LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says a southwest Ohio man
has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he was convicted of
driving while under the influence for a seventh time in the last 14
years.
A Warren County Common Pleas judge on Monday sentenced
48-year-old Ralph Pottorf Jr. of Mason, to the maximum sentence allowed
under Ohio law after a jury convicted him of operating a vehicle under
the influence of alcohol or drugs. Pottorf’s attorney did not
immediately return a call for comment Tuesday.
A statement from
county Prosecutor David Fornshell says Pottorf crashed into a fence
along U.S. Route 42 in Union Township on Dec. 21. Fornshell says a
sheriff’s deputy reported Pottorf showed signs of being under the
influence of alcohol, and he wouldn’t take a breath test.
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LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says a southwest Ohio man
has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he was convicted of
driving while under the influence for a seventh time in the last 14
years.
A Warren County Common Pleas judge on Monday sentenced
48-year-old Ralph Pottorf Jr. of Mason, to the maximum sentence allowed
under Ohio law after a jury convicted him of operating a vehicle under
the influence of alcohol or drugs. Pottorf’s attorney did not
immediately return a call for comment Tuesday.
A statement from
county Prosecutor David Fornshell says Pottorf crashed into a fence
along U.S. Route 42 in Union Township on Dec. 21. Fornshell says a
sheriff’s deputy reported Pottorf showed signs of being under the
influence of alcohol, and he wouldn’t take a breath test.
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reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.