FILE - This Thursday, April 27, 2006 picture shows comedian and actor Artie Lange, from the Howard Stern radio show at the inaugural Howard Stern 2006 Film Festival in New York. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Comic Artie Lange pleads guilty to DUI in NJ
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:23 PM EDT
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Comedian and radio personality Artie Lange (LANG) has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of a habit-producing drug in a minor traffic accident in New Jersey.
The 41-year-old Lange was charged following the July 10 accident in Toms River, about 40 miles southeast of Trenton. He entered his plea Wednesday in municipal court.
Judge James Ligouri revoked his driving privileges for seven months.
Lange, a regular on radio's "Howard Stern Show," said he was under the influence of prescribed sleeping pills, which he had last taken the night before the crash.
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