From Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A Carrick man labeled by a judge as a roadway “terrorist” because of his 34-year history of driving drunk will spend as many as 15 years in prison following his 14th and 15th drunken driving convictions.
Richard Anthony Caporal, 56, was supposed to go on trial Thursday before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman on charges stemming from a 2008 drunken driving arrest.
His first trial in that case ended in a mistrial last winter when the jury couldn’t reach a verdict.
The retrial was to start Thursday, after a jury was empaneled the day before, but Mr. Caporal decided to plead guilty.
Judge Cashman immediately sentenced him for that case and another from 2009 following his conviction on June 8. ….MORE