Plover man faces pregnant victim during bond hearing after Monday crash
By Brandi Makuski
A 59-year-old Plover man was ordered held behind bars on a $2,500 cash bond after allegedly crashing into another vehicle and injuring three other people on Monday.
Police were called to Church and Heffron streets at about 6 p.m. on Aug. 29, for a report of a two-vehicle collision. Upon arrival, officers observed Domingo Hinojosa, Jr., being restrained by another person.
Police later learned that Hinojosa was the driver of the offending vehicle. One of the people holding him back was his passenger, a woman, who told officers that Hinojosa had consumed “half a bottle of Hennessy whiskey in about an hour-and-a-half period of time,” according to Assistant District Attorney Brian Pfeil during Hinojosa’s bond hearing on Aug. 30.
The woman said she yelled for Hinojosa to stop just before he ran at a red light while traveling south on Church St., Pfeil said.
As they waited for an ambulance, officers noted Hinojosa appeared intoxicated with incoherent speech and was swaying on his feet. His driver’s license was previously revoked in 2018 for operating while intoxicated.
The female passenger suffered a fractured right ringer finger, Pfeil said. In the other vehicle, which was traveling west on Heffron to enter the Kwik Trip parking lot when it was struck, one person suffered a broken wrist and the other passenger was 31 weeks pregnant.
Hinojosa was traveling at least “50 or 60 miles an hour,” according to witnesses, Pfeil said.
Hinojosa attempted to flee the scene before police arrived, Pfeil said, but was stopped by a witness, who pushed Hinojosa back, causing him to trip over a curb. While he was being treated by paramedics from the Stevens Point Fire Department at the scene, he told medics that he wanted to “go back to Texas,” Pfeil said.
Hinojosa was transported to a local hospital for a blood draw, as he refused to take a breathalyzer on the scene. He was uncooperative and tried removing his IV and other monitors, Pfeil said, forcing officers to hold him down. Hinojosa struggled and kicked one officer in the neck, and later admitted he was “high on cocaine and drunk,” Pfeil said.
The pregnant victim appeared remotely by video from her hospital bed. She remained in the hospital for observation.
Pfeil said he plans to charge Hinojosa with at least one charge of operating while intoxicated/causing injury and battery to a law enforcement officer. He expects to file additional charges moving forward, he said.
An initial appearance was scheduled for Sept. 12 at 1:30 p.m.