Steven Dennis, of Delmar, was sentenced to two to six years in state prison in Albany County Court Thursday morning, Jan. 8, after he pleaded to felony DWI in November. Judge Stephen Herrick also sentenced Dennis, 25, to pay a $2,000 fine and participate in a Victim Impact Panel, according to county District Attorney David Soares. Following Dennis’ release, he is mandated for three years to have an ignition interlock device installed in any vehicle he drives, along with an 18-month driver’s license revocation subject to the Department of Motor Vehicles. An Albany County Sheriff’s Office deputy around 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 13 observed Dennis behind the wheel of a Jeep parked partially in Newry Road near the intersection of Route 32 in the Town of Westerlo. As the deputy started to turn their car around, Dennis started his Jeep, took a left onto Route 32 and fled. Dennis allegedly almost struck a resident’s vehicle with his Jeep. After driving through a ditch and on to Carr Road, he led police on a high-speed pursuit. The chase concluded at the end of the road where he continued onto a dirt road and crashed into a tree, which disabled his vehicle. “The reality exists that there are impaired drivers sharing our roadways at all times and in all towns in this county,” Soares said in a prepared statement. “I thank deputy Harrington for diffusing what could have been a dangerous situation. He was able to call in paramedics to help the passenger in the vehicle who was injured during the crash, and also take the defendant into custody without incident.” Dennis reportedly admitted to consuming alcohol before driving and a breath test revealed he had a BAC of 0.13 percent. During the incident, Dennis was driving without a valid driver’s license. He also had circumvented a required ignition interlock device, which had been ordered from a prior felony DWI conviction in October 2013. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office released the patrol car’s dash camera video from the recent incident, which is included below.