Local News in Brief : Drunk Driver Gets 4 Years
A Monterey Park man with 21 prior 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 Court 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 prior drunk-driving convictions dates from 1975, City Atty. James K. Hahn said.
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