Omaha Tribe Vice-Chairman Jerome Hamilton arrested, faces warrant
Hamilton faced multiple charges of driving while suspended. Omaha Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Jerome Hamilton was arrested by the South Sioux City Police Department and held in the Dakota County Jail due to a warrant out of Burt County, Nebraska, for allegedly driving while suspended. The Burt county clerk stated that the warrant is for failing to appear on a charge of driving under suspension and failing to comply with a citation. Hamilton also had a "time pay" warrant in Dakota County, where he was supposed to pay a fine for a court case there and failed to do so. Hamilton had previously been arrested in Burt on Nov. 7, 2022, and faced two class three misdemeanor charges, one for driving under suspended and another for failing or failing to show for his arraignment. The Dakota County case was filed in July 2022, about four months before Hamilton's arrest.
Published : one year ago by Matt Hoffmann in Business
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KTIV) - Jail and court records show Omaha Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Jerome Hamilton was behind bars, arrested by the South Sioux City Police Department on Sunday and held in the Dakota County Jail because of a warrant out of Burt County.
The Burt County clerk told KTIV the warrant is for failing to appear to face a charge of driving while suspended. Jail records show Hamilton waits for Burt County Sheriff’s deputies to retrieve him from the Dakota County Jail and return him to Burt County.
Dakota County Sheriff Chris Kleinberg said Hamilton also had a “time pay” warrant in Dakota County, meaning he was supposed to pay a fine for a court case there and failed to do so. A warrant was then issued for that case, but Kleinberg said Hamilton paid the Dakota County fine on Monday morning after spending the night in jail.
Court records show Hamilton was arrested on Nov. 7, 2022, by a Burt County sheriff’s deputy. He then faced two class three misdemeanor charges, one for driving under suspension and one for failing to appear or failing to comply with a citation.
“I observed that the male driver was Jerome Hamilton and I know from previous law enforcement investigations that Mr. Hamilton had a suspended license,” Deputy J. Townsend wrote in a probable cause affidavit. “I then checked Mr. Hamilton’s driving (record) and confirmed that he was still suspended.”
Hamilton told the deputy “he knew” he was driving on a suspended license. Court records from that case show Hamilton’s $5,000 bond was forfeited after he failed to appear for his arraignment. A warrant was also issued for his arrest.
In the Dakota County case, which Hamilton paid on Monday, he was sentenced to over $800 in fines for two similar misdemeanors: No operator’s license and driving under suspension.
The Dakota County case was filed on July 7, 2022, about four months before the case in Burt County in which Hamilton faces the warrant.
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