The Glen Burnie man who severed his girlfriend?s arm driving drunk said, “I know I need to be punished.”
But Kevin Keubel?s request for house arrest was not what Anne Arundel Circuit Judge William Mulford had in mind.
“There are consequences for actions, and you have to be responsible for what you do,” he told Keubel, 30, before sentencing him Monday to the maximum penalty of three years in prison with all but 18 months suspended.
Keubel asked for house arrest because he has “been battling drugs and alcohol” and would like to continue his treatment program.
Prosecutors had asked Mulford to suspend the time because in a flat three-year sentence, Keubel could have been eligible for parole in nine months, said Assistant State?s Attorney Jennifer Alexander.
“Mr. Keubel uses his car as a weapon in the road,” she said.
Keubel?s attorney, John Robinson, said the girlfriend, Brandy Hood, 35, of Glen Burnie, has been supportive, and the couple are still together.
“We?re not asking the court to sweep the actions of January under the carpet,” Robinson told Mulford. “He wishes he could turn the clock back. He wishes he was the one injured.”
Keubel pleaded guilty to causing a life-threatening injury while driving under the influence after he struck a utility pole and flipped his Ford F-250 pickup in January when trying to pass a car on Route 648 in Pasadena.
Hood was ejected from the passenger window and her arm severed.
The arm was found in her jacket sleeve about 5 feet from the vehicle and could not be reattached, according to court records.
Keubel was traveling about 62 mph in a 40 mph zone. He had a blood alcohol concentration of .11, according to court records. The Maryland limit is .08.
