Jul. 29--PASCO -- The fourth and final person charged in the June 2008 fatal shooting of Tiairra Jo Garcia was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail for helping the killers avoid capture.

Andrea Rachelle Parr, 27, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to second-degree possession of stolen property, a felony, and second-degree rendering criminal assistance and making false or misleading statements to a public servant, both gross misdemeanors.

Parr's boyfriend, Ashone Hollinquest, and Marnicus Lockhard have both been convicted of second-degree manslaughter for killing Garcia during a night out in Pasco.

Garcia, 19, was accidentally shot June 22, 2008, while driving the men to a second bar. But instead of taking her to a hospital for medical attention, the men let her die, loaded her body into a suitcase and dumped it the next day in Mount Rainier National Park near Enumclaw.

Garcia's remains were found earlier this month in a tree-lined ravine off Highway 410. They were positively identified last week by the King County Medical Examiner's Office.

The van that Garcia, Lockhard and Hollinquest used that night belonged to Parr. It had been involved in a crash after the shooting and was then driven to Verla Spencer's home so they could move the body.

Spencer admitted to second-degree rendering criminal assistance for lying to police about the badly damaged van parked in her yard.

The empty van was later dumped at the home of another friend.

Parr told investigators that Hollinquest had borrowed the van June 22 and that she hadn't seen him again until he arrived at her hotel with Lockhard the next morning, court documents said.

The men reportedly told Parr the van had been in a crash and to report it as being stolen, which she did later that day. Then Parr rented a car for them so they could leave town.

A short time later, Parr took jewelry from a relative's fire safe and sold it at a pawn shop for cash.

Parr's court costs include $1,425.45 for extradition from Arizona -- where she was arrested with Hollinquest last summer after a nationwide manhunt -- and $100 in restitution to the Trading Post of Pasco.

Calif. trucker accused of assault on fellow driver

A long-haul trucker from Southern California is being held on $20,000 bail on allegations he stabbed his fellow driver while they were parked at the King City Truck Stop in Pasco.

Juan E. Hernandez-Lopez, 45, is in the Franklin County jail on suspicion of second-degree assault.

Prosecutors must file charges by 4 p.m. today or release him. If charged, Hernandez-Lopez will appear in court to enter a plea next Tuesday.

Pasco police were called to the Hillsboro Road truck stop at 2:48 a.m. Saturday by Valentin Salazar, who claimed he was being stabbed and was holding the suspect in the cab of the truck, court documents said.

The two men had reportedly been arguing when Hernandez-Lopez stabbed Salazar, 38, in the upper left chest area.

Hernandez-Lopez of Van Nuys, Calif., was arrested. He was treated at Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco for possible head injuries before being booked into jail.

Salazar, of Bakersfield, Calif., had to be admitted to Lourdes Medical Center "for possible vascular problems associated with the stabbing," documents said.

Salesman accused of forging woman's check

A door-to-door salesman who signs receipts with his alias, "McLuvin," is accused of forging a Pasco woman's check so she was charged an extra $100.

Shawn R. Ammons, 31, of Cleveland, pleaded innocent to forgery. His trial is scheduled for Sept. 23.

According to court documents, Ammons was selling cleaning products when he stopped by the 55-year-old woman's home July 1. She bought $43.08 with tax and wrote a personal check to Young Enterprise.

The sales receipt was signed by "Shawn Ammons AKA-McLuvin."

Then on July 17, the woman noticed an overdraft had occurred on her checking account and learned that check had been changed to read $143.08 and in the name of Shawn Ammons, documents said. The woman called police to report the fraud, then went to her bank to file an affidavit of forgery.

When shown a collage of six different possible suspects, the victim "immediately pointed at the picture of Ammons and stated, 'That's the dirt bag right there,' " court documents said.

Pasco officers contacted the company manager at a Richland motel, who handed over the original receipt which "appeared to have been altered in several areas and had the amount of $143.08 as the total," documents said.

Ammons reportedly brought in a total $479.51 in checks to be deposited for sales, including the woman's extra $100, on July 1.

Man admits keeping rental car for month

A Pasco man admitted to keeping a one-day car rental for a month.

Preston Kekumu Hernandez, 21, was caught when police responded to an accident call and found the 2008 Suzuki XL7 stuck on a cement barricade in Security Mini-Storage.

Hernandez had phoned it into Pasco police and was waiting for officers June 30 in the parking lot of the South 28th Avenue business. He pointed out the Suzuki inside the fenced compound, which he had driven "onto a cement barricade that protected the outdoor water faucet and high-centered the vehicle," court documents said.

That's when officers realized Hernandez was driving a reported stolen car. The Suzuki had been rented June 3 for one day.

Hernandez claims he had been approved over the phone for a one-month extension with Dollar Rent a Car in Tukwila, but couldn't give police the name of the person he spoke with or when he even called.

Tuesday, Hernandez pleaded guilty to first-degree possession of stolen property and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He had no known criminal history before this case, court documents showed.

-- Kristin M. Kraemer: 582-1531; kkraemer@tricityherald.com

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