A Butler mother was sentenced to the county Intermediate Punishment program in Butler County Court Wednesday, after being charged with driving under the influence of drugs and endangering her child.

Samantha Yoder, 35, was sentenced to 72 months of the county Intermediate Punishment program, with 15 months on house arrest with electronic monitoring by President Judge Thomas Doerr.

She was also ordered to pay court costs and $2,500 in fines and complete 150 hours of community service, the Alcohol Highway Safety School and a Victim Impact Panel, as well as to follow any drug and alcohol treatment recommendations by the Butler County Adult Probation Office.

Yoder pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to felony endangering the welfare of children and misdemeanor DUI controlled substance.

She was initially charged with the felony endangering count, two misdemeanor counts of DUI controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance, which was withdrawn at the district court level. The remaining charges were dismissed as part of the plea.

The charges were filed by Butler police after an incident in the 400 block of West Jefferson Street July 6. Police said Yoder failed field sobriety tests. She was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a blood draw, which came back positive for the drugs Alprazolam and two varieties of THC, police said.

Police said they also found eight strips of suboxone in Yoder's wallet during a search, and said she could not produce a prescription for the medication.

She also had a then-7-year-old child in her car at the time, police said.

This DUI controlled substance conviction is her third offense, according to information relayed during the proceeding.

Her attorney, Bernard Tully, said he has known Yoder for quite some time and she has a “long history of problems dealing with addictions.”