Phil Harris's Son Arrested For DUI And Hit and Run

Jake Harris not ready to function fatherless.

State troopers have released aerial video of the minutes leading up to the arrest of Jake Harris on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run.

Jake Harris is the son of the late Phil Harris, the well-known "Deadliest Catch" fishing boat captain who recently died.

The 24-year-old man was arrested last Thursday night after he was spotted driving erratically down Interstate 5 by a Washington State Patrol plane, said WSP Trooper Dan McDonald.

A motorist called 911 to report an aggressive driver headed south on I-5 near the King-Snohomish county line at about 9 p.m.

"He's really all over the place, sir," said the caller. "When he went by me, I tried to look. His license plate is either too dirty, or the light's out or something."

A driver followed Harris for eight or nine miles on the ground, directing state patrol in the air. Airborne troopers spotted the BMW 3 Series and guided highway-based troopers to it at the Mercer Street exit off I-5, where the vehicle was pulled over.

Troopers identified the driver as Jake Harris and determined that he was impaired. He had driven under the influence from Shoreline to Seattle in his father's BMW, investigators said.

Troopers said Harris refused a breathalyzer test, then failed a sobriety test. He said he was on his way to a Discovery Channel dinner meeting when he was arrested.

Investigators said Harris, who was driving on a suspended license, was involved in a hit-and-run crash just four hours before being arrested on northbound I-5 near Highway 520.