'Lost' actress chooses jail over service (AP) Updated: 2006-04-26 11:48
"Lost" actress Michelle Rodriguez pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a single count
of driving under the influence, choosing to pay a $500 fine and spend five days
in jail rather than do 240 hours of community service.
 Michelle Rodriguez, star of ABC's TV show
'Lost' walks up the steps to Kaneohe district court to surrender to
authorities after pleading guilty to drunk driving Tuesday, April 25,
2006, in Kaneohe, Hawaii. [AP Photo] | Rodriguez,
who portrays police officer Ana Lucia, and cast member Cynthia Watros were both
charged with drunken driving after they were pulled over Dec. 1 in separate cars
within 15 minutes of each other.
On Tuesday, a judge gave Rodriguez the option of jail time or community
service.
She was to surrender to authorities at Kaneohe District Court later in the
day.
Watros, who plays Libby on the ABC castaway drama, pleaded guilty to drunken
driving in January and was fined $312, ordered to undergo an alcohol assessment
and 14 hours of counseling. She also had her license suspended for 90 days.
Both Rodriguez and Watros were spotted weaving on a road in Kailua, on the
island of Oahu, where "Lost" is filmed. Both failed field sobriety tests.
Rodriguez recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.17, more than twice the legal
limit of .08. Watros had a blood-alcohol level of 0.10.
In 2004, Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to three traffic
violations, including drunken driving. She completed a three-month alcohol
program and is serving a three-year probation term.
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