A Brooklyn, New York, man was sentenced to a prison term Thursday in Carbon County court on a driving under the influence charge.

Gene A. Hayes, 34, was sentenced by Judge Steven R. Serfass to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, license suspended for a year, render 25 hours of community service, pay court costs of over $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole. He previously entered a plea to the charge.

He was arrested on Feb. 12 by state police at Lehighton at Bowmanstown, for DUI of a controlled substance. He began the jail term immediately.