A Butler County Common Pleas Court jury on Thursday found a Butler man guilty of felony charges state police filed following an April 2019 rollover crash in Franklin Township that severely injured a passenger in his vehicle.

The jury of eight men and four women found Michael Joseph Hilliard, 41, guilty of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, DUI and DUI with a blood alcohol content of 0.16% or higher after deliberating for about an hour at the conclusion of a two-day trial.

After the jury verdict was read, Judge Kelley Streib found Hilliard guilty of a misdemeanor charge of driving with a license suspended for DUI related reasons and four summary traffic violations. The April 13, 2019, crash marked Hilliard’s fourth DUI offense, according to court records. He had a blood alcohol content of 0.161%, according to testimony from prosecution witnesses on Wednesday.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 7. Streib placed Hilliard on house arrest and ordered that he wear an anklet that monitors his travel and alcohol consumption until his sentence hearing.

The maximum penalty for aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI is 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.

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