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 Jeremy Simon, 37, of Roy was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Pierce County Superior Court on charges of vehicular homicide, hit-and-run resulting in death and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. 
 
 A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. 
 
 Retired Superior Court Judge Brian Tollefson, who was filling in, set Simon’s bail at $750,000. 
 
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 According to charging documents: 
 
 State Patrol investigators were able to use debris, witnesses and surveillance video to determine a lifted black pickup struck Susan Rainwater, 66, on Thursday morning along state Route 7 near 320th Street East. The truck’s driver fled, leaving Rainwater to die. 
 
 The next day, someone called the State Patrol with an anonymous tip, giving the license plate for a black 1986 Chevrolet truck, which returned to Simon’s Roy address. A detective drove to the home and saw the truck in the driveway, behind a gate, parked facing away from traffic. He stayed for a few hours, waiting for someone to leave the house, but no one did. 
 
 The detective returned Sunday and waited for several hours for someone to leave the house, but it proved fruitless. 
 
 About 5 a.m. Monday, the detective returned again. Four hours later, another vehicle left the home’s driveway. The detective pulled the man over, and the man said the truck belonged to his stepson and had new damage to the right front bumper. 
 
 As the detective went back to the home, the truck pulled out of the driveway. The detective pulled it over nearby. Simon was its only occupant. 
 
 Asked about the fresh damage to his truck, Simon said he had hit a deer. 
 
 “You didn’t hit a deer, did you?” the detective responded. 
 
 Simon said again that he had, but his voice cracked. 
 
 The detective told Simon he had video of him fleeing the scene of the fatal collision. 
 
 Simon lowered his head and said he was sorry. Then he shared what he had done, according to the charging documents. 
 
 He said he was driving to pick up his stepdad’s friend but was on about four hours’ sleep after working well into the night. He thought the energy drink he imbibed would keep him awake. 
 
 Instead, he fell asleep, drifted off the road and struck Rainwater. 
 
 Simon thought he had struck a mailbox and pulled over, but then he saw Rainwater’s mangled bicycle and fled in a panic because he didn’t want to see a dead body. He took back roads and picked up his family friend. 
 
 When Simon was arrested, troopers found a small baggie of heroin and a plastic straw in his pocket, court records show. ||||| WSP detectives made an arrest today for Thursday’s fatal bicyclist hit and run in Eatonville. Reddit users identify a photographed broken car part as a mid 1980s Chevy truck headlight assembly. Local anonymous tip confirms and led to the arrest of a driver of an 1986 Chevy K-10.pic.twitter.com/WaIlkkClfr ||||| EATONVILLE, Wash. - A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection of a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist last Thursday. 
 
 
 
 Susan Rainwater was riding her bike on SR-7 nearing 320th Street East when a pickup truck approaching behind her veered off the road and hit Rainwater from behind, killing her. 
 
 Investigators had put out a plea to the public for help identifying the driver. A tweeted photo of some of the broken car parts left at the scene of the crash was posted on Reddit.com and received more than 600 comments from car enthusiasts and mechanics around the nation, police said. 
 
 One reader who identified himself as a Maryland State Vehicle Inspector was able to narrow a headlight part to a 1980s Chevrolet truck. 
 
 
 
 Friday, police received an anonymous tip that described a mid 1980s Chevrolet pickup truck with front end damage to the right-side headlight assembly, and provided the license plate. 
 
 The tip led investigators Tuesday to their suspect, Jeremy Simon. Simon was driving a 1986 Chevrolet K-10 pickup truck and admitted to detectives he was the one who struck Rainwater and drove from the scene, troopers said. 
 
 Simon is being held for investigation of vehicular homicide, illegal drug possession and leaving the scene of an accident. He is scheduled to make is court arraignment on Wednesday. 
 
 "The WSP and its detectives would like to thank the community for their assistance in providing numerous tips and leads that helped to solve this case," said Johnna Batiste with the Washington State Patrol. ||||| An eagle-eyed Reddit user has helped police make an arrest after a hit-and-run claimed the life of a cyclist. 
 
 Susan Rainwater, 63, was riding her bike along a stretch of road in Eatonville, Washington, when she was struck and killed by a vehicle travelling behind her. 
 
 As investigators tried to piece together what happened and who was responsible, a spokesperson for the Washington State Patrol took to Twitter asking for anyone with information to come forward. 
 
 The post included an image of Ms Rainwater’s mangled bike and a small piece metal that was recovered at the scene. 
 
 A Washington State Patrol spokesperson shared the images of the damaged bike and a piece of scrap metal found at the scene. Source: Twitter/Tropper Johnna More 
 
 The image eventually made its way onto the sub-Reddit, ‘What Is This Thing?’, where hundreds of users began speculating as to what it was. 
 
 But it was a former vehicle inspector by the name of Jeff who was able to accurately identify the mysterious object as a section of a Chevy Silverado headlamp bezel. 
 
 Washington Police then received an anonymous tip about a 1986 Chevrolet K-10 pickup truck with damage to its front headlight More 
 
 It eventually led to the arrest of Jeremy Simon, a 37-year-old man from the nearby town of Roy, who admitted to striking Ms Rainwater. 
 
 Upon announcing the arrest, the Washington State Police credited Reddit users for successfully identifying the broken car part. 
 
 WSP detectives made an arrest today for Thursday’s fatal bicyclist hit and run in Eatonville. Reddit users identify a photographed broken car part as a mid 1980s Chevy truck headlight assembly. Local anonymous tip confirms and led to the arrest of a driver of an 1986 Chevy K-10. pic.twitter.com/WaIlkkClfr — Trooper Johnna Batiste (@wspd1pio) August 14, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 Both Twitter and Reddit users began praising Jeff for helping solve the crime, while expressing their disbelief at his ability to identify the make and model of car with so little information. 
 
 “Great job /u/JeffsNuts – doubtless there’s a family out there that’s grateful for your work bringing closure to this,” one Reddit user commented. 
 
 “You deserve a medal for this,” another wrote.
– Susan Rainwater was riding her bicycle in Eatonville, Wash., last Thursday morning when a vehicle came up from behind, veered off the road, and fatally struck the 66-year-old. The driver then left her for dead, police say; a passerby later found her body in a ditch after spotting her crumpled bike. Authorities pleaded for the public's help, tweeting a photo of a black car part the vehicle left behind in the hopes someone could identify it. That's when Reddit stepped in: The photo was posted on the subreddit /r/whatisthisthing, leading to hundreds of comments, Yahoo News reports. Car enthusiasts, mechanics, and other experts weighed in; ultimately, someone identifying himself as a Maryland State Vehicle Inspector determined it was a headlight part from a 1980s Chevrolet truck, KOMO News reports. Then police received an anonymous tip with the license plate number of a 1980s Chevy pickup truck with front end damage to the right-side headlight assembly. Investigators ultimately found and arrested Jeremy Simon, who drives a 1986 Chevrolet K-10; police say he confessed to hitting Rainwater. Simon, 37, allegedly told police he fell asleep at the wheel, thought he hit a mailbox and pulled over, but drove off in a panic when he saw the mangled bicycle because he didn't want to see a dead body, the News Tribune reports. Troopers allegedly found a small bag of heroin and a plastic straw in his pocket when he was arrested. He has been charged with vehicular homicide, hit-and-run resulting in death, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Washington State Police credited the Reddit tipsters on Twitter.