A repeat offender sentenced to 99 years in prison for driving while intoxicated for the seventh time in Texas. An Ellis County jury condemned Virgil Bryant III, according to FOX 4.
Bryant was arrested on July 15 when he was observed driving oddly on Highway 287, causing another motorist to drive off the road. A chilled six-pack of beer, with two beers missing, was also discovered in the convicted man’s automobile.
Bryant’s blood alcohol concentration was 0.245, which was more than three times the legal limit, according to FOX 4. Bryant was also caught and charged for the sixth time in 14 years for driving while intoxicated.
Bryant was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2009 for his sixth DWI. However, the repeat offender was granted parole in 2019. Bryant’s felony record also led in the sentence being increased from 25 years to life in prison, and the jury determined he used his car as a deadly weapon.
In November, a woman who allegedly boasted about being the “best drunk driver” before killing three people in a DUI accident was sentenced to 27 and a half to 60 years in prison after entering a guilty plea, according to How Africa.
In March 2022, Jayana Webb killed two state troopers and another person on I-95 in South Philadelphia. According to CBS News, the murdered officers, Branden Sisca and Martin Mack, were assisting a third person when Webb struck and killed them all.
Webb, who is currently pregnant, admitted to the court that she was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the deadly accident. She was sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts of third-degree murder and driving while intoxicated. Due to the plea she took, the condemned woman will also not face trial.
According to FOX 29, Webb’s blood alcohol concentration was more than double the legal limit. Webb, who was arrested as a result of the incident, is reported to have boasted about her drunk-driving abilities in a previous X (previously Twitter) post.
“If you ask me, I’m the best drunk driver ever,” he wrote in January. A law enforcement source told the news site that Webb’s vehicle had been stopped over by state police moments before the fatal incident. However, the traffic halt was only temporary since troopers had to respond to complaints of a person strolling on I-95.