An Ohio sheriff slammed fellow law enforcement agencies for previously releasing an illegal immigrant with an extensive criminal history, after he allegedly crashed into an Ohio nurse while driving drunk, leaving her seriously injured.
Johen Perez-Ventura, 27, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, is charged with aggravated vehicular assault, driving without a license and obstruction of justice, according to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.
Courtney Steinmetz, a nurse and volunteer cheerleading coach, was driving along Route 747 on Nov. 20, when she was allegedly hit head-on by Perez-Ventura in Liberty Township, Ohio.
Perez-Ventura was first captured crossing the Texas border in 2019, and deported back to Guatemala, according to Jones.
He returned to the US at some point, and in 2023, was charged with assault in Cincinnati.
That same year, he was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Westchester, Jones said. Perez-Ventura was released after both arrests.
However, Perez-Ventura’s criminal history didn’t end there. In 2024, he was arrested twice for drunk driving, and released again.
“This low-life piece of s— named Johen, who has been arrested [four times] for DUIs … he had alcohol in the car, had to be cut out of the car, [went] to the hospital,” Jones said in a video post to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. “You know who pays for that. We do. … It’s not his first time. … He’s used to this. He was just going to be in the wind. … Not this time. We waited and then [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] made the apprehension.”
Jones said Perez-Ventura did not have a driver’s license, speculating he may have shown fake IDs to officers at other agencies, and they let him go anyway.
“That’s appalling in itself,” the sheriff said. “They probably didn’t want to send him to my jail because he would be deported. He [had] already been incarcerated at that point for DUI, assault, and he’d come across the border twice.” --->READ MORE HERE
An Ohio Sheriff posted a tirade on social media, slamming neighboring police agencies for failing to detain an undocumented migrant who was previously arrested for drunk driving and went on to cause a horror crash.
Johen Perez-Ventura, 27, was arrested by the Butler County Sheriff's Department after he allegedly swerved over the center lane while driving in the early hours of November 20, hitting an oncoming car head-on.
The crash injured the other driver, Courtney Steinmetz, 28, a local nurse and volunteer cheerleading coach.
When deputies arrived, they said they found an open container of alcohol inside Perez-Ventura's car at the crash site.
Authorities found that Perez-Ventura was in the country illegally from Guatemala and had a criminal record.
Sheriff Richard Jones passionately described Perez-Ventura's record, calling him a 'piece of s**t,' and vowing to put the man in an American prison.
'I'm here to tell you about how disgusted I am over this incident,' Jones said.
He described Steinmetz as a hardworking nurse living her dream and giving back to the community when her life changed in an instant.
Jones revealed that Perez-Ventura had been arrested on similar charges four times before the horror crash.
He called the system 'broken' and said the department apprehended Perez-Ventura with help from Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the crash.
Jones pulled up Perez-Ventura's mugshot and accused him of having a 'smirk' on his face.
'But I promise you - he won't be deported again because he's come across the border twice. He's gonna get a little taste of American prison. He won't like it,' the sheriff declared.
'This lowlife is lying in my jail, getting three meals a day, whining and crying, probably doesn't like the conditions, which they're a whole lot better than he deserves,' he added.
Perez-Ventura was apprehended at the southern border in Texas in 2019 by ICE and deported to Guatemala, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.
At some point in the next few years, he returned to the US and was arrested on assault charges in 2023 in Cincinnati.
Perez-Ventura was then arrested for driving under the influence in West Chester County that same year, but was later released. --->READ MORE HERE
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