GUILDERLAND — Michael Jones, 29, who on Sept. 24, 2016 was driving in Guilderland with a revoked license and with nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system, was sentenced Wednesday to two to four years in state prison for aggravated driving while intoxicated per se, a felony.

Jones, of 848 Hazelwood Ave., Schenectady, had three previous DWI convictions within the past 10 years, according to a release from the Albany County District Attorney’s Office. The release outlined the events leading to his sentencing in Albany County Supreme Court by Judge Thomas A. Breslin this way:

Jones was stopped on Western Avenue in Guilderland on Sept. 24, at approximately 3:55 a.m. for “multiple traffic violations,” and officers noticed that Jones’s breath smelled strongly of alcohol and that he showed signs of intoxication. A check of his license found that he was driving with a license that had been revoked for a 2015 DWI-related conviction.

He failed several sobriety tests and was arrested; a breathalyzer test later showed that he had a blood alcohol content of .21, the release says.

The case was prosecuted by Mary Tanner-Richter, bureau chief of the vehicular crimes unit of the district attorney’s office.

Jones was arrested in Guilderland by the New York State Police and arraigned in Guilderland Town Court before the case was waived to county court, according to Cecilia Walsh, spokeswoman for the district attorney.

At the time of his September 2016 arrest, Jones was on a five-year felony probation term stemming from his 2015 felony DWI, Walsh wrote in an email, answering Enterprise questions. “His license was revoked as part of that disposition,” she wrote, “so when police stopped him not only was he driving at almost three times the legal limit at .21 BCC, he was doing it with a revoked license, without mandated interlock, and in violation of the terms of his previous conviction.”

Because of all those factors, Walsh said, he was charged with felony DWI. His other previous convictions were in 2008 and 2009, both for misdemeanor DWI.

Jones was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine; have a mandatory ignition interlock installed for three years; have his license revoked for a minimum of 18 months, with the length of time to be determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles; and be required to complete the Drinking Driver Program.

— Elizabeth Floyd Mair