Antelope County judge hands out sentences

Hector A. Perez, 46, of Orchard appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last week for sentencing on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense, a Class W misdemeanor committed April 23, one mile west of Royal.

Perla Alarcon-Flory appeared as interpreter, via Zoom.

An enhancement hearing was held. Taylor found sufficient evidence of a previous DUI conviction, making the crime second offense. Taylor sentenced Perez to a nine-month term of probation, including related fees of $300, a $500 fine and $50 costs. The sentence also includes 10 days in the Antelope County Jail, with credit for one day previously served and his driver’s license was revoked for 18 months.

Antelope County Attorney Joe Smith said Perez was “very intoxicated,” when on April 23, he lost control of the van he was driving, went in the ditch, then got back on the road and proceeded in the wrong lane before the vehicle rolled.

Antelope County sheriff Bob Moore, in an arrest affidavit, wrote, “The vehicle traveled another 14 feet when it left the road a second time, this amount of footage resulting in (the) rollover determines that Hector was way over the speed limit and was operating the vehicle with a wanton disregard for oncoming traffic.”

Perez was remanded to Moore’s custody to serve the jail sentence. He was self-represented.

Danial Hohrein, 46, of Oakdale faced Taylor, alongside Antelope County public defender Pat Carney, for sentencing on two counts, Count I, drive under suspension, a Class 3 misdemeanor, and Count III, provide false information, a Class 1 misdemeanor, committed March 16 in Neligh.

Taylor fined Hohrein $100 on Count I and $250 on County III, along with one day in the county jail, with credit for one day previously served. He was assessed $50 costs and ordered to pay $1,000 restitution to Grady Bellingtier.

Hohrein pleaded guilty to the two offenses May 1, after reaching a plea deal with Smith, who dismissed Count II, leave scene of property-damage accident.

Denise A. Blevins, 62, of Tilden waived her right to counsel and pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle with no proof of financial responsibility, a Class 2 misdemeanor. Taylor fined Blevins $100 and assessed $50 costs for the March 18 offense.