RUSH LIMBAUGH ARRESTED!

[matcom]

REAL story this time. just broke on my local news. will look for link

on edit: prescription drug charges (of some sort)

[SmileyBoy]

1. You're fucking with us.

MATCOM....:eyes:

[matcom]

2. NO

it is in LBN and GD. thought i would give loungers a heads up

[SOteric]

14. But, but, but...he's a white male!

Who no doubt had a soup or a sandwich, possibly a salad for lunch.

[BlueJazz]

21. Here's his picture with the Cop (and Dog) that captured him.

[LaurenG]

3. Drug possession, arrested

:kick:

[In_The_Wind]

8. Damn!

[Pithlet]

4. My mom just told me that.

Said she heard it on the news. :woohoo:

[babylonsister]

5. Link- not as positive as Matcom:

Settlement Agreement Ends State Investigation(link)

Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 05:07 PM by cal04
Settlement Agreement Ends State Investigation of Rush Limbaugh


PALM BEACH, Fla., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to media and other inquiries, Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, released the following statement today concerning a settlement agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office to end the investigation of Mr. Limbaugh:

"I am pleased to announce that the State Attorney's Office and Mr. Limbaugh have reached an agreement whereby a single count charge of doctor shopping filed today by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months. As a primary condition of the dismissal, Mr. Limbaugh must continue to seek treatment from the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years. This is the same doctor under whose care Mr. Limbaugh has remained free of his addiction without relapse.

"Mr. Limbaugh and I have maintained from the start that there was no doctor shopping, and we continue to hold this position. Accordingly, we filed today with the Court a plea of 'Not Guilty' to the charge filed by the State.

"As part of this agreement, Mr. Limbaugh also has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation. The agreement also provides that he must refrain from violating the law during this 18 months, must pay $30 per month for the cost of "supervision" and comply with other similar provisions of the agreement.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060428/nyf133.html?.v=2

[matcom]

7. look below

ARRESTED

[babylonsister]

13. I know, but do you honestly think he's sitting in

a jail somewhere? THis seems like a slap on the wrist to me.

[matcom]

6. LINK!!!

top banner: http://msnbc.msn.com/

[ThomCat]

9. This is awesome!

:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:

[NJ Democrats]

10. Yay!!!

[johnnie]

11. He cut a deal

He has to continue with staying off drugs.

On edit:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060428/nyf133.html?.v=2


" The actions taken today are as follows:

-- The State Attorney has filed a single charge of doctor shopping with
the Court. The charge is being held in abeyance under the terms of an
agreement between the State and Mr. Limbaugh.

-- Mr. Limbaugh has filed a plea of "Not Guilty" with the Court.

The formal agreement between Mr. Limbaugh and the State Attorney will be filed with the Court on Monday. The terms of the agreement are substantively as follows:

-- Mr. Limbaugh will continue in treatment with the doctor he has seen for
the past two and one half years.

-- After Mr. Limbaugh completes an additional 18 months of treatment, the
State Attorney has agreed to drop the charge.

-- Mr. Limbaugh has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of
Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation."

[long_green]

15. Wonderful! Now he can keep any bitching about the legal

system to himself.

[EstimatedProphet]

12. Randi just announced it! THERE IS A GOD!!!!

:party: :beer: :woohoo: :toast: :headbang: :applause:

[Cannikin]

16. MSNBC link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536446/

[tjwmason]

22. Oh the poor dear.

I mean, a fine upstanding moral man like him must surely be innocent - let's just hope that they get this cleared up soon. :sarcasm:

B.T.W. Thanks for the link Cannikin.

Edit - brain fart typo.

[mduffy31]

17. I think I just filled the cup

[Harley Quinn]

18. Stupid question:

What's doctor shopping? Sounds like slang, but it was in the MSNBC article as well.

Never heard of it. But I don't watch much TV...

[matcom]

19. using your white, male, rich, privilege

to travel from doc to doc to get your junkie-FILL of narcotics

[Harley Quinn]

20. Ahh...

so when did that become a legal term? Shouldn't they come up with something more impressive-sounding? Maybe throw a little latin in there?

[JackBeck]

23. Slap on the wrist.

What's really sad is that you, or me, or even freepers would be getting a lot stiffer sentence.

[Seabiscuit]

24. Aw, come on, Matcom, whoever you are, this was not an arrest...

it was an out-of-court settlement.

Please, "hyperbole" isn't the word to describe your headline.

[matcom]

25. sorry. you are wrong

he was arrested and booked. mug shot is in LBN and GD

YOU spin it all you like and YES he is getting off but he NOW has a record (for the next 18 months at least)

right now he is a criminal (yes, well aware it goes away)

[Seabiscuit]

26. Nope. You are wrong.

He was *NOT* "arrested".

He turned himself in pursuant to a settlement:

"Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities about 4 p.m. on a warrant for fraud to conceal information to obtain a prescription, the first charge in the nearly 3-year-old case, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the state attorney. He was released an hour later on $3,000 bail."

"Limbaugh’s attorney, Roy Black, said his client and prosecutors reached a settlement on a charge of doctor shopping."

He turned himself in on a settlement arrangement and was released an hour later. That is *not* an "arrest"!

For an "arrest" to occur, a citizen must be physically detained by police outside of a police station and transported unwillingly to the police station and then jailed.

None of this occurred.

See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536446/ N.B.: Ignore the misleading headline.

[matcom]

27. doesn't fucking matter

this is better than i had *hoped* for. we ALL knew he was gonna get off scott free. that is what happens when you are rich, famous and white in this country.

RIGHT NOW he is a guilty criminal.

more than we could have hoped for and if you think you could have gotten anything MORE you are naive

[Seabiscuit]

28. Well, I'm happy too that Limbaugh is finally facing *some* justice.

But please, don't be misled by MSNBC headlines that wrongly call it an "arrest".

MSNBC can't get anything right (or left of right) these days.

[matcom]

30. CNN LIVE - (Wolfie) "Rush Limbaugh ARRESTED"

i'll take that all day long. thanks.

over and over and over and over again

[Seabiscuit]

31. Well, it sounds good - and I like the sound too. It would just be nice if

it were accurate.

Unfortunately, the cable "news" entertainment channels (Fox, CNN, MSNBC) don't know their asses from a hole in the ground.

[matcom]

32. ahhhhhh but

ssssshhhhhhhhh

the sheeple don't KNOW that :D

[Seabiscuit]

33. Well, I, for one, ain't takin' this to Freeperville.

[matcom]

34. you don't have to (I already did)

:P

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1052194

[Seabiscuit]

35. OK, As I always say, "fuck 'em if the can't take a joke":

"yeah YOU Freepers! your idiot butt-boy drug-addict hero is a CHICKEN SHIT whiny CRIMINAL!"

[Alleycat]

29. HA HA

HE HE :headbang: