Representative Patrick Kennedy Watch: Kennedy Pleads GUILTY to DUI

Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., with fellow lawmakers Reps. Sam Farr, D-Calif., left, and John Murtha, D-Penn., back right, attend a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 6, 2006, in Washington. Kennedy, the Rhode Island Democrat can expect the scrutiny to hit new levels as he seeks to put his personal life and political career back on track after crashing his car and spending nearly a month in drug treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

ASSociated Press: AP NewsBreak: Kennedy pleads guilty to DUI

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) has reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection for his middle-of-the-night car crash last month near the U.S. Capitol.

Two additional charges of reckless driving and failure to exhibit a driving permit will be dismissed under the plea agreement reached with prosecutors.

“As congressman Kennedy has said all along, he will take full responsibility for his actions and that is what he is doing today,” Kennedy’s chief of staff, Sean Richardson, said Tuesday.

And what real choice did this MORON have?

Now, will the voters of Rhode Island return this idiot to Congress?

Stay tuned……..

Update:

ASSociated Press: Kennedy sentenced after guilty plea to DUI

A judge sentenced Rep. Patrick Kennedy to drug treatment and a year’s probation after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving under the influence of prescription drugs.

Kennedy, D-R.I., will also pay $350 in connection with his middle-of-the-night car crash last month near the Capitol that he has said he has no memory of.

Two other charges against Kennedy were dismissed as part of a plea deal: reckless driving and failure to exhibit a driving permit.

Accompanied by his lawyer, the son of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., entered his plea Tuesday afternoon before District of Columbia Superior Court Magistrate Judge Aida Melendez.

“I am pleading guilty to driving under the influence,” he said.

Melendez ordered Kennedy to undergo court-monitored drug treatment and pay $350 — $250 of which would go to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, and $100 to a crime victims’ fund. She also gave Kennedy a 10-day jail sentence that was suspended unless he violates probation, and she ordered him to serve 50 hours of community service with the boys and girls club.

A light sentence compared to California standards.  In California ,Flap’s bet is if he was an average citizen he would have received jail time.

Kennedy should resign his office and get his life in order.

A green mustang reportedly belonging to Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. is seen on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 5, 2006 The car was apparently involved in an early morning crash Thursday.

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