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Edwards' Brother Pleads Innocent to DUI
Yahoo ^ | 7/19/04 | Robert Weller - AP

Posted on 07/19/2004 11:13:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

DENVER - The brother of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) pleaded innocent Monday to a 10-year-old charge of driving under the influence and was released on $5,000 bail pending trial.

Wesley Blake Edwards was allowed to return to his home in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., said Mike Knight, spokesman for the Arapahoe County district attorney's office.

A motions hearing was scheduled for Nov. 4 and a trial for Nov. 29. As a condition of his release, Edwards was ordered not to drink alcohol or drive without a license .

Edwards, 39, an electrician, was arrested in suburban Arapahoe County on Nov. 4, 1993, on suspicion of driving under the influence, careless driving and driving without insurance. A warrant was issued Jan. 6, 1994, after he failed to appear in court.

Harvey Steinberg, a lawyer who represents Edwards, contacted the district attorney's office after North Carolina newspapers reported details of the warrant. Arrangements had been made for Blake Edwards to turn himself in.

Edwards had three misdemeanor drunken-driving convictions in 1985, 1987 and 1990 in North Carolina, and his license was permanently revoked in 1990. He spent a week in jail on one of the convictions, records show.

Edwards has been charged twice with driving without a license, most recently in August. He pleaded guilty and paid a $100 fine.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: alcohol; blakeedwards; dui; edwards
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1 posted on 07/19/2004 11:13:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Where's his brother to tie up the courts with supererflous motions? Probably out running down an ambulance.


2 posted on 07/19/2004 11:14:36 AM PDT by gunnygail (1 Oct 2004 is day one of Liberal Hunting Season, are YOU ready?)
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3 posted on 07/19/2004 11:14:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Godspeed x40 ... Support Our Troops!!! ......Become a FR Monthly Donor ...)
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To: NormsRevenge

I think the big question is: WHY ISN'T HE IN JAIL IN COLORADO?


4 posted on 07/19/2004 11:15:48 AM PDT by tertiary01 ( VOTE-- Kerry/Edwards--- Put Foxes in charge of the henhouse (Just kidding!!but not about the foxes))
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To: NormsRevenge

AFP/Robyn Beck
5 posted on 07/19/2004 11:16:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Godspeed x40 ... Support Our Troops!!! ......Become a FR Monthly Donor ...)
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To: NormsRevenge

I can visualize the caption....

"I swear judge, she called me! I DID NOT chase down that ambulance!"


6 posted on 07/19/2004 11:17:00 AM PDT by gunnygail (1 Oct 2004 is day one of Liberal Hunting Season, are YOU ready?)
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To: NormsRevenge
Arrangements had been made for Blake Edwards to turn himself in.


7 posted on 07/19/2004 11:17:45 AM PDT by ScottFromSpokane (Re-elect President Bush: http://spokanegop.org/bush.html)
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To: NormsRevenge

LOL! Another perfect pic. "Oh please, vote for us. We'll make it allllllllllll better."


8 posted on 07/19/2004 11:17:55 AM PDT by gunnygail (1 Oct 2004 is day one of Liberal Hunting Season, are YOU ready?)
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To: gunnygail

"The brother of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (news - web sites) pleaded innocent Monday to a 10-year-old charge of driving under the influence and was released on $5,000 bail pending trial."

If the case is ten years old, then maybe "Bobby Sox" has been helping out.


9 posted on 07/19/2004 11:18:37 AM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy (When the levy breaks…..there’ll be no place to run.)
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To: Nasty McPhilthy

Must be nice to be able to pervert the law like that. Normal folks simply pass go, fess up some money, and end up in jail.


10 posted on 07/19/2004 11:19:59 AM PDT by gunnygail (1 Oct 2004 is day one of Liberal Hunting Season, are YOU ready?)
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To: NormsRevenge
Wesley Blake Edwards

Uh oh. A "three-namer". He can't be a good guy.

11 posted on 07/19/2004 11:20:21 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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12 posted on 07/19/2004 11:20:24 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
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To: NormsRevenge

"Judge, I drove drunk because my Daddy was a millworker......."


13 posted on 07/19/2004 11:20:52 AM PDT by SpinyNorman (Al Queda, Al Jazeera, Al Gore, Al Franken: the four horsemen of the Apocalypse)
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To: NormsRevenge
his license was permanently revoked in 1990... Edwards has been charged twice with driving without a license, most recently in August. He pleaded guilty and paid a $100 fine...

How screwed up is this? The guy has had his license permanently revoked since 1990... Driving is only a $100 fine? Worth the risk you won't get caught, vs. taking the bus, paying for taxis, etc...

14 posted on 07/19/2004 11:20:56 AM PDT by vrwinger (Tagline? I don't need no stinkin' TAGLINE!)
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To: newgeezer

Carterism is back in style, I reckun. lol


15 posted on 07/19/2004 11:21:31 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Godspeed x40 ... Support Our Troops!!! ......Become a FR Monthly Donor ...)
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To: vrwinger

but ONLY if you have a high-priced mouthpiece for a brother. Just ANOTHER reason to bypass him and Chisel Head sKerry in Nov. More of the "Do as I say and not as I do" crowd.


16 posted on 07/19/2004 11:23:06 AM PDT by gunnygail (1 Oct 2004 is day one of Liberal Hunting Season, are YOU ready?)
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To: newgeezer
Wesley Blake Edwards

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~29805~2276758%2C00.html#

17 posted on 07/19/2004 11:26:41 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: gunnygail

Next motion he files will be to dismiss the charges because his "speedy trial" rights were violated by Colorado....


18 posted on 07/19/2004 11:27:32 AM PDT by John Thornton
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To: NormsRevenge
Fresh from his image enhancing 'body language skills' class; Edwards communicates a message of 'holier than thou' - that is to say - a message of pious sincerety as he talks about lack of honesty in Government.
19 posted on 07/19/2004 11:27:33 AM PDT by cricket (The starting point for Liberals is the lie. . .)
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To: evets

Thanks!


20 posted on 07/19/2004 11:28:10 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Godspeed x40 ... Support Our Troops!!! ......Become a FR Monthly Donor ...)
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