A Piqua man convicted of his seventh drunk driving charge was sentenced Tuesday, March 22 to prison time and a license suspension.

Charles Rose, 37, pleaded guilty Feb. 2 in Miami County Common Pleas Court to one felony count of DUI from a Sept. 26 incident in Piqua.

Judge Christopher Gee said Rose’s DUIs started in 1999 and continued into last fall. Rose asked the judge for “as much leniency as you can” so he could seek treatment.

The defense and prosecution made a joint recommendation of community control with a stay in the local jail.

Gee sentenced Rose to three years of community control and 60 days in prison. “You have been in jail and it didn’t work,” he said.

Rose’s license was suspended for three years and he will be required to have special license plates and an ignition interlock device in his car once the suspension ends.