Michael W. Hilton, 38, of Salt Lake City, Utah, faced the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on June 5 for sentencing on a felony count of third-offense driving under the influence of alcohol.

Kozisek found Hilton had been “extremely intoxicated” and drove in a manner that put the public under substantial risk of injury or death and predicted his abuse of alcohol would continue.

“The defendant is dangerous and in need of correctional treatment that can be provided most effectively by commitment to a correctional facility,” the judge said. “A...