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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Ind. Courts - "LaPorte County judge orders jail time for repeat DUI offender "
Supplementing this ILB entry from Dec. 11, 2009, about a different defendant before Judge Alevizos, a story today by Stan Maddux in the NWI Times reports:
LaPorte Circuit Court Judge Tom Alevizos dished out what he felt was deserved for the man who racked up five drunken driving arrests in one year.Daniel Jacobs was handed a 90-day LaPorte County Jail sentence Wednesday, along with 275 days of home detention for operating while intoxicated.
In October, the judge -- feeling actual jail time was in order -- rejected a deal reached by the defense and prosecution that called for six months on work release.
In February 2009, Jacobs slid into a tree at county roads 725 West and 300 North along an ice-covered stretch of road.
It was the last in a string of five OWI arrests within 12 months, including two in Porter and Lake counties.
And, before that, he had two OWI convictions.
His attorney, William Herrbach told the court Jacobs recently completed a period of incarceration for the OWI in Porter County.
Jacobs is also looking at the possibility of another 625 day jail sentence in a case still pending in LaPorte Superior Court 4 in Michigan City.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 21, 2010 10:05 AM
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