Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 | 11:09 a.m.
Vince Neil
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil turned himself in to the Clark County Detention Center this morning to begin serving a 15-day sentence for DUI and speeding.
Neil, 49, made a plea deal in Las Vegas Justice Court last month. Justice of the Peace Pro Tem Gerry Zobrist accepted the plea agreement and Neil was sentenced to the 15 days beginning today.
Neil will then serve 15 days of house arrest, pay a $585 fine and attend DUI school and attend a victim impact panel online. Had Neil gone to trial and had been found guilty, he was looking at as much as six months of jail time if he had been convicted of the DUI charge, District Attorney David Roger has said.
Neil, who lives in Las Vegas, was pulled over by a Metro Police officer about 11 p.m. June 27, 2010, for speeding and weaving between lanes on Desert Inn Road west of Paradise Road, near the Las Vegas Strip.
Neil told the officer that he had three glasses of champagne, but he didn't know when his last drink was.
The officer said Neil failed three standard drunken driving physical tests, which measure horizontal eye movement, the ability to walk and turn heel to toe, and the ability to stand on one leg for 30 seconds.
He also was given a breath test. Neil's readings from the test were 0.215 and 0.216, compared to the legal limit of 0.08, police said.
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