Mejia’s crime and his subsequent release became a focal point of Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign. Staggering bail amounts — as much as 40 times the typical amount of just two years ago — have come following the national attention over a Honduran man posting bail in February 2016 and disappearing. No credit card required. — A woman charged ... "I'm not sure what your legal background is," Judge John Huber told Valentine. Jay Inslee announced Monday morning the appointment of Huber, a partner at Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward in Wenatchee. John E. Huber Profile by Martindale-Hubbell. Garcia-Velasco, who is from Mexico, also once was convicted of making a false claim to U.S. citizenship, Ryan Lindberg of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office said in court. Need to make a payment?

Huber is the second attorney from JDSA in less than 18 months to be appointed superior court judge. Please subscribe to keep reading. When it was checked at a hospital following the crash, Lindberg said, Garcia-Velasco’s blood-alcohol level measured .243, three times the legal limit of .08.

“He has built a strong reputation among his peers in the community, and I expect that he will hit the ground running as the next Douglas County Superior Court judge.”. Huber said he has considered how he’d act were he to ever don the judicial robe. “There’s a lot to learn when you become a judge, for sure,” Huber said. Gov. John E. Huber contact information, experience and credentials, peer review ratings etc. Ross Pesek, an Omaha immigration attorney, said people repeatedly return to the U.S. because they have become part of “mixed-immigration-status families.” They come back to be around their wives or their brothers and sisters, he said. var today = new Date() Other applicants for the position were Tony DiTommaso, Smitty Hagopian, Tyler Hotchkiss, Nicole Hankins and Bryon Moore, according to Inslee's spokeswoman, Tara Lee. WATERVILLE — Attorney Brian C. Huber will succeed Douglas County Superior Court Judge John Hotchkiss as the county’s next judge. “If he knew that he was drinking and he knew that he wasn’t able to drive, why did he?” she said. Copyright ©

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Nemias Garcia-Velasco, 32, is charged with motor vehicle homicide in the fiery crash of a van at the Interstate 80/680 interchange on July 5.

A spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform said the punishment for coming to the United States after being deported should be stricter. “The penalty seems to be a plane or a bus ticket back to the place they came from, and it’s got to be more than that,” Ira Mehlman said. Rusnok noted that he had not received any reports on last week’s fatal crash in Omaha.

“What happens is a young man will come from Mexico to work and they will have in their head, ‘I’ll go back after I make some money,’ ” Pesek said. Kevin Cole covers Omaha crime and public safety news. The driver in a fiery crash that killed a man on July 5 is being charged with motor vehicle homicide and may have been driving while drunk, a Douglas County press release said Monday. Nemias Garcia-Velasco, 32, had been speeding through the Interstate 80/680 interchange when his van left the ramp, struck and vaulted over a guardrail, rolled and caught fire, police said. “It’s not unusual” for people who come to the United States illegally to return several times, said Carl Rusnok, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He has been charged with motor vehicle homicide and faces up to 20 years in prison.