Pubdate: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 Source: Deseret News (UT) Copyright: 2002 Deseret News Publishing Corp. Contact: http://www.desnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/124 Author: Associated Press BUSH'S NIECE SENTENCED FOR HAVING PILLS IN REHAB TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A judge sentenced Noelle Bush, the daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to three days behind bars for violating a court-ordered drug treatment plan by having prescription pills in a treatment center. Noelle Bush, 24, was sentenced Wednesday for contempt of court and taken to a jail in Orlando. Her lawyer, Pete Antonacci, said he didn't know what kind of pills had been in his client's possession. He said she had the pills for about a half-hour but tested negative for having taken them. A letter from the treatment center to Judge Reginald Whitehead said Bush was questioned by a staffer who noticed her carrying pills. Bush said she had found the pills, while a nurse said they were taken from a cabinet in her office, the letter said. "There is a concern about her lack of honesty, and how it relates to her (recovery)," the letter said. Bush was arrested in January at a pharmacy drive-through window for allegedly trying to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax with a fraudulent prescription. She was admitted to a drug treatment center in February, with the possibility that charges would be dropped if she completed the program. - --- MAP posted-by: Ariel