Court appearance unveils previous DUI
By Kyle Magin
Bonanza Staff Writer
April 27, 2008, 6:01 AM

Antonio Sandoval-Perez, an Incline Village man, pled guilty to his second DUI Tuesday at Incline Justice Court.

The guilty plea wasn’t a surprise to a friend of Sandoval-Perez, Incline resident Chuck Meyer.

What was a surprise, Meyer said, was the fact this DUI represents a second conviction for Sandoval-Perez.

Meyer accompanied Sandoval-Perez, 31, to court Tuesday. He has been helping his friend navigate the legal system since Sandoval-Perez was arrested on March 18 for DUI in Incline Village. After the arrest, Sandoval-Perez, an illegal Guatemalan immigrant, was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and sent to a federal immigration detention center in Florence, Ariz.

Meyer helped Sandoval-Perez through the process, staying in touch through phone and arranging lawyers and bail money so Sandoval-Perez could return to Incline to face his Tuesday DUI hearing.

Meyer said he had no idea about a previous DUI conviction until Sandoval-Perez’s sentence was handed down Tuesday.

“I was disappointed when I found out,â€