Saturday, March 3, 2012

STATE LAWMAKER PLEADS GUILTY TO DWAI COUNT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: LARA JAKES Staff writer

COLONIE -- Silently nodding to a judge's orders, Assemblywoman Susan V. John pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving while ability impaired, a crime she said will bring ``valuable new perspective'' to her duties chairing a state committee on alcoholism and drug abuse.

Two days after John, 39, was pulled over with a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, the Rochester Democrat appeared before town Justice Nicholas J. Greisler and news media from across the state to apologize for drinking too much before getting behind the wheel of her car. Because she had no prior alcohol-related convictions, John was allowed to plead guilty to …

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