How Drinking Grounded this (Anaheim) Angel
Posted on April 11, 2008
Filed Under Criminal Law, DUI, Hit & Run, Law, Laws, Los Angeles, News |
Major League Baseball player, and former member of the Anaheim Angels’ 2002 World Series championship team, Scott Spiezio pleaded guilty to hit and run and DUI charges stemming from an incident that took place on December 30 when he drove through a fence.
His penalty includes three years probation, 80 hours of community service, over $2,500 in fines and fees, mandatory attendance at a three-month alcohol program and he has to attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Penalties such as this are very common in DUI cases, which could also bring a loss of one’s drivers license depending upon the severity of the charges. According to the official account, Spiezio was accused of speeding, cutting across lanes and through oncoming traffic lanes, driving over a curb and crashing into a fence at Campus Drive and Carlson. The front two tires of his car blew out when he reportedly hit the fence and knocked down a fence pole. He then fled on foot to his Irvine condo complex, near the scene of the accident, and visited a friend who lived in the same complex, police said at the time.
Later he got into a fight with a friend whose apartment he fled to and got into a fight with that friend after getting sick in his apartment.
DUI charges can bring with them jail time, loss of driving privileges, one’s car can be seized by the state and so on. These charges are serious and without a proper attorney to handle the charges, as Mr. Spiezio had, the court can be ruthless with the application of laws.
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