WILLMAR -- David Thomas Condon, 30, of Kandiyohi, was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison plus a five-year conditional release period and a $1,000 fine on a felony charge of driving while impaired.
Condon was sentenced in Kandiyohi County District Court on his fourth DWI conviction in four years. He has prior convictions in 2003, 2006 and 2010. He was given credit for 89 days already served in jail.
As part of a plea agreement, another felony for DWI, a gross misdemeanor for driving after cancellation - inimical to public safety and a petty misdemeanor for failure to signal a turn were dismissed.
The charges were filed after a Willmar police officer noticed a car in a parking lot around 1:20 a.m. Feb. 19 along U.S. Highway 12 East and turned in to check on the vehicle, which then sped away. The officer followed the car into a parking lot, where the driver appeared to attempt to hide the vehicle behind a snowbank and a Dumpster. The driver, identified as Condon, came out with his hands up when the officer shined a spotlight on him. He failed field sobriety tests, had a preliminary breath test of 0.095 and was arrested. An Intoxilyzer test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.08, the threshold for DWI.
