Edwards' Brother Pleads Innocent to DUI

Yahoo ^ | 7/19/04 | Robert Weller - AP

[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.

[gunnygail]

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

[NormsRevenge]

[tertiary01]

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

[NormsRevenge]

AFP/Robyn Beck

[gunnygail]

I can visualize the caption....

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

[ScottFromSpokane]

Arrangements had been made for Blake Edwards to turn himself in.

[gunnygail]

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

[Nasty McPhilthy]

"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.

[gunnygail]

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.

[Lancey Howard]

Wesley Blake Edwards

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

[newgeezer]

[SpinyNorman]

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

[vrwinger]

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...

[NormsRevenge]

Carterism is back in style, I reckun. lol

[gunnygail]

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.

[evets]

Wesley Blake Edwards

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

[John Thornton]

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

[cricket]

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.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!

[mattdono]

Here's a different picture of him. I believe this was in his younger years.

W in '04

[Howlin]

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

John Edwards "real" name -- the name he went by until he ran for Senate -- is Johnny Reed Edwards.

[Graybeard58]

Driving is only a $100 fine? Worth the risk you won't get caught, vs. taking the bus, paying for taxis, etc...

I know of a case in Massachusetts where a person got drunk, drove a car off a bridge and killed a woman and still gets to be a U.S. senator.

[dc-zoo]

If this were a republican vp candidate's brother this report would be all over the national tv media with a news conference.

[Howlin]

Oh, dear. Is that him?

[NormsRevenge]

[Bob J]

Edwards will probably file a 10 million dollar lawsuit against the county alleging brain damage because they made him use a breathalizer and didn't do a blood test.

[evets]

LOL... Perfection!

[f zero]

Harvey Steinberg, a lawyer who represents Edwards

Wow, his own brother doesn’t trust him to be his lawyer

[NormsRevenge]

They vette the candidates but not all the family members.. OOps! lol

I hope the DNC is having a gorebasm about now. ;-)

[Mike Bates]

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

[YaYa123]

Never before have the posting FreeRepublic stars so perfectly aligned with a screen name.
It's a sign from God!

[NormsRevenge]

lol.. It makes ya wonder, huh? ;-)

[Jhensy]

[cricket]

"WHY ISN'T HE IN JAIL IN COLORADO?"

Colorado? Well, good question as to why he is not in jail, somewhere.

[Mo1]

Is that the house his brother bought for him that he's standing in front of?

[AmericanInTokyo]

[Mo1]

and was released on $5,000 bail pending trial.

Any word on who posted his bail???

[Jaded]

This just gets better...

[Mo1]

It's NORM .. *L*

Sooo where is his buddy Cliff?

[vrwinger]

Yes, BUT - he paid the ultimate price... It cost him his chance to advance to the office of POTUS, a position that the Kennedy's view as a birthright...

[YaYa123]

Funny thing... this warrant was outstanding for 10 years.

Funny thing...it was the New York Daily News (as far as I can tell), who broke the story on Edwards' brother having a drinking/driving problem. (Who even knew he had a brother before this?)

And how ha ha funny, that only now is this being "fixed", and one has to assume John Edwards is footing the bill.

Brothers shouldn't be held responsible for brothers, but really folks, how did this story stay hidden for so long? North Carolina newspapers have been writting long, detailed bio articles on Edwards for years, this should have been old, old news. As should the fact that Edwards bought his brother a $100,000.00 house.

The real story here is that the media kept Edwards' secret, and then accepted his lame explanation, that he didn't know the extent of his brother's problem.

[Mo1]

The real story here is that the media kept Edwards' secret, and then accepted his lame explanation, that he didn't know the extent of his brother's problem.

The papers have often said he is another Clinton

[Ann Archy]

You are KIDDING!! That is The Breck Girl's brother??? You can't be serious!

[Ann Archy]

LOL!!!

[montag813]

[NormsRevenge]

Vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), right, talks to a private group of invited guests outside the home of Durham Mayor Bill Bell, seated next to Edwards, during a 'Front Porch Visit' where the private group could ask questions in Durham, N.C., Monday, July 19, 2004. Bell's daughters Kristen and Anjanee and wife Judith, from left, listen. (AP Photo/Jon Gardiner)