Man Gets 30 Years for Third DWI Offense
Posted/updated on: May 4, 2011 at 5:30 pm
LONGVIEW — A Gregg County man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for his third DWI conviction. State District Judge David Brabham sentenced Lonia Halton of Longview to 30 years in prison.
In April of last year Halton was involved in a three vehicle accident on South Highway 149. The Department of Public Safety said Halton had failed to control his speed and rear-ended the vehicle in front of him and that vehicle consequently rear-ended another vehicle. It was determined that Halton was intoxicated at the time of the accident.