JUST IN: Rush Limbaugh turns himself in for prescription drug fraud

Reported By: WPTV Staff April 28, 2006

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, has turned himself in to the Palm Beach County Jail for fraud -- concealing information to obtain a prescription. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office online booking blotter, he was booked this afternoon around 4:25.
Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, has released the following statement concerning a settlement agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office to end the investigation of Limbaugh:

"I am pleased to announce that the State Attorney's Office and Mr. Limbaugh have reached an agreeement whereby a single count charge of doctor shopping filed today by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months. As a primary condition of the dismissal, Mr. Limbaugh must continue to seek treatment from the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years. This is the same doctor under whose care Mr. Limbaugh has remained free of his addiction without relapse.
"Mr. Limbaugh and I have maintained from the start that there was no doctor shopping, and we continue to hold this position. Accordingly, we filed today with the Court a plea of 'Not Guilty' to the charge filed by the State.

BOOKING BLOTTER:

Palm Beach County Booking Blotter for Rush Limbaughclick here

"As part of this agreement, Mr. Limbaugh also has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation. The agreement also provides that he must refrain from violating the law during this 18 months, must pay $30 per month for the cost of "supervision" and comply with other similar provisions of the agreement."

The formal agreement between Mr. Limbaugh and the State Attorney will be filed with the Court on Monday.