Man arrested in connection with May Airway Heights hit and run

Local officers have arrested the suspect in May’s fatal hit-and-run, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release last week.

According to the release, Traffic Unit Corporal Jeff Welton developed probable cause to charge 24-year-old Trevor J. Stephan with leaving the scene of a fatal collision. The collision occurred May 16 on Hayford Road at Sprague in Airway Heights and resulted in the death of 39-year-old Jackson Lawless.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offenders Task Force located Stephan near Cochran Street and Dean Road and arrested him o...