Jake Harris is in hot water after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest when he failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing on Wednesday, however the Deadliest Catch star's lawyer claims it was a simple mistake.
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Harris was stopped by Washington State Police in late February while driving his recently deceased father's BMW 3 Series "erratically" in Shoreline, WA, according to police reports, which added the vehicle was spotted by aircraft.
He was subsequently pulled over and failed a field sobriety test. After he refused to take a toxicological test, police discovered he had allegedly been involved in a hit and run accident with another vehicle earlier in the evening.
Harris arrested for DUI, driving with a suspended license and hit and run.
While the DUI and hit and run charges were eventually dropped, Harris was still charged with reckless driving and had a pretrial hearing scheduled for Wednesday -- for which he failed to show.
"So the court issued a bench warrant for his arrest," King County, WA prosecutor spokesman Dan Donohoe told People.
The warrant's bail amount is $500.
Harris' arrest came a few weeks after his father Phil Harris suffered a stroke while the Cornelia Marie was docked on St. Paul Island in Alaska and off-loading on January 29.
He was airlifted to Anchorage where he underwent 12 hours of surgery the following day and was then put in a medically induced coma to reduce brain swelling. While he had exited the coma and began to show signs of recovery, he subsequently passed away on February 9.
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