A Kirkland man, convicted of vehicular homicide for killing two Federal Way teens, is charged for driving a vehicle without an interlock device.
Alexander Peder, 57, was found guilty of driving drunk and crashing into a car killing Decatur High School seniors Derek King and Nicholas Hodgins in June 2010. Peder had already had two prior DUI incidents that had been pleaded down to lesser charges.
He was originally sentenced to 8.5 years, but it was later reduced to 6.5 years.
Peder was released early from prison and required to drive with an ignition interlock device.
The company that monitors Peder's ignition interlock reported he was rarely driving the vehicle that had it installed, according to court documents.
The Washington State Patrol said it investigated and stopped Peder in October 2016 in a vehicle without an interlock device.
While executing a search warrant, investigators found he had vodka in his freezer, they said.
Peder was charged in December 2016 with two counts of violation of ignition interlock driver's license.
Court documents show a judge required Peder to have a SCRAM/ alcohol monitoring device and "no consumption of alcohol" conditions added at his arraignment in December 2016.
As part of that case, Peder appeared before a judge in March and his attorney argued to have the "no consumption of alcohol" and alcohol monitoring or SCRAM requirements removed, and the judge agreed.
Now prosecutors have filed motion to reconsider, believing Peder is still a danger to the community.
On Monday afternoon King County District Court Judge David E. Meyer reversed his earlier decision and ordered Peder to go back on 24-hour alcohol monitoring and ruled he is not allowed to consume alcohol.
Judge Meyer told the court he reviewed court documents and determined at the time Peder was charged for not using an interlock device he was still under the terms of release that prohibited alcohol consumption.
Peder is required to be back on alcohol monitoring by May 15th. He'll be back in court on the interlock violation on May 26.
Mary Bobbitt, Nick Hodgins mother, reacted to Peder's violation, "My job in life from here is to keep this man from killing someone else. I can't keep waiting and doing nothing. I have to speak out because someone else's family is going to be going through the same thing."
Derek King's father talked about how hard it was to be in court with Peder. "Very difficult, very difficult, it's hard to meet the man who killed your son," said Randall King.
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