A FedEx Driver Was Arrested After Police Discovered He Was a Fugitive in a Vehicular Homicide Case
A FedEx truck driver was arrested while he was making deliveries Wednesday in Port Townsend after police discovered he was wanted in California for two felony charges of vehicular manslaughter.
Edward Kenneth Perez, 32, made his first appearance in Jefferson County Superior Court Thursday on a criminal charge of being a fugitive from justice.
Perez, a Port Angeles resident, had been charged in June 2019 in Colusa County Superior Court for gross vehicular manslaughter while under the influence following a deadly crash on Interstate 5 in northern California.
Perez had been speeding south on I-5 when he lost control of the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving and rolled over the SUV, according to news reports.
Two passengers, two tribal members from the Port Angeles area — Clayton Lloyd Charles, 35, and Crystal Leann Grall, 33 — were thrown from the Tahoe and were killed in the May 12, 2019 crash.
