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A 30-year-old Lincoln man was charged Thursday for felony drunk driving and faces 20 years in prison because he drove drunk four times in the past 12 years.

Jeremiah Deubelbeiss, 1324 Pawnee St., was driving a silver 2004 Honda Pilot south on Ninth Street near Park Avenue about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday when a police officer pulled him over for allegedly going 45 mph in the 35 mph zone, the officer said in an affidavit to jail him.

While talking with Deubelbeiss, the officer smelled alcohol and saw that his eyes were bloodshot, watery and droopy. She asked him to do field sobriety tests, and he failed.

A dispatcher told the officer Deubelbeiss had had his license suspended for 15 years and that he had driven drunk in 2006, twice in 2005 and in 2002.

Deubelbeiss blew a .156 when tested, which is nearly twice the legal limit for driving, and the officer jailed him.

Prosecutors charged him with felony drunk driving and driving on a revoked license. Lancaster County Judge Timothy Phillips set his bond at 10 percent of $50,000, so he’d have to post $5,000 to get out of jail. He ordered Deubelbeiss not to drive or drink alcohol.

A fifth DUI conviction in a 15-year span is a felony that carries a one- to 20-year prison sentence plus the possibility of a $25,000 fine.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7395 or jedwards@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSEdwards.

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