Hegberg gets probation on DWI charge

Washington County commissioner Dennis Hegberg was sentenced to probation for drunken driving and will not have to serve jail time.

[tjwillie]

Not even a weekend in jail, come on. This is why people don't care if they get a DUI or not.

[wha]

""The commissioner was sentenced last week by district court judge Stephen Askew to two years of supervised probation with a stayed 30-day jail sentence. He will be required to participate in a treatment program and cannot have any alcohol or drug violations while on probation.""

Hey tjillie, would help if you READ the article..

people don't care if they get a DUI? what color is the sky in your world?

[Forest Lake Resident]

I guess it pays to work for the Government. Anyone else would have had at least 30 days in the work house. It really is the residents of Forest Lake’s fault that Mr. Hegberg drove drunk. If only they would have invested more money into buses and light rail he would not have been on the roads.

[tjwillie]

wha wrote:

""The commissioner was sentenced last week by district court judge Stephen Askew to two years of supervised probation with a stayed 30-day jail sentence. He will be required to participate in a treatment program and cannot have any alcohol or drug violations while on probation.""
Hey tjillie, would help if you READ the article..
people don't care if they get a DUI? what color is the sky in your world?

Hey, I read the article. He recieved a STAYED sentence, which means that he will do no jail time as long as he follows the terms of probation. If people actually suffered some cocsequences for these crimes, rather than getting a slap on the wrist, we may see a decrease in DUI's.

[Wash Co Resident]

For those of you wondering, the Commissioner received they same treatment/sentence which is standard in Midemeanor DUI's, as any citizen in Washinton Co. would have received. He did not get let off easy, go look up the sentencing guidlines for First Time offenders!!! Or Go down to the Washington County Court House and sit in on a few Misdemeanor DUI cases!!!The Commissioner received the standard procedrue!!!~30 Day Stayed Sentence, 2 Yrs Probation.......... which means he has to reamain law abiding with no same or similar offences or run ins with the law, otherwise he goes to jail for 30 days in addition to any other offense he commits!!! Thank you very little

[mary]

Wash Co Resident wrote:

For those of you wondering, the Commissioner received they same treatment/sentence which is standard in Midemeanor DUI's, as any citizen in Washinton Co. would have received. He did not get let off easy, go look up the sentencing guidlines for First Time offenders!!! Or Go down to the Washington County Court House and sit in on a few Misdemeanor DUI cases!!!The Commissioner received the standard procedrue!!!~30 Day Stayed Sentence, 2 Yrs Probation.......... which means he has to reamain law abiding with no same or similar offences or run ins with the law, otherwise he goes to jail for 30 days in addition to any other offense he commits!!! Thank you very little

did he lose his drivers license for a few months?

[Oye]

Wash Co Resident wrote:

For those of you wondering, the Commissioner received they same treatment/sentence which is standard in Midemeanor DUI's, as any citizen in Washinton Co. would have received. He did not get let off easy, go look up the sentencing guidlines for First Time offenders!!! Or Go down to the Washington County Court House and sit in on a few Misdemeanor DUI cases!!!The Commissioner received the standard procedrue!!!~30 Day Stayed Sentence, 2 Yrs Probation.......... which means he has to reamain law abiding with no same or similar offences or run ins with the law, otherwise he goes to jail for 30 days in addition to any other offense he commits!!! Thank you very little

Small problem with your logic...not his 1st offense.

[mary]

Oye wrote:

<quoted text>Small problem with your logic...not his 1st offense.

He has a prior DWI?