Mankato mayor pleads guilty to drunken driving
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Mankato's mayor won't be serving any jail time after pleading guilty Wednesday to drunken driving and having an open intoxicant in his car.
Fifty-seven days of a 60-day sentence in the Hennepin County workhouse were stayed. Mayor John Brady will spend the remaining three days doing community service.
Brady pleaded guilty to fourth-degree drunken driving and the open bottle charge. He must pay a $100 fine and complete a DWI program in Hennepin County.
The mayor was arrested last August after a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 394 in Golden Valley. He had been charged with four misdemeanors.
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The Free Press says Brady told the sentencing judge that he looks at the incident as "an opportunity" and sees it as "a gift" to get his addiction under control.
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Information from: The Free Press
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