The Coos Bay Police Department has announced the arrest of a man in connection to a 2023 fatal pedestrian crash. The North Bend man was arrested on a warrant issued in connection to a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred in 2023. Around 1:10 p.m. on April 7, 2024, CBPD arrested 34-year-old Jesse Yarber.
It is alleged that Yarber was driving a vehicle that left the road at South 4th Street and Anderson Avenue on August 16, 2023. The crash claimed the life of 54-year-old Jennifer Centers-Buell who was seated in an empty lot. Yarber was booked into the Coos County Jail with a bail of $1,000,000.
He is charged with Manslaughter 1, Reckless Driving, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Criminal Mischief 2.
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