TO: MEDIA
FROM: HOLLEY CARNRIGHT
ULSTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DATE: FEBRUARY 8, 2016
SUBJECT: PRESS RELEASE
On February 8, 2016, Allen Erhard, age 61, was sentenced by the Honorable Richard Mott to nine months in the Ulster County Jail for his conviction to a February 18th, 2014 felony Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, and nine months in the Ulster County Jail for a March 26th, 2015 Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the First Degree conviction, where he was driving while impaired after his license had been revoked for DWI.
At the time of sentencing both the District Attorney’s Office and the Ulster County Probation Department recommended that the defendant be sentenced to state prison based upon his extensive criminal history. In addition to the 2014 and 2015 charges referenced above the defendant has out of county DWI convictions which include a 2010 felony DWI for which he was sentenced to state prison, two additional felony DWIs (2004 and 1996) for which he received probationary sentences, a misdemeanor DWI conviction for which he was placed on probation, a misdemeanor DWI for which he was given a conditional discharge and three other alcohol related offenses which were reduced or plea bargained.