Springfield man sentenced to 10 years in prison for DWI

A Springfield man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison after he admitted to driving while intoxicated as a chronic offender.

Steven Todd, 55, was given the prison time as part of an agreement with Greene County prosecutors under which he pleaded guilty.

Todd admitted he drove while intoxicated in July 2017 when police pulled him over with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.2 percent. He has a history of similar conduct.

Court documents say Todd was found guilty four previous times of DWI and once for having an excessive blood alcohol content.

In the July 2017 incident, a probable cause statement says a Springfield Police Department officer stopped Todd just before 2 a.m. on Chestnut Expressway after Todd made an abrupt lane change and then pulled up past the stop line at an intersection.

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When the officer spoke with Todd, the statement says he noticed "a strong odor of intoxicants" and several signs of impairment.

The statement says Todd told the officer he had consumed six bourbon and cokes.

Authorities obtained a search warrant to draw Todd's blood, and that test revealed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.219 percent, according to the statement.

Todd was initially charged with the Class B felony of DWI as a habitual offender, but the charge was reduced to the Class C felony of DWI as a chronic offender as part of his plea deal with prosecutors. He received the maximum sentence for that charge.

An attempt to reach Todd's attorney Thursday was not successful. 

Wednesday's hearing was in front of Judge Calvin Holden at the Greene County courthouse.