NORRISTOWN — An East Norriton Township woman with a history of DUI arrests will spend at least four years in prison for driving under the influence of controlled substances and causing a Saint Patrick’s Day two-vehicle crash in Montgomery Township that seriously injured the second driver.
Nicole Anne McFarland, 44, of the 3100 block of Sycamore Lane, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 4 to 8 years in the State Correctional Institution at Muncy on charges of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, endangering the welfare of children, accidents involving injury while not properly licensed, driving under the influence of controlled substances, driving under suspension, speeding and reckless driving in connection with the March 17, 2023, crash on North Wales Road.
The sentence was imposed by Judge Thomas C. Branca, who convicted McFarland of the charges during a nonjury trial last October. During that one day trial, McFarland stipulated to certain facts contained in an affidavit of probable cause…