Daughter of Supreme Court justice pleads guilty to DUI (Scalia)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Chicago Tribune

A daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia pleaded guilty today to drunken driving in Wheaton in February.

Ann S. Banaszewski, 45, a Wheaton mother of five, had three of her children in her 1996 Ford van when she was stopped on the evening of Feb. 12 in van near Gamon Road and Longfellow Drive after a citizen reported a possible drunken driver.

Today, Banaszewski accepted a plea agreement with prosecutors and was sentenced by DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin to 18 months of court supervision. She also was ordered to perform 140 hours of public service (of which 40 hours must be beneficial to children), attend counseling and treatment sessions, attend a victim impact panel, and pay $1,500 in fines and fees.

As part of the agreement, prosecutors dropped four other charges, including endangering the life of a child, failure to secure a child younger than age 8 in a child-restraint system, improper lane usage and driving an uninsured motor vehicle.

Banaszewski declined to take a Breathalyzer test that day, and under state law she lost her driving privileges for a six-month period beginning March 30.



Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070530scaliamay30,1,5372794.story?coll=chi-news-hed

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More of those wonderful Republican family values!

[MichiganVote]

1. Brillant.

[newscott]

2. As much as she's getting punished justly

I hope she gets the help she needs.

[Name removed]

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[RufusTFirefly]

4. And Daddy's response?

[SpiralHawk]

5. Hey, fungoo right back at you. Nobody disses da Spiralio Hawkio

Hey, fungoo, you corruput republicon crony, you

[superconnected]

6. Wow, what a dead beat mom.

I'd drink too if I was realated to that lizard, but I wouldn't drive.

She's doing it with kids in the car and one not in a seatbelt right.

Guess it shows that familys value of life.

[Botany]

7. A 1996 Ford Van w/ no insurance?

Tony must have got $5 million for fixing the 2000 election and
covering up Cheney's "Energy Task Force" meetings.

Come on Tony write a check or 2 to your kid.

[RamboLiberal]

8. Here's the mug shot

Wonder what her relationship is to Fat Tony. According to The Smoking Gun she's one of nine of Scalia brood.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0214071dui1.html

[yardwork]

12. Makes one wonder about the supposedly "clean" driving record

The article says her driving record "in Illinois" was clean, but the lack of insurance makes me wonder about possible priors....just sayin'

[joanmj]

9. And I was her....

babysitter through allof high school! A lesbian babysitter--IF only Tony and Maureen knew that...:dem:

[aquart]

10. Nah.They were just happy you didn't have boys over

while you were watching the kids.

[RamboLiberal]

11. Smoking Gun says she's one of nine of Tony's brood

How many did you babysit at a time and any scoops?

[joanmj]

14. Nine!

That's right--nine kids. ALL of them. We had ten! Catholic school--except for me. My dad was then Head the VA (69-74) under Nixon. And I am NO Mary Cheney!:popcorn:

[Stephanie]

21. Welcome to DU!

Nice to have you here.

[yardwork]

13. Post more often - we need more lesbian posters on DU!

...signed, pagan lesbian vegetarian socialist witch.

[donsu]

23. lol

nt

[EST]

15. Do you suppose there is a little corruption among the Illinois state police?

" There was no videotape of the arrest, but Banaszewski was shown later on tape being interviewed at the Wheaton Police Department. Police approved the drunken driving charge after she took a field sobriety test."

I'm wondering why there was no videotape of the arrest. In this age of everybody spying on the "average" citizen, why isn't every arrest and interrogation videotaped as a matter of course? Actually, I thought this was the case in Illinois, with the accusations of torture and misconduct in the Chicago jails.

Could it possibly be that police allowed a little cover up in order to curry favor with the powers that be? Overly suspicious, I suppose.

[Wiley50]

16. Hey! What Happened to the 48 hour minimum mandatory Jail Time?

The rest of us proles have to spend a minimum of 48 hours jail time
for a first offense.

Is everyone forgetting that?

What makes Chickee above that?

[MLFerrell]

17. Plea Bargain, undoubtedly.

[Rose Siding]

18. Even worse, after today her pay parity is at risk.

Thanks, DAD.

[Up2Late]

19. Nice.

Driving drunk with the kids in the car, very nice:spank:

[Stephanie]

20. K&R

Add another one to the list!

[progressoid]

22. Uh Oh. They're gonna take away her Opus Dei decoder ring for that.