NORWICH – A Pharsalia man pleaded guilty to his third drunk driving charge in two years Friday after he fled the scene of an accident while driving drunk on a revoked license.

First Assistant District Attorney Stephen Dunshee told the Chenango County court that 43-year-old Joseph Theut’s license was already under suspension for a previous driving while intoxicated charge when he was arrested by police for his most recent crime in December.

Theut pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DWI on Jan. 20, 2009 in Town of Columbus Court and Dunshee said that at the time of Theut’s arrest, his blood alcohol level was more than double New York’s .08 legal limit.

He was sentenced to 60 days in the Chenango County Correctional Facility and given three years probation.

While still on probation, Theut was arrested Feb. 9, 2009, in the Town of Norwich and charged with aggravated DWI, a felony, with police again claiming his blood alcohol level was more than double the legal limit.

Theut pleaded guilty to DWI, an E class felony, in Chenango County Court Sept. 30, 2009 and was sentenced to five days in jail and five years probation. He was also accepted in Treatment Court, an intense year-long program consisting of regular drug testing, counseling and court appearances. Theut graduated from the program a year later, but was again arrested for aggravated DWI Dec. 5, after he fled the scene of an accident in the Town of Norwich.