A 37-year-old Port Ludlow man entered a pleading of “not guilty” to second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and reckless driving at his arraignment in Jefferson County Superior …
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A 37-year-old Port Ludlow man entered a pleading of “not guilty” to second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and reckless driving at his arraignment in Jefferson County Superior Court.
Robert Andrew Koschnick was arrested just before 2 a.m. Nov. 22 after a deputy who was monitoring traffic at the Ness’ Corner Road intersection with Irondale Road near the QFC grocery watched as Koschnick “rolled right through the intersection, ignoring the posted stop sign,” according to court records.
The deputy alleged Koschnick sped away at a high rate of speed; the deputy estimated Koschnick was going 58 mph in a
25 mph zone. A radar reading was again taken as Koschnick’s vehicle was near Redeemer Way, which said he was then driving 80 mph in a 40 mph zone.
The deputy finally caught up to Koschnick near the Chimacum Corner Farmstand and pulled him over.
“I asked Koschnick was he was doing and his response was, ‘I was just speeding,’” the deputy recounted in the statement of probable cause for Koschnick’s arrest.
“I responded, ‘Yeah, at like 90 mph’ and he responded, ‘No way,’” the deputy continued.
According to the deputy’s report, Koschnick claimed there was no point to his speeding, but that he was on the way to his storage unit nearby. He allegedly said he had just done some work on his carburetor and was making sure it was working right.
The deputy noted in his report that Koschnick was arrested Sept. 13 for fleeing from police on a motorcycle, and had also gone past a deputy stopped on another call and “laid on the throttle” on his motorcycle and sped through the 25 mph zone.
According to the deputy’s report, Koschnick allegedly asked if he could just park his car and not go to jail, since Thanksgiving was coming.
When a tow truck was called to remove Koschnick’s vehicle, deputies found a rifle on a passenger seat that had been covered by a jacket.
Koschnick, a convicted felon, had recently been found guilty of unlawful firearm possession.
A trial date was set for Koschnick during his arraignment in superior court earlier this month. A pretrial hearing was set for Feb. 17, with the trial to follow on Feb. 27 through March 2.
Second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm is a felony, and conviction can carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The maximum penalty for reckless driving is 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.
