Disgraceful behavior of glamorous cop hours before she 'struck young motorcyclist and killed him'

The Washington cop whose drunk driving killed a 20-year-old man spent four hours at a bar before fatally striking the motorcyclist on her way to pick up a pizza, cops have claimed.  

Sarah Clasen, 35, drank so much before crashing into Jhoser Sanchez that her blood alcohol content - tested six hours after the crash - was more than double the legal limit, police said. 

The Washington State Patrol public information officer allegedly struck Sanchez on the night of March 1. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead. 

Clasen was arrested after the deadly incident but has yet to be charged with a crime and is free from custody. 

Shocking police body camera footage from the devastating scene off a Richland roadway showed Clasen refusing to take a sobriety test as she slurred her words.

Investigators learned from security footage she had allegedly spent several hours at an under-the-radar bar called Moon Palace with her husband Trent.

Moon Palace is listed as a Chinese restaurant and allegedly only handles cash transactions. Patrons are told to discreetly enter through a side door, according to a police report obtained by the Tri-City Herald. 

The cop of 13 years and her husband were apparently Moon Palace regulars. It is unclear how many drinks they allegedly had the night Sanchez was killed. 

Known by nearby businesses to have a 'very heavy-handed' pour when it comes to serving liquor, the bar's staff tried to cover for Clasen, police said.

Investigators say workers told them she and Trent did not drink very much, and the report indicated police think Clasen's tab was purposely deleted, the Tri-City Herald reported. 

'Up to this point, I was unaware that the Moon Palace was currently a functional business even though I was aware the building was at this location,' Richland Office Steve Heid wrote in the report.

'The years that I’ve worked for the city of Richland I had presumed that it was an abandoned building that used to function as a Chinese restaurant.'

DailyMail.com phoned the number associated with Moon Palace but the call immediately went to voicemail. 

The business only operates on Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm, according to the the hours listed on Yelp. 

When Clasen was arrested, she was booked into the Benton County Jail under a 72-hour investigative hold. 

But after the three days, charges were not filed and Clasen was released after Judge Diana Ruff decided she was not a threat to others, the Tri-City Herald reported. 

While she was first suspected of vehicular homicide, no charges have been filed against her. 

Clasen’s attorney Scott Johnson told the Tri-City Herald: 'Cases of this nature are highly complex. 

'To be found guilty of vehicular homicide, the accused must have been proximate cause of the accident that result in death. 

'If the deceased individual was responsible for the accident, then the accused cannot be guilty of vehicular homicide.'

The investigation is being handled by the Richland Police Department, as a WPD investigation would be a conflict of interest. 

DailyMail.com has reached out to the department for comment. Johnson did not immediately respond to the DailyMail.com's request for comment on Clasen's behalf.

The young victim was described as a 'bright and loving soul who brought joy to everyone around him,' by a GoFundMe organized by his mother, Yolimar, after he died. 

He worked as a tote dumper operator, and his mother told investigators he had just started riding motorcycles when Clasen hit him. 

The fundraiser has garnered more than $8,000 toward its $8,000 goal.