man gets more than a year in prison for loosening lug nuts on woman's car

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man gets more than a year in prison for loosening lug nuts on woman’s car



Defense attorney Shon Bogar, left, joins defendant Zachery Hansen during his attempted murder trial at the Clark County Courthouse on Monday morning. Hansen was accused of loosening the lug nuts on his former partner's tires while she had their 4-year-old daughter in the car. On Tuesday, the judge acquitted Hansen of two counts each of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree attempted assault but found him guilty of two counts of second-degree attempted assault.


An Ariel man was sentenced Friday to more than a year in prison for loosening the lug nuts on the wheels of his former partner’s car before she drove it with their young daughter inside.

Zachery Hansen, 31, was sentenced to 12¾ months after Judge Jennifer Snider found him guilty during a bench trial of two counts of second-degree attempted assault. Snider acquitted Hansen Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court of two charges each of second-degree attempted murder and first-degree attempted assault.

His victim, whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the case, said during the sentencing hearing that she doesn’t believe Hansen will change his behavior after he’s released.

“I fear for my life. I fear for my daughter’s life. I fear I will not be prepared for his next escalation,” she said.

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During opening statements Monday, defense attorney Shon Bogar argued that when Hansen tampered with the car, including putting nails under the tires, loosening the lug nuts and removing the front license plate, he didn’t intend to kill her or their daughter, who was 4 years old at the time.

The child was in the car with her mother when a Vancouver police detective called and told her to pull over because he believed he saw Hansen on surveillance video loosening the lug nuts. She was approaching Interstate 205 when she pulled over and discovered some of the bolts were less than a turn from coming off, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Jeff McCarty said during his opening statement.

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[napi21]

1. What a JA! The article doesn't say how the police became aware of the surveillance tape,

but without their intervention, that woman & little girl very well might be dead. It sounds like she was approaching an interstate with the speed of the traffic on a hwy. like that, having a wheel come off could be disastrous.

[Phoenix61]

2. Not to mention the damage a tire flying off a car can do

when it hits another vehicle.

[Laffy Kat]

3. If he got a year he could be out in six months or less.

I sure do not he doesn't have joint custody of his daughter. My god.

[Phoenix61]

5. The article says ex-partner rather than ex-wife.

If they weren’t married he’d have to go to court to get any type of visitation. Sadly, DV doesn’t always prevent custody.

[North Shore Chicago]

4. He now has one year

to plot a different way to put an end to her.

He won't stop.

[OneBro]

6. The system failed in every sense of the word.

From a different article:

“The affidavit said Hansen [at the time of the incident was] on pre-trial release and already charged with felony stalking and multiple domestic violence no-contact order violations. He [had] an active no-contact order prohibiting him from harassing, stalking or coming within a 1,000 feet of his former partner and their 4-year-old daughter.”

https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/jun/04/ariel-man-accused-of-attempted-murder-in-vehicle-tampering/

[napi21]

7. After violating the orders you mentioned, how the hell dfid he get only ONE YEAR? n/t

[OneBro]

8. I understand it not.

I no longer look for logic, justice, or consistency in our American legal system.

[malaise]

10. Two guesses

The judge was male
He is well connected

[sciencescience]

9. some people seem like they're just not fit for a civil society