09/06/2019 - Tigard Man Indicted After Auto Ped Fatality Tigard Police Department
Media Release
• ' 13125 SW Hall Boulevard I Tigard, Oregon 97223 www.tigard-or.gov/police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / September 6, 2019
Contact:
Jim Wolf,Public Information Officer
Tigard Police Department
Phone: 503-718-2561
Email: jim@tigard-or.gov
Washington County Grand Jury Indicts Tigard Man
Last week, a Washington County Grand Jury indicted a nineteen-year-old Tigard man for his role in
a motor vehicle crash that killed a bicyclist. The crash occurred on June 4, 2019 along Pacific
Highway in Tigard. Jones was driving southbound when he struck the bicyclist. The investigation
into the crash was conducted by the Washington County Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team
(CART) led by a Tigard Police traffic safety officer.
On September 3,Joshua Anthony Jones was taken into custody by the Washington County Criminal
Apprehension Team without incident and lodged in the Washington County Jail.Jones was charged
with Manslaughter in the 2"Degree,Reckless Endangering and Reckless Driving.
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