A Centralia man with over two dozen criminal convictions faces up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines after he allegedly fled the scene of an accident in Lewis County Thursday.
Seth Timothy Lloyd, 38, of Centralia, was charged with one count of felony hit-and-run in Lewis County Superior Count on Friday, Sept. 5. Bail was set at $50,000 cash or bond.
Lloyd was previously sentenced to 130 months in prison in January 2017 for 12 counts of theft of a firearm, one count of residential burglary, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, one count of unlawful firearms and one count of first-degree trafficking in stolen property.
He was released in May 2024, according to Deputy Prosecutor Paul Masiello.
On Sept. 4, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a vehicle collision on Jackson Highway. They arrived to find a lone vehicle in the ditch, according to court documents. A woman sat in the front passenger seat of the vehicle and was yelling in pain. Her injuries were being tended to by first responders.
The deputies noted that the driver’s seat was unoccupied. When asked, the woman allegedly refused to say who had been driving.
According to court documents, the deputies then received a report that the suspected driver had “fled the scene” and was apparently running along Bishop Road.
Shortly thereafter, the deputies deployed a K-9, who “took the deputies to a thicket that contained a male that fit the description of the male that left the vehicle,” according to court documents. “The male was detained and identified as Seth Lloyd. A witness to the collision identified Lloyd as the driver who fled the scene.”
The woman in the front passenger seat was ultimately removed from the vehicle using the Jaws of Life rescue tools.
She was transported to the hospital.
An arraignment for Lloyd’s case is scheduled for Sept. 11. Jacob Clark has been assigned to represent Lloyd.
