Warrant for Edwards’ Brother
The younger brother of Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards is wanted on a Colorado warrant issued a decade ago in a drunk driving case.
Wesley Blake Edwards, 39, an electrician who lives in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., was arrested Nov. 4, 1993, for allegedly driving under the influence, careless driving and driving without insurance, said Drew Grant, spokesman for the 18th Judicial District attorney’s office.
A warrant was issued in early 1994, after Edwards failed to appear in court in Arapahoe County on the charges, Grant said Friday.
Attorneys for Edwards contacted the district attorney’s office this week to resolve the issue, Grant said. He said Edwards would probably have to appear in court.
Mark Kornblau, a spokesman for John Edwards, said the senator “has said that his brother knows what he did was wrong, and is dealing with it.”
“Of course it’s of concern,” Kornblau said. “It’s his brother. He loves him very much.”
The Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer reported Friday that North Carolina records showed Wesley Edwards had multiple misdemeanor drunk driving convictions before permanently losing his driving privileges there in 1990.
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