Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo. (Photo credit: Oconto County Sheriff's Office)
OCONTO COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – One charge of hit and run resulting in death has been filed against Obilio Tomas Sargento Roblero. If convicted, the felony charge carries a prison sentence of no more than 25 years.
The 32-year old is accused of causing a crash Friday night, in the town of Gillett, that killed Thomas Roberts, 60, of Green Bay.
Roberts was a retired police officer from the Green Bay Police Department.
According to criminal complaint, Roberts, who was riding an ATV, stopped to help to other UTV riders in the area Shawano County Line Road at Nelson Road. The witnesses told authorities Roberts offered to tow them and their broken down vehicle.
The complaint says, after Roberts hooked a tow-strap from his ATV to the witnesses UTV, he got on his vehicle and was almost immediately struck by a westbound GMC Acadia.
The witnesses told authorities the driver of the Acadia got out of the vehicle and ran away.
The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office was able to identify the driver as Roblero.
After exhaustive law enforcement efforts, Robrelo was located and arrested at a hotel in Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Information in the criminal complaint says a deputy at the crash scene collected a can of beer from the passenger seat of Roblero’s vehicle and a cellphone from the Acadia before it was towed away as evidence.
According to the criminal complaint, Roblero using a relatives phone called his wife after the crash. His wife told authorities that he said there had been an accident, but police wouldn’t believe him.
The criminal complaint says Roblero then told his wife he was driving his SUV home when a deer came out of the woods. He swerved to the left to avoid the deer. It was at that time he claims to have seen two UTV’s on the side of the road, with no lights on. Roblero said he didn’t have time to stop, and he hit one of the UTVs. He reportedly told his wife he panicked and ran.
The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office says Roblero is currently incarcerated at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility awaiting extradition back to Wisconsin.
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