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Thomas J. Philpott pleaded guilty in General District Court on Tuesday to driving on a suspended license and driving 70 miles per hour in a 55 zone, and presented mitigating evidence.
Philpott said that he was driving because his girlfriend had become too ill to drive home. He said that he was passing other vehicles when he saw the trooper’s car and realized how fast he was going. He then drove down a secondary road and stopped in the first driveway he came to.
“I wasn’t trying to get away from the trooper, but I was going so fast that I drove down the other road some,” Philpott said. He said that he would just accept a jail sentence if he did not have his sister’s two children to take care of.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke asked Judge John Alexander to disregard the mitigation evidence since Philpott’s driver’s license has been suspended eight times, and Luke asked for a stiff sentence.
Judge Alexander commented that there had been no evidence presented that would indicate that Philpott was driving due to a life threatening emergency. He then fined Philpott $200 in addition to $20 court costs and sentenced him to six months in jail. All but 10 days of the jail sentence was suspended on the condition of Philpott’s general good behavior for 12 months. Philpott’s license was suspended for an additional 90 days.
Other cases decided Tuesday included:
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