BANGOR, Maine — A Bradford man was charged early Saturday with operating under the influence for the fifth time in 10 years.
Brian Stevens, 30, also was charged with operating after the revocation of his driver’s license for the seventh time in 10 years, according to the Penobscot County district attorney’s office.
He made his first court appearance Monday before District Court Judge Bruce Jordan but was not asked to enter pleas to the two felony charges because he has not yet been indicted by the Penobscot County grand jury. Bail was set at $25,000 cash, the amount requested by the district attorney’s office.
Stevens encountered Bangor police at about 1 a.m. Saturday on Third Street. Stevens stopped his car behind a cruiser that had stopped a car for a loud exhaust, Deputy District Attorney Alice Clifford said Monday.
He got out of his car and approached the officer. Stevens failed a field sobriety test and, at first, refused to take a breath blood alcohol level test.
When he did take the test, his blood alcohol level was .13 percent. The legal limit is .08 percent.
If convicted, Stevens faces a mandatory minimum jail term of six months, a fine of no less than $2,100, a suspension of his license for eight years and a suspension of his right to register a motor vehicle.
He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $5,000.