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Guilty Plea for Peter Coors in DWI Case
August 28, 2006

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A judge sentenced beer magnate Peter Coors to 24 hours of community service and suspended a $200 fine after Coors pled guilty to driving while impaired, the Associated Press reported Aug. 25. Coors' driver's license also was suspended for three months.

Coors was arrested in Golden, Colo. -- hometown to Coors Brewing Co. -- on May 28 and charged with DUI; his blood-alcohol level was .088 percent, over Colorado's .08 percent legal standard for intoxication. Coors was on his way home from a wedding when he rolled through a stop sign and was pulled over.

Coors, who is a highly visible company spokesperson and was a Republican candidate for Congress in 2004, reportedly entered the guilty plea against the wishes of his attorney, saying the arrest was a personal and professional embarrassment. 

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