Article: Lakers' Buss gets probation for DUI

COURTS: Basketball team's owner pleads guilty and is fined $1,900 for May incident.

By The Associated Press

VISTA - Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor drunken driving.

Buss was sentenced to five years' probation and fined $1,900. He was not required to appear in court.

He also admitted he drove with a blood-alcohol level of .13 percent, above the state limit of .08 percent.

Buss owns a home in northern San Diego County and was arrested in nearby Carlsbad in May after being stopped for driving his gold Mercedes-Benz on the wrong side of the road.

Buss was under the influence of alcohol or an unspecified drug but refused to take a chemical test, ...

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