Randy Travis admits driving drunk, gets probation
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Entertainer Randy Travis, center, makes comments after exiting the Grayson County Courthouse with an unidentified person, right, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Sherman, Texas. Travis plead guilty to driving while intoxicated in a plea agreement with the court and will pay a $2,000 fine and serve a two year probation. -- PHOTO: AP
SHERMAN, Texas (AP) - Randy Travis has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a case that began last summer when the naked country music star crashed his Pontiac Trans Am.
Travis received a 180-day suspended jail sentence, 24 months of probation and a US$2,000 (S$2,500) fine.
He entered the plea Thursday in a North Texas court. The misdemeanor was punishable by up to two years in jail and a US$4,000 fine.
Authorities say a Trans Am registered to Travis veered off a road in August near Tioga, north of Dallas where the 53-year-old singer lives. The car struck several construction-zone barricades.
