Jets' Braylon Edwards guilty of DWI

[Auggie]

July 22, 2011 / espn.com

New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated on Friday to resolve a case stemming from a Sept. 21 police stop.

As part of the agreement with the court, his case will be closed without jail time or probation if he pays a $500 fine. He must continue in an NFL alcohol counseling program that he's been in since November. He also gets a six-month driver's license suspension.

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This isn't the first incident involving Edwards. He was involved in a prior nightclub incident in Cleveland, in which he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor aggravated disorderly conduct. He was on probation in Ohio at the time of his DWI arrest. The guilty finding in New York could trigger a violation, with a possible $1,000 fine and six-month jail term.

Edwards' lawyer, Peter M. Frankel, said he hoped the league and Cleveland authorities would take into account the player's extensive charitable activities, including the $1 million in college scholarships he awarded Cleveland students this spring.

LINK: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/6792700/new-york-jets-braylon-edwards-guilty-dwi-plea-agreement

"Extensive charitable activities..." Like that makes it okay. :eyes:

DWI? I thought it was DUI?

[JonLP24]

1. In most states they have one or the other

In states that have DUI they don't have DWI and the other way around. So basically it is the same thing driving under influence of alcohol or drugs. In states that have both DUI and DWI, DUI is a lesser charge, IOW a lesser level of impairment. It states you get a DWI that has a DUI on the books you can get it reduced via plea deal to a DUI in many cases especially if it is your first offense.

Now if you already know all that and if you are wondering if Edwards was charged with DUI and then guilty of DWI, I'm sorry & I don't know. Didn't follow this Edwards thing at all.

[Auggie]

3. I guess it's different by state then

[joeybee12]

2. But Auggie, you gotta understand, there are different rules for the famous...

If YOU could give $1M to cahrity, you wouldn't have to go to jail either!

[Auggie]

4. Well then, hell... let's give him a reward!

:grr:

[madinmaryland]

5. Hey! If Michael Vick can be rehabilitated...