Bruce Springsteen drunk driving charge tied to November incident dropped
The rock star will instead pay a $500 fine for drinking at a New Jersey beach
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Peter Szekely
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Singer Bruce Springsteen performs during the closing ceremony for the Invictus Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 30, 2017. Mark Blinch / Reuters
Bruce Springsteen was fined $500 on Wednesday after the rock ‘n’ roll legend pleaded guilty to a charge of consuming alcohol at a federally run New Jersey beach in November, and prosecutors dropped drunk driving and reckless driving charges.
Springsteen, 71, whose songs have chronicled life in his home state of New Jersey and its shore scene for more than 50 years, entered his plea in an online arraignment before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Anthony Mautone in Newark.