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Ottawa driver gets 2 years for DUI crash that injured three · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa driver gets two years for DUI crash that injured three.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Tom Collins. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. An Ottawa
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  Speaker 1: man is headed to prison for an alcohol-related crash in
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  Speaker 1: 2025 that injured three. Jesse E. Zamarripa, 43, says, had
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  Speaker 1: entered a blind plea on May 28 to three counts
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  Speaker 1: of aggravated DUI for his role in the three-vehicle crash
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  Speaker 1: on April 15, 2025, on Route 71 in Ottawa. Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: Zamarripa appeared in LaSalle County Circuit Court. There, attorneys announced
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  Speaker 1: an agreed disposition. Zamarripa will serve three concurrent two-year sentences
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  Speaker 1: for each count of aggravated DUI. Assistant LaSalle County State's
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  Speaker 1: Attorney Kelly Porter said in open court, that Zamarripa is
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  Speaker 1: subject to the State Truth in Sentencing Act, requiring certain
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  Speaker 1: felons to serve at least 85% of their prison time.
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  Speaker 1: As part of the agreement, however, prosecutors agreed to a
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  Speaker 1: finding that the charge was committed as a result of
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  Speaker 1: alcohol or substance abuse. That finding makes Zamarripa eligible for
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  Speaker 1: treatment while in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Zamarripa declined
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity Wednesday to address Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.
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  Speaker 1: before sentencing. Prosecutors initially charged Zamarripa with traffic tickets after
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  Speaker 1: his vehicle struck from behind a vehicle driven by Todd D.
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  Speaker 1: Volker of Ottawa. Volker's vehicle was then pushed into an
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  Speaker 1: oncoming vehicle driven by Marisha C. Meyer of rural Ottawa. Volker, Meyer,
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  Speaker 1: and one of Meyer's passengers, a six-year-old girl, were all
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  Speaker 1: transported from the scene. Two months later, prosecutors obtained evidence
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  Speaker 1: of intoxication and filed felony charges.