allowed to retrieve a $300 pair of shoes from his trunk.
The detective “attempted to put the inconvenience in perspective by pointing out that the other driver might die,” Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Cheryl Johnson wrote in court papers.
The teen allegedly responded by saying it was the other driver’s fault for pulling out in front of him, Johnson wrote.
Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463; hefley@heraldnet.com.
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