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Los Angeles; IN BRIEF / MALIBU; Nolte Pleads No Contest to DUI, Gets Probation
SENTENCE: Actor [Nick Nolte]'s probation for driving under the influence will include counseling and drug testing.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Associated Press Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Actor John Cusack Pleads No Contest to DUI Charge
[John Cusack], 23, did not appear. Instead, his lawyer, Michael Chaney, entered the plea. Chaney said that under a plea bargain agreement, the actor will be sentenced to three years' informal probation and ordered to pay a fine. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Pennington Pleads No Contest to DUI
Ty Pennington, host of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," pleaded no contest Friday in a misdemeanor drunken driving case. Pennington, 42, had been charged with two misdemeanor counts _ driving with a blood-alcohol level above the 0.08 percent limit and driving under the influence of alcohol. He pleaded no contest to the first count and the other count was dismissed, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office. Mateljan said it was a normal disposition for a first offense. A judge placed Pennington on three years' probation, restricted his driving privileges for 90 days and ordered him to participate in
Huggins pleads no contest to Dui.
The ball's in Bob Huggins' court now. The University of Cincinnati basketball coach has to decide to let his DUI conviction be a wakeup call for a change in his behavior. That's what Andrea Rehkamp, executive director of the Southwest Ohio Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, had to say after watching Huggins' appearance Tuesday night in Fairfax Mayor's Court. As a celebrity, as someone who people look up to, he has a moral obligation never to drive drunk again, Rehkamp said. In a brief appearance before Magistrate John Holschuh Jr., Huggins pleaded no contest to DUI. In return for
Stockard Channing Pleads No Contest to DUI
Actress Stockard Channing (search) pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge stemming from an incident last year on the Hollywood Freeway. Channing, 61, who won an Emmy for her role as the first lady on NBC's "The West Wing," (search) was ordered to pay a $390 fine and take part in an alcohol education program after pleading no contest (search) Thursday, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office. She was also placed on 36 months of probation, Mateljan said. The actress was arrested Dec. 14 after allegedly trying to drive around a roadblock set up so a
Hilton Pleads No Contest in DUI Case
Paris Hilton was placed on 36 months probation and ordered to pay fines after pleading no contest Monday to alcohol-related reckless driving, a reduction of an original charge of driving under the influence. Hilton, 25, did not appear in court. The plea was entered by her attorneys Howard Weitzman and Shawn Chapman Holley, the city attorney's office said. Judge Michael Sauer also ordered her to attend an alcohol education program and imposed other conditions. He gave Hilton the option of reducing her probation to 24 months if she completed 40 hours of community service. No immediate decision was made on that option.
Actor Haley Joel Osment Pleads No Contest to DUI, Pot Charges
Haley Joel Osment pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor drunken driving and drug possession charges resulting from a July accident in which he crashed his car into a mailbox. Superior Court Judge John Doyle sentenced the 18-year-old actor to three years probation and ordered Osment to spend 60 hours in an alcohol rehabilitation and education program, as well as attend at least 26 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings over a six-month period. Osment, who didn't attend the court hearing, also must pay $1,500 in fines. The actor's attorney, David Wood, entered the no contest pleas on his client's behalf to one count each of
’Kim Possible’ star Kirsten Storms pleads no contest to DUI
Kirsten Storms was ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after pleading no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving. The 23-year-old actress, who wasn't in court, entered the plea through her attorney to one count of driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or more — right at the legal limit for driving in California. A Superior Court commissioner ordered Storms to attend a dozen AA meetings and complete a 90-day alcohol program, city attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan said. She also must pay $1,643 in fines and penalties and was placed on three years' probation. "This is standard for first-time
Former Sharks forward Bell pleads no contest to felony DUI
Former San Jose Sharks forward Mark Bell has pleaded no contest to drunken driving and hit-and-run charges and will serve six months in a Santa Clara County jail, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Bell, who was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in June, had faced nearly four years in state prison if convicted of the original charges. He entered the plea Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court, said prosecutor Cindy Seeley Hendrickson. The drunken driving charge is a felony and the hit-and-run charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor as part of the plea agreement, said Bell's defense
AROUND THE MAJORS; Bowden Pleads Not Guilty to DUI
[Jim Bowden] entered the written plea before a hearing Monday, according to court records. Neither Bowden nor his attorney appeared at the hearing. Bowden, 44, was charged with DUI after failing a field sobriety test in the early hours of April 17, according to a police report. Bowden refused to take a breath-alcohol test. Bowden's fiancee, Joy Browning, faces charges of battery and resisting arrest arising from the same case. Browning, 36, allegedly struck a police officer twice after she was charged with battery on Bowden, who had scratches on his cheek and ear. Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com
QUICK TAKES; Queen Latifah suspected of DUI
Actress and rapper Queen Latifah was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early Wednesday, a California Highway... Source : pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Gary Collins Arrested in DUI Case
TV host and actor Gary Collins was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence after a crash that police blamed on another driver, an 89-year-old man. Collins, 69, was booked after the crash Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley, Officer April Harding said. He was later released on $40,000
Naperville leads suburbs in DUI arrests.
The Naperville Police Department has finished first in Illinois in drunken driving arrests, outside of Chicago, for the fifth year in a row. The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists said Monday that Naperville had 808 DUI arrests in 2006. "We have more people killed or injured...
Ensnared by DUI Policy, Driver Waits For Justice
On the day the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation to relax the police department's zero tolerance policy and the mayor asserted that officers are not "targeting drivers who have a drink at dinner," Jackson Williams, a former drunken driving prosecutor, waited seven hours for a chance to defend himself in
Montgomery Prosecutor to End Program for DWI, DUI Defendants
Montgomery County State's Attorney Robert L. Dean plans to announce today that he will no longer allow people charged with driving while intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol to have their criminal records wiped clean. The announcement is the first in what Dean confidants have predicted will be a
Dui Diary Of An Innocent Conviction
In response to your request for public input on DUI penalties, I say no to a mandatory jail sentence for first-time offenders and offer this DUI diary of an "innocent" conviction. It's a true story: A friend, 56, leaves a wine festival in Virginia Beach. She heads home and, because it
DODGER REPORT; Mota Charged in DUI Arrest
The Glendale branch of the Los Angeles District Attorney's office Wednesday charged relief pitcher Guillermo Mota with two misdemeanors stemming from an alcohol-related arrest, an office spokesperson said. Mota, whose blood-alcohol level was measured at .12, according to a law enforcement official, is scheduled to be arraigned June 17 in Glendale
Beach Unit Focuses On Dui Police Team Helps City Bring More Charges Than Other Localities
Red numbers flashed on the cigarette pack-sized Alco-Sensor III: .023, .034, .045. Already, the 17-year-old boy who had been driving with three teenage friends on a recent Friday night could be charged with driving after illegally drinking as a minor. .053, .064 . . . the numbers flashed, more slowly
Releases of double DUI were by the book
A man who, earlier this week was driving under the influence of various occasions from five o'clock was not drunk, but he was inhaling compressed air, police said. And it's the liberation of detention after his arrest in the first incident, the police were DUI routine procedure for the accused,
Devil Rays prospect Upton facing DUI charge
Durham Bulls shortstop B.J. Upton, the No. 2 pick in the 2002 amateur draft, was charged Friday with drunken driving. The Tampa Bay prospect was stopped by Chapel Hill police about 3:30 a.m. for traveling 51 mph in a 30 mph zone, according to a police report. He had a blood