A Wapato man has been sentenced to 405 months in federal prison for second degree murder following a fatal crash on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation. Jason Alexander Logie, 36, received his sentence from Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian on November 18, 2025, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. After serving his prison term, Logie will be subject to five years of supervised release.
Court records show that on September 9, 2023, Logie was driving under the influence of alcohol when he crossed the center line on North Track Road and collided with an oncoming vehicle in its lane. The driver of that vehicle died as a result. At the time of this incident, Logie was already facing legal consequences related to previous alcohol-related driving offenses. He had a deferred sentence for DUI from a December 2022 arrest by Yakama Nation Tribal Court and was under conditions of release for another DUI charge from September 2022 issued by Yakima County District Court. Additionally, he had multiple prior convictions and two completed deferred sentences for similar offenses. There was also an outstanding arrest warrant for him from Lawrence, Kansas, issued in 2018.
During sentencing proceedings, Logie requested a sentence of 66 months in prison while prosecutors asked for 405 months. Chief Judge Bastian cited Logie's extensive history with DUI prosecutions—over twenty-one failures to appear and several failures to comply before various courts—as reasons supporting the longer sentence.
United States Attorney Pete Serrano commented: “One of my top priorities as U.S. Attorney is to continue to strengthen our relationship with state, local, and Tribal law enforcement. Partnering with these agencies strengthens our prosecution of cases like this, where a repeat offender will be held accountable for his careless actions that cost an innocent victim their life. Repeat offenders like this are a direct threat to our communities and I am thankful for the efforts of our Tribal, state and federal partners to bring justice to this victim and their family.”
The case was investigated by the Yakama Nation Police Department with assistance from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Department and Washington State Patrol. Assistant United States Attorneys Michael D. Murphy and Courtney R. Pratten prosecuted the case.
