A 21-year-old Wahoo man will spend the next two years under an order not to operate a motor vehicle after changing his plea in a case tied to an intersection takeover in northern Douglas County. Aiden Hajek was sentenced to 12 months of probation and barred from operating a motor vehicle beginning October 15, with the same punishment applied to a separate police-chase case from last year.
Hajek had been charged with operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest during the intersection takeover, according to WOWT. He changed his plea to no contest in October and received 12 months of probation, with the driving ban set to run through at least October 2028. The station reports he was given the same sentence in a separate police-chase case that occurred in July 2025, with both sentences running concurrently.
How the Case Began
The case traces back to an early Sunday morning when the Douglas County Sheriff's Office shut down an intersection takeover in northern Douglas County, per the same report. At Hajek's first court appearance that followed, he waived his right to a preliminary trial, and his bond was set at $10,000, the station noted at the time.
Details of the scene itself came from a separate account: KETV reported that a black Dodge Challenger was doing donuts in the middle of the intersection while other juveniles attempted to block traffic. When authorities arrived, the driver, identified as Hajek, fled the scene and drove a few blocks away before he was caught, according to that outlet.
A Weekend Pattern, Sheriff Says
Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson has pointed to a broader pattern behind incidents like this one, saying takeovers tend to increase on weekends during early-morning or late-night hours, the station's report noted. That timing lines up with when deputies broke up the northern Douglas County gathering that led to Hajek's arrest.
Following his no-contest plea, Hajek faces a two-year driving ban that began October 15 and runs alongside the probation term tied to both the intersection takeover and the 2025 police-chase case.
