Posted on 07/15/2004 2:43:15 AM PDT by kattracks
Sen. John Edwards' little brother has an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Colorado and has thumbed his nose at more than $800 in fines for driving infractions.Wesley Blake Edwards, 39, has been a terror on the road for more than two decades. He has been arrested four times for drunken driving, twice been sentenced to a week in jail for DWI and lost his right to drive in four states.
But even after his license was suspended and revoked, he repeatedly got back behind the wheel - only to be stopped by police again.
He is currently a wanted man in Colorado, which issued a warrant for his arrest in 1994 after he skipped a court date on a DWI case.
He also was wanted in Michigan for a time but authorities later canceled their arrest warrant. He still owes Michigan more than $800 in fines for a series of infractions that included running a red light and driving with a suspended license.
By searching state criminal and motor vehicle records, as well as county court files, the Daily News determined that Edwards was ticketed or arrested ateast 14 times between 1983 and 2003 and was involved in at least two accidents.
He has been repeatedly cited for speeding, driving without a license, driving with a suspended or revoked license, driving without insurance and driving without his seat belt. Once, in 1990, he was arrested for drunken driving just a day after a 60-day suspension had expired.
With his long record of breaking the law, Edwards stands in stark contrast to his 51-year-old brother, who last week was picked to be the Democrats' candidate for vice president.
As one of North Carolina's most successful attorneys, John Edwards won a $950,000 settlement for the family of a woman killed by a drunken driver, according to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.
John Edwards released a statement yesterday implying he did not know about his brother's legal troubles.
A source close to the family said the senator knew vaguely that his brother had some troubles but did not know how serious they were until The News disclosed them.
"I love my brother very much," the senator said in a statement. "I am, of course, troubled by this news. He shouldn't have done what he did, and he knows that and is dealing with it."
The source said Blake Edwards hired a lawyer this year to get his license back. North Carolina records show Edwards asked the state to reissue his license in May but was turned down.
Edwards, a union electrician, lives with his wife and their daughter outside Raleigh, N.C., in a house that his brother bought for them five years ago. He has declined to comment.
With Nicole Bode in Carthage, N.C.
Originally published on July 15, 2004
John Edwards released a statement yesterday implying he did not know about his brother's legal troubles.
did not know how serious they were until The News disclosed them.
"He shouldn't have done what he did, and he knows that and is dealing with it."
So, he didn't know about them until someone told him, but he did know that his brother knows what he did was wrong and is dealing with it. Right, John, I guess you got him on the phone right after The News gave you the bad news, huh?
Sorry for the double ping... FR froze up on me.
Now, if Edwards gets elected and his brother starts drumming up presidential pardons for large bribes-er campaign contributions, then I'll have something to say.
Soooooooo smarty pants lawyer, how do you know your brother is "dealing with it" if you didn't even know "it" was a problem?
So hard to keep track of lies!!
So, Blake Edwards, serial drunk driver and younger sibbling of John Edwards, former personal claims lawyer, part time US Senator from NC, former full time candidate for President, and now full time candidate for vice President to John Kerry, his victorious opponent in the battle to be the Democrat's candidate for President-lives just outside Raleigh, NC, in a Palace bought for him by brother John Edwards and paid for no doubt, with damages collected by John, from some no Edward's kin drunk driver.
John Edwards tells us he had no idea his brother was a serial, inter state drunk driver. Is John confessing to suffering from attention deficit disorder? Or was it the " To hell with the little people, family and all, outside the gates of the gated communites , that are home and haven to the John's Kerry and Edwards of this country?
John Edward's tells us that he was completely unaware of his own brother's alcohol problems. Okay, he's pleading deaf, dumb, blind, uncaring and stupid-we accept his plea and offer our sympathy-you're forgiven John.
But we reserve our choice for Vice President for someone more qualified than you and the idiot who chose you as his second in command.
"He's not heavy sir,..... he's my brother."
On another note, his famous lawyer brother is suing the states for making straight roads where his brother insists on curves.
Death With Intent
They drink and drive knowing they can kill someone but they don't care.
They are not troubles. They are crimes.
That's yet to be seen.
Maybe John was adopted.
His mouth was moving, wasn't it?
And the $64k question is what does he know and when did he know it?
Buying a home for an alcoholic is generally referred to as "enabling", (sometimes it's referred to as "bribing").
Yes, but did you buy him a house?
Interesting pattern here:
Edwards enables family members to drive poorly.
(1) He gives to his newly-licensed teenage son (LUCIUS WADE EDWARDS) a notorious rollover vehicle--a jeep--and lets him drive it to the beach (3 hours) by himself.
(2) He buys a house for his alcoholic brother which makes it so easy for his brother that any thought of rehab is quickly dismissed.
John Atticus is the product of fertility drugs; artificial insemination with donor sperm/egg would be more likely.
Do I sense a possible line of Wesley Beer in the
offing?
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