A Jo Daviess County man has been sentenced to jail for being under the influence in a 2019 crash that left four people injured. 34 year old Thomas J. Trevarthen of Hanover was sentenced in Jo Daviess County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to a felony charge of aggravated driving under the influence. Trevarthen must serve 20 days in jail, as well as two and a half years of probation. Trevarthen also must complete substance abuse treatment. An additional 160 days in jail are stayed pending compliance with his sentence, and a review hearing has been set for June 13th. The crash happened on November 12th, 2019 on Illinois Highway 84 north of Hanover. A report says that Trevarthen was southbound on Highway 84 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound land and hit head-on a vehicle driven by Maria Dreyer, of Hanover. Trevarthen suffered serious injuries and two of his passengers, a then-5-year-old twin boy and girl from Hanover, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, as did Dreyer. All three were taken by ambulance to hospitals for treatment. Reports say that Trevarthen had methamphetamine in his system at the time of the crash, and the wreck caused great bodily harm to Dreyer and to a child.
