County commissioner arrested after Kennewick road-rage incident

Benton County Commissioner Will McKay was arrested and spent about two hours in the Benton County jail Saturday following a road-rage incident in Kennewick.

Jail records show Kennewick police arrested him on suspicion of felony second-degree theft related to an access device.

Kennewick police could not be reached Sunday after his arrest but a source who asked not to be identified told the Tri-City Herald that McKay deleted a video being recorded by a man who approached McKay after McKay called police on him.

McKay, 45, had called police about a driver who was speeding and flipping people off, and then he pulled into a parking lot to wait for the officers, said the source.

The other driver also stopped and confronted McKay, reportedly aggressively. McKay reportedly took the driver’s phone to delete the video and then returned it, the source said.

McKay was booked into jail at 3:17 p.m. and was released on $1,000 bail at 5:26 p.m., according to jail records.

Information was not available Sunday about the other driver.

McKay has served on the three-member county commission since January 2021. He’s a business owner who builds and manages construction projects.

This story was originally published October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM.