FARMINGTON – A Wilton man with an extensive record of driving violations was sentenced Friday in Franklin County Superior Court to five years in prison.

Walter G. Noble, 64, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving after his license had been revoked for being a habitual offender. The offenses occurred in November and December 2006. Each charge received five year sentences that will run concurrently.

Noble changed his plea to guilty on the two charges as well as violating conditions of release. He was sentenced to six months for the third charge to run concurrent with the five-year sentence.

A state prosecutor said a police officer stopped Noble on Nov. 10, 2006, for speeding, and Noble gave his brother’s name and address. The officer gave him a warning for speeding and released him. He later learned that Noble’s license was revoked as a habitual offender in September 1980, the prosecutor said.

On Dec. 4, 2006, Noble was seen by an officer driving on Route 133 in Jay, stopped and arrested, the prosecutor said.

Noble has been convicted of 48 driving-related crimes since 1966 and hasn’t been eligible to drive in Maine since 1968, officials said. Noble served four years of a five-year sentence in state prison for habitual driving offenses before the arrests in November and December.

In other court proceedings Friday, Rangeley pharmacist Joey R. McLafferty, 73, changed his plea to guilty of driving under the influence. He was fined $500, and his license was suspended 90 days.

Police stopped McLafferty after officer Jared Austin observed him driving erratically Dec. 29 on Main Street and nearly striking a police car, police said. He failed a field sobriety test, and his blood alcohol level tested at .14 percent. The legal limit is .08.

Harold M. Dow, 43, of Strong was sentenced Friday to five years with all but nine months suspended for two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor under 12 years old, and possession of sexual explicit material.

Dow changed his plea to guilty of taking photos of a stripped 8-year-old girl after he consumed excessive alcohol. The child reported Dow made her strip and took photos on a digital camera, which he said he had erased.

During a police investigation, his computer was seized, and several sexually explicit images of children were found. The National Center for Missing/Exploited Children confirmed that the pictures were of real children. DA said.

Dow was placed on probation for four years with conditions that he have no computer, no alcohol or drugs, undergo random searches and testing, receive sex offender counseling, and have no unsupervised contact with anyone under age 17 or with the 8-year-old girl. He also will have to register as a sex offender for 10 years.