Ormsby pleads guilty to reckless driving in rollover crash
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In exchange for the plea, he received a fine of
"I wanted to get that done and face the music," Ormsby, 58, said Tuesday. "I think it was fair."
The reckless driving charge is one of the standard plea agreements for someone facing their first DUI in
"It's not unusual," he said.
Some first-time DUI defendants go through a deferral program that allows the conviction to stay off a person's record and not be reported to the insurance company if they successfully complete a program over six months to a year. The reckless driving conviction goes on a defendant's driving record, is reported to his insurance company and can have long-term effects similar to a DUI as far as increased insurance rates, Lippert said.
Ormsby was headed home from a microbrewery on the evening of
"He said the next thing he knew, he was upside down," the
One of the lessons Ormsby said he learned from the incident is: "When you think you're on top of the world, life is going to come around and bring you back to reality."
Whether Ormsby will keep the top spot on the House budget-writing panel if
"It's early to speculate" on committee chairmanships, said Ormsby, who is serving his seventh full House term and has been in the Legislature since 2003.
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