ALEDO, Ill. -- A judge in western Illinois has handed down a four-year prison sentence for a man caught driving a riding lawnmower with a revoked license.
Mercer County Judge Greg Chickris sentenced 43-year-old William White on Tuesday. It's the sixth time White has been sent to prison.
Defense attorney Dan Dalton argued that he'd never seen someone sent to prison for driving a mower. But the judge countered that he'd considered a variety of factors, including White's prior crimes.
The Rock Island Argus reports that White has 57 previous felony and misdemeanor convictions, starting when he was 15 years old. Court records show the latest was White's eleventh conviction for driving on a revoked license. He's also been convicted six times for driving under the influence of alcohol. - http://goo.gl/yMRd1
