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Travis DA sentenced to 45 days for DWIAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg became bel-ligerent after her drunken-driving arrest last weekend and deputies had to place her in restraints, according to documents released Friday after a judge sentenced her to 45 days in jail for driving while intoxicated.After Lehmberg entered a guilty plea, deputies put her in handcuffs and took her from the courtroom. Lehmberg, 63, was arrested last weekend and later issued a formal apology and said she would plead guilty to whatever charge the county prosecutor thought appropriate.The prosecutor with 38 years of experience did not ask for a plea deal or any special treatment. She was also fined $4,000 and her driver’s license was suspended for 180 days. Based on sentencing standards, it was not immediately clear how long she would actually spend in jail.Arrest documents released Friday afternoon detail how a 911 caller reported her dangerous driving and how deputies immediately realized her identity, even though shedidn’t have her driver’s license. Once at the jail, she refused a breath test and resisted deputies when they tried to search her.“Inmate Lehmberg refused pat search. Inmate Lehmberg refused several directives to stop kicking the cell,” an Isolation Cell Record said. “In an attempt to protect Inmate Lehmberg from harming herself, deputies placed Lehmberg in the Emergency Restraint Chair.”(Zonuiex*Jn t ££de% 9%ed lt;f Mothex. and 3iappy 88th“3fy Jaith, (fed (fct itSunday, dptit 2\She CUtiaon Chapel 1248 Waa Soxt Cbd
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Sat, Apr 20, 2013
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