MONROE - An Illinois man was charged and found guilty Wednesday of a fifth-offense count of driving with a prohibited alcohol content.
Benjamin Houghton, 35, Pearl City, had a third-offense drunk driving charge amended to a fifth-offense charge Wednesday after being found guilty of two other drunk-driving charges from the same time period in Rock County.
Houghton's Green County charge stems from an incident on Nov. 24, 2014, when he was found walking aimlessly from the scene of a car in a ditch on County OK, Town of Decatur.
According to a police report, Houghton smelled of alcohol but claimed the crash occurred because the road was slippery.
At the time, Houghton had two other unresolved drunk driving cases open in Rock County, stemming from incidents July 26 and Oct. 22, 2014.
Houghton was convicted of the former Rock County charge earlier this year and of the latter charge Tuesday, which upgraded his Green County charge to a fifth offense.
Houghton was charged with 18 months in prison on the Green County charge, to run concurrent with his two-year sentence in Rock County. His driver's license also was revoked for three years. A fifth-offense charge of driving while intoxicated was dismissed as part of his plea agreement.
Benjamin Houghton, 35, Pearl City, had a third-offense drunk driving charge amended to a fifth-offense charge Wednesday after being found guilty of two other drunk-driving charges from the same time period in Rock County.
Houghton's Green County charge stems from an incident on Nov. 24, 2014, when he was found walking aimlessly from the scene of a car in a ditch on County OK, Town of Decatur.
According to a police report, Houghton smelled of alcohol but claimed the crash occurred because the road was slippery.
At the time, Houghton had two other unresolved drunk driving cases open in Rock County, stemming from incidents July 26 and Oct. 22, 2014.
Houghton was convicted of the former Rock County charge earlier this year and of the latter charge Tuesday, which upgraded his Green County charge to a fifth offense.
Houghton was charged with 18 months in prison on the Green County charge, to run concurrent with his two-year sentence in Rock County. His driver's license also was revoked for three years. A fifth-offense charge of driving while intoxicated was dismissed as part of his plea agreement.