Eugene Man Arrested on Bench Warrant Tied to Fatal 2017 Crash
A Eugene man whose license was permanently revoked after a fatal Bailey Hill Road crash was arrested March 10 on a bench warrant after skipping his felony trial.
Andrew D. Capps, a 31-year-old Eugene man whose driver's license was permanently revoked following a criminally negligent homicide conviction, was taken into custody last week after failing to show up for his own trial.
Oregon State Police arrested Capps on March 10 and booked him into Lane County Jail on a bench warrant issued last November. The warrant stemmed from his failure to appear for a scheduled trial on a felony charge of driving while his license was suspended or revoked, according to Eugene Police Department officials.
Court records show Capps now faces multiple charges: felony criminal driving while suspended, obstructing governmental or judicial administration, and providing false information to police.
The arrest revives a legal history tied to a deadly stretch of road on Eugene's southwest side. Capps' license was permanently revoked after a 2019 conviction for criminally negligent homicide connected to a 2017 crash on Bailey Hill Road that killed a passenger. Despite that revocation, Capps had been facing a felony driving-while-suspended charge before he missed the court date that triggered the November bench warrant.
Capps remained in Lane County Jail as of this week, awaiting further court proceedings.
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