From the Toronto Sun:
Maple Leafs forward Mark Bell won’t spend any nights behind bars this summer but will spend his days working at a California jail, Rogers Sportsnet reported on its website yesterday.
After pleading no contest to drunken driving and hit and run charges last summer, Bell was sentenced yesterday to a work program.
Bell will report to the prison every morning and work eight hour days a day from June 2 to Aug. 15, before returning home in the evening.
A judge then will decide if the work program should be extended.
The jail term stems from a hit and run incident on Labour Day of 2006, in which Bell rear ended a pickup truck near San Jose. Bell was playing with the Sharks at the time.
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What a bunch of bull. If any normal person were to get DUI and hit and run charges against them you think they would get a 2 month work program? Pampering of celebs and athletes is just disgusting some times, and this guy isn’t even famous outside of hockey fans! Incredible.