LaFayette, NY -- A Connecticut man was charged with driving while intoxicated by state police twice in about 10 hours Monday.

Troopers first came in contact with John Simister, 51, of 38 Linda Drive, Milford, Conn., at 12:17 p.m. Monday when he was stopped on Interstate 81 in Tully, troopers said. Simister, who troopers said was doing 80 mph on the highway, was found to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.19.

Troopers ticketed Simister and he was released to a sober third party, troopers said.

At 10:20 p.m., an off-duty trooper spotted a man drinking alcohol inside a vehicle at the Nice and Easy convenience store in LaFayette. Troopers checked the area, saw the suspect vehicle and attempted to pull it over.

The vehicle led troopers on a short pursuit that ended when the it pulled into a driveway on Newell Hill Road in LaFayette, troopers said. Troopers said Simister was again behind the wheel.

Simister was arrested again and he was found to have a BAC of 0.17. The legal threshold to DWI is a BAC of 0.08.

He was charged with failure to comply, consuming alcohol in a vehicle, failure to keep right and DWI.

Simister was arraigned in LaFayette Town Court and ordered held at the Onondaga County Justice Center.