ALBANY COUNTY — A man who was speeding on the Northway in Guilderland last October was sentenced to state prison on Thursday for driving drunk.

On Aug. 15, Arthur Nebe, 53, of East Greenbush, was sentenced to one-and-one-third to four years in state prison before Judge Peter A. Lynch in Albany County Court. This is Nebe’s third conviction related to driving while intoxicated, according to a release from the Albany County District Attorney’s Office.

The release said that events unfolded this way: On Oct. 26, 2018, Nebe was pulled over for driving 94 miles per hour in an area in Guilderland designated as a 65-mile-per-hour zone on Interstate 87. At the time of the stop, Nebe showed signs of intoxication and had open containers of alcohol in his vehicle. He failed standardized field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol content of .24 percent about one hour after the traffic stop.

Nebe previously pleaded guilty to aggravated driving while intoxicated, per se, and driving while intoxicated, both felonies, and to drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle on a highway, a traffic infraction. 

In addition to his prison term, Nebe is subject to court-mandated fees, a minimum 18-month driver’s license revocation, subject to Department of Motor Vehicles guidelines, as well as a three-year conditional discharge that he install an ignition interlock upon his release from custody.

Vehicular Crimes Unit Bureau Chief Mary Tanner-Richter prosecuted this case.