The Brief
- Hermilo Hernandez-Barojas pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering safety (second-degree).
- Hernandez-Barojas was sentenced to 18 months probation; prison time was stayed.
- The defendant admitted to police he tried to hit security guards with his car after an altercation.
MILWAUKEE – Hermilo Hernandez-Barojas pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 1 to a single count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety in connection with an incident on Milwaukee’s south side from November 2019. Three other charges of the same kind were dismissed and read into the court record.
After the plea was entered, the court sentenced Hernandez-Barojas to one-and-a-half years in prison and two years of extended supervision, but then stayed that sentence. Instead, the court placed the defendant on probation for 18 months.
Case details
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to the area near 13th and Greenfield just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 24, 2019, for a report of a subject with a gun. When officers arrived on the scene, they saw “several security officers who had the defendant on the ground.” They also saw “two vehicles with significant damage.”…