An East Naples man on his fourth DUI conviction has been sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 10 years in prison.Eric Frank Powers, 50, 176 Andrea Lane, pleaded no contest on April 4 to DUI, driving on a permanently revoked driver’s license and refusal to submit to testing. The charges stem from a Jan. 25, 2007, arrest in East Naples when deputies spotted him driving on Andrea Lane after responding to a disturbance between Powers and his girlfriend.
Powers was sentenced Tuesday by Circuit Judge Franklin Baker.
Powers is scheduled to be sentenced today in a separate case. On March 12, 2007, he was charged with aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude, driving on a permanently revoked drivers license and battery following an altercation with his girlfriend. He pleaded no contest to those charges.
Powers is a documented career criminal with CCSO. He has been sentenced to state prison several times. His most recent felony conviction before this was on Feb. 28, 2006, when he was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail after pleading no contest to driving on a permanently revoked driver’s license.
