Illegal migrant with 4 DUIs allegedly crashes into nurse as sheriff slams system

An Ohio sheriff blasted fellow regulation enforcement companies for beforehand releasing an unlawful immigrant with an intensive prison historical past after he allegedly crashed into an Ohio nurse whereas driving drunk, critically injuring her.

John Perez-Ventura, 27, an unlawful immigrant from Guatemala, is charged with aggravated vehicular assault, driving with no license and obstruction of justice, in response to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.

Courtney Steinmetz, a nurse and volunteer cheer coach, was driving alongside Route 747 on November 20 when she was reportedly struck head-on by Perez-Ventura in Liberty Township, Ohio.

Courtney Steinmetz, a nurse, suffered damaged bones and spinal accidents after she was hit by a drunk driver. (Courtney Steinmetz/Fb)

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Perez-Ventura was first captured whereas crossing the border into Texas in 2019 and deported again to Guatemala, in response to Jones.

He returned to the US in some unspecified time in the future and was charged with assault in Cincinnati in 2023.

That very same yr, he was arrested and charged with driving underneath the affect in Westchester, Jones stated. Perez-Ventura was launched after each arrests.

Nevertheless, Perez-Ventura’s prison historical past didn’t finish there. In 2024, he was arrested twice for driving underneath the affect and launched once more.

John Perez-Ventura is dealing with a number of fees after allegedly driving drunk and inflicting a crash that injured an Ohio girl. (Butler County Sheriff’s Workplace)

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“This low-life piece of s—‘s identify is John, who’s been arrested [four times] for driving underneath the affect… he had alcohol within the automotive, needed to be lower out of the automotive, [went] to the hospital,” Jones stated in a video submit on the Butler County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb web page. ‘You already know who pays for that. We do. … It is not his first time. … He is used to this. He would simply sit within the wind. …Not this time. We waited after which [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] made the worry.”

Jones stated Perez-Ventura didn’t have a driver’s license, and speculated that he might have proven faux IDs to officers from different companies, they usually let him go anyway.

“That in itself is horrible,” the sheriff stated. ‘They most likely did not wish to ship him to my jail as a result of he could be deported [had] At the moment he was already in custody for driving underneath the affect, assault, and he had crossed the border twice.”

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Perez-Ventura, via an interpreter, claimed he was not the motive force as a result of he was on probation for considered one of his earlier offenses.

After the crash, Jones visited Steinmetz within the hospital and stated he may inform she was in “extreme ache” after struggling a spinal damage, a damaged wrist and a damaged ankle.

“She is 27, dwelling her dream, working within the hospital as a nurse and saving folks’s lives. Now she is within the hospital right now,” he stated. ‘She’s not even off the bed but. She will probably be out of labor for a very long time. She’s going to most likely have spinal issues for the remainder of her life.’

Courtney Steinmetz is now recovering after surviving a head-on crash from an alleged drunk driver. Officers say they discovered an open container of alcohol within the suspect’s automotive. (Emma-le Rybolt/Fb)

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A GoFundMe was arrange for Steinmetz to assist with medical payments, misplaced wages and her insurance coverage deductibility – since Perez-Ventura had no insurance coverage.

A member of the family wrote on the crowdfunding web site that regardless of her accidents, Steinmetz nonetheless “hopes that the opposing driver is doing effectively, regardless of the ache this has prompted.”

‘He would not care. If you happen to take a look at his mugshot, he has a smile on his face,” Jones stated. “I promise you he will not be deported once more… He’ll get a style of American jail… He’ll get a cell till he goes to jail, after which he may be deported when he is loads older… This scoundrel lies in my jail and will get three meals a day, whining and crying. [He] he most likely would not just like the circumstances, that are loads higher than he deserves.”

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Jones added that he’ll file further fees in opposition to Perez-Ventura in reference to the crash, and can examine the businesses that allegedly bought him the alcohol, the folks he drank with, and the individuals who bought or loaned him automobiles.

“I’ve no sympathy,” Jones stated. “If he had been deported and stayed deported the primary time, we would not be going via this.”

Almost a half-dozen unlawful immigrants had been lately arrested in Butler County, with fees starting from intercourse crimes and assault to drunken driving and drug offenses, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.

Fox Information Digital’s Mitch Picasso contributed to this report.