A $100,000 bond has been set for an Ada woman charged with first degree manslaughter, in the alternative second degree murder after she failed to show up for the jury trial call docket Oct. 13 and now has waived a jury trial.
The original charges of first degree manslaughter and feloniously driving while under the influence of alcohol were filed in Lincoln County District Court on Apr. 21, 2021 against Haley Jordan Price, then 30.
She was bound over on amended charges in connection with a fatal traffic collision that killed a Prague man nearly three years ago.
When Price failed to show up Oct. 13, District Judge John Canavan issued a bench warrant for her arrest and set her bond at $100,000.
The warrant was returned and filed on Oct. 18. She appeared on that date before Associate District Judge Sheila Kirk and waived a jury trial.
Assistant District Attorney Rachel Thompson said Price has now requested a bench trial but no date has been set yet.
District Attorney Adam Panter earlier this year amended the charges against Price that now include Count 1, first degree manslaughter or in the Alternative Count 2, second degree murder.
At the conclusion of her preliminary hearing on April 6, this year, she was bound over to stand trial.
During her arraignment on May 2 before District Judge Traci Soderstrom, she entered not guilty pleas to the charges and waived a speedy trial.
The manslaughter charge states that on about Oct. 26, 2020 Price caused the death of Tommy Rogers by driving a car on Highway 62 in Lincoln County and by causing or allowing the car to cross the center line and strike the pickup being driven by Rogers, which resulted in injuries to Rogers from which Rogers died.
It further states Price was engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor, unlawfully driving a motor vehicle when Price’s license was suspended, revoked or cancelled.
The alternative, second degree murder, accuses Price of causing the death of Rogers by driving a car on Highway 62 in Lincoln County and by causing or allowing the car to cross the center line and strike the pickup being driven by Rogers, which resulted in injuries to Rogers from which Rogers died, while she was engaged in the commission of a felony by unlawfully driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after having been previously convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in Pontotoc County case CM-2012-31, a felony violation.