Matthew W. Harader appears before a judge with his lawyer in Lewis County Superior Court.
Updated at 5:28 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Chehalis police yesterday arrested the wife of the man charged with shooting at a passing truck saying they believed that right after the early Sunday morning incident occurred, he gave her the firearm.
Hillary M. Harader, 23, was contacted at the courthouse, there yesterday afternoon for her husband’s hearing. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for rendering criminal assistance and tampering with evidence, according to the Chehalis Police Department.
Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said this morning they believe she did something with the gun, but they haven’t yet recovered it.
Her husband Matthew W. Harader, age 27, of Centralia, is charged in Lewis County Superior Court with two counts of first-degree assault. At his arraignment yesterday afternoon, his bail was increased to $200,000.
Chehalis police recovered two .45 caliber casings at the scene and recovered one round which had lodged into the side of a building, according to authorities.
It happened at the Jackpot convenience store on the 600 block of West Main Street in Chehalis.
Nobody was injured and charging documents offer no explanation for what occurred.
Officers called about 3:20 a.m. on Sunday spoke to the clerk who said two men and a woman had been inside, although they arrived in separate vehicles, according to court documents. The clerk said she heard a “pop” and saw a male dressed in dark clothing running toward the street with his hand raised in front of him as though he held a gun, according to charging documents.
She said she heard a second “pop” and it appeared he was firing toward a large gray lifted pickup truck which was heading westbound on Main Street, the documents relate.
Charging documents continue on, offering the following account:
The two men from the lifted truck told police they stopped at the store to get Gatorade and as they drove west, one of the men made eye contact with them, began to yell, chased them and shot at them. They pulled behind the Dairy Bar across the street, which is where one bullet hit the building.
Arriving officers located the suspect truck, stopping it at the 400 block of North Market Boulevard, and arrested the passenger.
Matthew W. Harader refused to speak with officers but the driver when asked if he knew why they were being stopped, said “He’s crazy, who just starts shooting at people for no reason.”
The driver was not arrested.
The victims, Cole T. Rife and Tanner R. Bradford, told police they thought the man chasing them was the one wearing shorts, but a review of video images from Jackpot showed the one in shorts didn’t leave the side of the truck while he was pumping gas.
A 9mm pistol was found in the suspect truck as well as .45 caliber ammunition, according to Kaut.
Matthew W. Harader appeared in court Monday afternoon, with his employer and others present in his support. He is represented by Chehalis attorney Katherine Gulmert. He pleaded not guilty yesterday.
His juvenile record includes convictions for second-degree burglary and third-degree assault.
Hillary M. Harader bailed out of jail with a $2,000 bond but returned this afternoon to Lewis County Superior Court where she is charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance, a felony and with tampering with physical evidence, a gross misdemeanor.
Judge Nelson Hunt left her bail unchanged.
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For background read “Centralia resident booked for allegedly shooting at moving truck on Main Street” from Monday August 29, 2016, here
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
The Peabody is not Dr. Gringo. Its another Conspiracy Theory Hey Y’all. Just keep believing they add Poison to the water for the Kids benefit. Its funny the towns folk keep allowing their handlers to give their beloved family’s a soft kill neurotoxin daily and no one opens their mouth nor do they care. I challenge you to research MK Ultra CIA Mind control and all of the other experiments our Government has done to thousands of innocent victims. Even the Televison Flicker Rate has a patent on it. We are living with n a Eugenic
Yeah, who knew? Schizophrenia is never a problem until you start losing the arguments.
So Dr. Gringo is Peabody slim also!?? Wow
The Earth is still flat and I really live in Utah, I’m a paid Government Shill Troll working as a disinformation agent for the Centralia, Pennsylvania police department. You caught me. No I thought the location was that hamburger joint tucked away in Gold Street and the Jackpot on Kresky. I don’t eat or drink Fluoridated milkshakes so I pay no mind to the company’s names. I just know is there hooked to the city’s water supply their only selling death as a side order in those Fluoridated Ice Cubes. OK
Because it’s not my fight, Kyle, it’s Olympia’s.
Dr. Gringo!! Thank you for the laugh this am!! Love a good laugh to start the day!! ????
Dr. Gringo… Why couldn’t you imagine that?
I remember that, too. I couldn’t imagine going on the Zero’s message boards and telling the Oly PD how to handle anarchists.
Hey y’all….. Peabody has said before in previous comments that he lives in thurston co.. I’m not digging to find out where it was commented, I’m way to busy for that, but I do recall him saying that!!
Wow Peabody you say you know the area but as another one put it there is no school even close to those to establishments…i guess your really dont know the area at all…unless of course the school is invisible then that would make sense…
Dairy Bar is on Main Street not any where near a school Peabody Slim, I think you might be thinking it is Dairy Dan’d which is up the street from the high school.
The Jackpot & Dairy Barn are not near the schools.
Sounds like a hell of a nice couple, sure hope they don’t have kids.
OK Sharyon you’re headline says one round recovered at the Dairy Bar. So what I think you’re saying is that the round that was fired by the suspect left the barrel of the gun on Jack Pot’s property and traveled across the school yards field and hit the Dairy Barn. I’m familiar with the area so in order for a bullet to be recovered at that distance it probably traveled across public school grounds. And on a side note the suspect should just use the common police officer defense. I Feared For My Life! I thought he had a gun, Police do this all the time and it works. Anyways be safe everybody and keep you’re doors locked and you’re gun close by and don’t forget to keep you’re Honda’s out of sight. Go easy on the public drinking water too.