Posted on 05/15/2009 2:23:33 PM PDT by stan_sipple
A 27-year-old Omaha man has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a collision that fatally injured a 4-year-old Omaha girl this week.
Eleazar Rangel-Ochoa appeared in Douglas County Court on Friday to enter his plea on charges of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide and felony driving under suspension. His bail has been set at $1 million.
He also waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Police say he ran a red light and struck a minivan driven by Jayme Bluhm on a west Omaha street early Tuesday. Bluhm’s 4-year-old daughter, Josie, was thrown from the van and suffered critical injuries. The girl died Wednesday after she was taken off life support.
Bluhm and two of her other children were injured.
Rangel-Ochoa’s license was suspended for 15 years in January 2003 following his third drunken-driving conviction in Nebraska.
Federal authorities also have placed a hold on Rangel-Ochoa because he’s suspected of being in the country illegally. That will allow them to determine whether he is to be deported after the Douglas County case concludes.
His attorney, Joseph Lopez-Wilson, said following Friday’s hearing that his client has been living in the United States for 14 years.
Josie Bluhm’s funeral is set for Saturday.
Obama ha...? driver pleads not guilty in fatal crash
Why was this illegal alien criminal POS still in the U.S.?
No deport! Imprison for life or death sentence. If you deport he may sneak back in and do it again.
Rangel-Ochoa’s license was suspended for 15 years in January 2003 following his third drunken-driving conviction in Nebraska.
Federal authorities also have placed a hold on Rangel-Ochoa because he’s suspected of being in the country illegally
How is it possible to be ARRESTED AND CONVICTED 3 times prior and still be in this Country illegally?
Our Country is BROKE as in 10’s of TRILLIONS of dollars in debt.And
Our Country is BROKE in that it no longer works as it was designed to.
I’m not in any way saying this turd is anything but responsible for his actions and the results of his actions. However, the folks who should be on trial are the ones who didn’t incaracerate and summarily deport this guy for being in the country illegally. [It’s not clear from the article the sequence of his 3 qty DUIs relative to the suspicion on illegal entry.]
Working for low wages. Duh.
Yeah, yer right.
his shyster lawyer said he has “lived” here 14 years.
the liberal open-borders snots said Hal Daub lost because he attacked Omaha’s “sanctuary city” policy
I do have a question. The 4 year old was thrown from the van. If she was in a car seat, was it defective? Was she in a car seat?
I am not trying to deflect from the obvious “illegals killing Americans that Americans don't want to kill”, but I have seen way too many small children, not only NOT in a car seat, but not buckled up at all.
Extremely sad. I never thought it would get this bad in America, let alone in the heartland. This is daily news. The Mexicans have invaded, are sucking life blood from this country in the form of money, jobs, safety and lives, not to mention the low-class poor quality of life they bring with them. CA is bankrupt, solely due to the invaders and their political enablers.
Sad to say, but Omaha has become the pimple of Nebraska.
Another article I read indicated that she was in a car seat but it was not buckled at the time of the accident.
We can't control what craziness happens around us but we can certainly help ourselves to limit the damage.
i dont know about those details bc i am in lincoln, but even if you are way out west away from the city you are not safe from these drivers
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