SUNBURY - A 49-year-old Mount Carmel woman charged with injuring a pedestrian with a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and drugs pleaded guilty to a felony offense Tuesday morning and was sentenced to 5 years of intermediate punishment, including 90 days on house arrest.
Cheryl Twiggs, of 250 S. Poplar St., pleaded guilty to aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI and was sentenced by Judge Charles Saylor. In addition to intermediate punishment, Twiggs must complete the county's DUI court program. She will begin house arrest upon being paroled from Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury and was given credit for 119 days previously served in jail.
Twiggs also was ordered to make fines and costs and make restitution.
Additional charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, careless driving and driving at an unsafe speed were not prosecuted.
The charges were filed by Mount Carmel Townshop Patrolman Daniel Politza.
Police said the charges relate to a Feb. 8 two-vehicle accident in the 800 block of West Fifth Street that injured pedestrian Gerard Koveleskie, of Mount Carmel.
Police reported Twiggs had a blood-alcohol content of .145 percent and also was driving under the influence of Cotinine, Nicotine, Theobromine, Delta-9 Carboxy THC, Oxycodone and Paroxetine.