Man pleads to illegally re-entering US

KSNW NewsKSNW-TV
2/4/2012 2:46:40 PM ET


LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP) — A 29-year-old Mexican national who killed a woman in a 2005 Lawrence drunken-driving crash has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the country as a felon.

Adan Cruz-Santos entered the plea Friday in federal court. His trial was scheduled to begin Monday.

Cruz-Santos was deported in February 2010 after serving prison time for involuntary manslaughter and DUI convictions. He struck and killed 25-year-old Jodie Hatzenbihler in April 2005. That was his second DUI conviction.

He was arrested last September again in Douglas County on suspicion of drunken driving. He pleaded no contest to his third DUI conviction for the September traffic stop, which is a felony.

He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison plus deportation again.