After admittedly drinking alcohol and driving without a license, a man was cited for the sixth time for driving while intoxicated.

On March 2, a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol conducted a traffic stop on Linden Avenue near Adair Avenue and found David Arbuckle, the defendant, to be the driver.

Upon approaching the vehicle, the trooper could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside the car. Arbuckle explained that he had one or two drinks that evening, but he was simply driving his friend, the passenger, home as she was too intoxicated to drive herself, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gerald Anderson said in court.

Arbuckle admitted to not having a license as it was suspended from his prior OVI convictions.

He refused to complete field sobriety tests and was cited by the trooper, Anderson said.

As the trooper was searching the vehicle and Arbuckle, he found a marijuana pipe, as well as a meth pipe.

Monday morning, Arbuckle pleaded guilty to one fourth-degree felony count of OVI — six in 20 years, one fourth-degree misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia and one minor misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both the State and Arbuckle’s defense recommended he serve a 12-month prison sentence.

With his guilty plea, Arbuckle’s license could be suspended for three years up to the rest of his lifetime.

Upon his sentencing, it will also be mandatory that he complete drug and alcohol intervention. Due to his lack of ownership over the vehicle he was driving, it is not required that Arbuckle forfeit the car he was operating.

Arbuckle’s $100,000 bond was continued pending sentencing.