MILFORD, PA — Norman Johnathan Charles Miller, 50, of Hawley, PA, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in a state correctional facility, fined $4,500 and had his driver’s license suspended for five years for the crimes of two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and two counts of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked.

State police stopped Miller on December 4, 2011 for operating his vehicle down the center of SR 507 in Palmyra Township. Miller admitted to having consumed four to five beers prior to driving, and he advised the trooper he was driving on a suspended license and was scheduled to be sentenced the following day for a prior DUI.

A breath test confirmed a blood alcohol content of .125%. On December 21, 2013 the state police were dispatched to a one-vehicle car accident along SR 390 in Palmyra Township. Miller was found walking along the roadway. The trooper detected the smell of an alcoholic beverage on Miller and observed his speech to be slurred and eyes bloodshot and glassy. Miller admitted to having a few beers at a bar prior to driving. A breath test confirmed a blood alcohol content of .131%.