You don’t mess with Texas.
A Texas drunkard is finally going to be put behind bars after decades of getting caught drunk driving…it’s a miracle he hasn’t hurt anyone in the process of obtaining all these Driving While Intoxicated offenses. Hit the jump for the full story.
Judge Craig Towson is a concerned official about public safety and has sentenced a 62-year-old North Texas man to life in prison for his 10th drunken driving conviction since the 1980s.
Ivy Ray Eberhardt, of Weatherford, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday and will be eligible for parole after serving 15 years of his life sentence.
Judge Craig Towson stated:
“Part of my job is to protect the citizens of Parker County, and the only way that I can think of to do that from somebody that has 12 DWI arrests and 10 DWI convictions is to put you in a place that you can’t drive for as long as I possibly can.”
The present case that landed Eberhardt in jail for life is stemming from a 2014 incident where he was stopped for drunk driving in Parker County in which his blood alcohol level was almost four times the 0.08 legal limit for driving in Texas.
In that case, he was actually freed on bond and fled to Colorado after cutting off an electronic ankle monitor, where he was once again arrested for driving under the influence.
Eberhardt was also convicted in Tarrant and Runnels counties in Texas for drunk driving and he has already served three prison terms for the convictions.
