Local News in Brief : Driver Gets 4 Years
A Monterey Park man with 21 previous convictions for driving-related offenses, including 10 for drunk driving, has been sentenced to four years in county jail, prosecutors said.
Rene L. Verdon, 39, was sentenced by Municipal Judge Lance Ito after pleading no contest in two new drunk-driving cases and to charges of driving with a suspended license.
Verdon’s record of 10 previous drunk-driving convictions dates from 1975, City Atty. James K. Hahn said.
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