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‘Punisher’ star Thomas Jane sentenced for DUI

Actor pleads no contest and gets one year of probation and $1,700 fine

updated 8:04 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2008

SHAFTER, Calif. - Thomas Jane has pleaded no contest to drunken driving after he was clocked doing 120 mph in a Maserati.

The star of last year’s movie “The Mist” and 2004’s “The Punisher” pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence. Jane wasn’t in the Shafter courtroom but made the plea through his lawyer.

Jane, who’s married to Emmy-winning “Medium” star Patricia Arquette, was sentenced to a year of probation, $1,700 in fines and must take alcohol abuse classes.

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Two other alcohol and drug charges and two speeding tickets were dismissed.

Police stopped the 39-year-old actor twice on Interstate 5 in Kern County last March for speeding. After a third stop, he was arrested for drunken driving.

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