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Jeronimo formally charged in district court, pleads not guilty

A Sidney man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal vehicle crash earlier this month was arraigned in Cheyenne County District Court on Tuesday morning and pleaded not guilty to the single charge against him.

Abel Domingo Jeronimo, 38, of Sidney, is charged with failing to stop, disclose information and render assistance in an accident involving death – a Class III felony.

He is accused of being involved in the fatal crash on April 7 that killed 45-year-old Martin Geiger Jr. of Sidney and Chappell. A passenger in Geiger's vehicle – Kathy Berger, 53, of Bayard and Chappell – was inju...

 

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