Pierce County prosecutors on Monday charged a man with a history of drug convictions in the hit-and-run death of a woman run down by a car while walking home from lunch.

Pleas of not guilty were entered on behalf of Anthony Paul Cisco, 40, during his arraignment in Superior Court. Cisco was charged with vehicular homicide, failure to remain at the scene of an accident and driving without a license in the death of Rebecca Ann Wilkie-Moore.

Superior Court Judge James Orlando ordered Cisco jailed in lieu of $150,000 at the request of deputy prosecutor Kevin Benton.

Benton cited Cisco's criminal record, which includes 11 felony convictions since 1985, in requesting the bail amount.

Cisco was last convicted in Pierce County of heroin possession. He received a three-year sentence in March 2005.

Public defender Lisa Contris represented Cisco at Monday's arraignment. She did not argue the bail amount, reserving that argument for the lawyer permanently assigned to represent him.

Prosecutors contend Cisco was at the wheel of a Mazda RX7 (seen here) that struck Wilkie-Moore, 43, as she walked along Purdy Drive Northwest on Friday afternoon.

Her son, Christian Wilkie-Moore (seen here with his mother in a family photo), said Monday his mother was on her way home from lunch at the time.

"She was the most amazing gift from God anybody could ever ask for," Moore said at a news conference following Cisco's arraignment. "She was just full of life all the time."

Wilkie-Moore was the mother of two and made her living by delivering newspapers for The News Tribune. She'd worked for the newspaper for more than a decade, said her supervisor, Bob Cowan, most recently delivering papers in the Cromwell area near Gig Harbor.

"She was very dependable," Cowan said. "She was very independent and very self-motivated."

Witnesses said the Mazda RX7 was northbound on Purdy Drive when it veered "well onto the shoulder" and hit Wilkie-Moore. The car stopped for a moment then took off at high speed, witnesses told investigators.

A man who works nearby followed the Mazda and ultimately told police how to find the driver, who later was identified as Cisco (seen here in the orange jail suit).

Deputies reported that Cisco showed signs of intoxication, according to charging documents, saying he "was having trouble staying awake, appearing groggy and sleepy."

Cisco is next scheduled in court in August.