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Friday, March 21, 1997

Vincent convicted of drunk driving


SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Actor Jan-Michael Vincent pleaded guilty to drunken driving in an accident that left him with a broken neck. He was ordered into a rehabilitation program.
 
Vincent, 52, was ordered Thursday to complete a six-week, live-in alcohol program and a nine-month outpatient program. He must also pay a $2,000 fine, said Orange County deputy district attorney Matt Murphy.
 
The star of the 1980s TV series Airwolf and mini-series The Winds of War was injured last August when his car rear-ended his girlfriend's Cadillac, then spun out of control and slammed into a pole. He broke a vertebra but was not paralysed.
 

September 25, 1996

Vincent charged following drunk driving wreck

 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) -- Jan-Michael Vincent has been charged with driving drunk in the August car wreck that broke his neck.
 Vincent, 52, was also charged with driving with a suspended license, Larry Yellin, Orange County Deputy district attorney, said Monday.
 Blood tests showed Vincent's alcohol level was .18 percent, more than twice the legal limit, when he rear-ended his girlfriend's car and slammed into a pole, Yellin said.
 Vincent's arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 21. If convicted, he faces up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
 Vincent, released from a hospital last week, has experienced no paralysis, hospital officials said. At the request of his family, no other details were released.
 Vincent played Stringfellow Hawke, the reclusive pilot of television's "Airwolf," from 1984 to 1986.

September 12, 1996

'Airwolf' star on the mend

 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) -- Jan-Michael Vincent is on the mend.
 Vincent, 52, who broke his neck in a car crash last month, is improving and doctors on Wednesday upgraded his condition from serious to fair.
 Vincent was injured Aug. 26 when his car rear-ended his girlfriend's Cadillac, spun out of control and slammed into a traffic pole. The crash was being investigated as drunken driving.
 Vincent may be best known as Stringfellow Hawke, the reclusive pilot of television's Airwolf, which ran on CBS from 1984 to 1986.

August 28, 1996

Was Vincent drunk?

 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) -- Police are investigating whether "Airwolf" TV star Jan-Michael Vincent was drunk when he broke his neck in a car crash.
 The 52-year-old actor remained in serious condition at a hospital. Dr. Jacques Palmer said he was not paralyzed.
 Vincent's car rear-ended his girlfriend's Cadillac at an intersection Monday, spun out of control and slammed into a traffic pole.
 Sheriff's Lt. Ron Wilkerson said officers are investigating whether Vincent was under the influence. He has a history of substance abuse.
 Results of a blood-alcohol test were withheld by investigators.

August 27, 1996

Jan-Michael Vincent hospitalized with broken neck after car wreck

 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) -- Actor Jan-Michael Vincent was in very critical condition today with a broken neck after his car rear-ended his girlfriend's Cadillac, spun out of control and hit a traffic light, police said.
 Vincent, 52, suffered multiple injuries and it was feared he had severed his spinal cord, said Kathy Keyes, a nursing supervisor at Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center.
 The former star of TV's "Airwolf" was placed on a ventilator and was unconscious in the intensive care unit, Keyes said.
 Vincent, who has a history of substance abuse, was being investigated for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, said Lt. Rich Paddock of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
 The actor was following his girlfriend, Nicole Wallace, 28, to her mother's house when his 1988 Mazda slammed into the back of her car, sheriff's officials said. Vincent's car swerved and slammed into the traffc signal.
 Wallace and her two sons, ages 5 and 6, were not hurt.
 Vincent made his screen debut in 1967 in a Mexican film production, but quickly moved to television, landing roles in episodes of "Dragnet," "Lassie" and "Bonanza."
 He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the 1971 movie "Going Home," but may be best known as Stringfellow Hawke, the reclusive pilot of TV's "Airwolf," which ran on CBS from 1984 to 1986.
 He starred in the TV miniseries "The Winds of War" and recently co-starred in the low-budget 1995 film "The Ice Cream Man."
 He has landed in the news because of domestic abuse allegations. A woman who claimed Vincent got her pregnant sued him for $5 million in April 1995, saying he pummeled and kicked her and caused her to miscarry.
 In November 1994, the actor's wife, Joanne Robinson Vincent, claimed in court papers that Vincent has beat, sexually abused and threatened her since their wedding in 1985.
 Vincent also was arrested for investigation of drug possession in 1988, was convicted in 1983 of drunken driving, and faced four battery charges, two stemming from a pair of bar brawls.