Track Palin Pleads To Being Drunk With Firearm, Abuse Charges Dropped, Judge Appointed By His Mother

Alaska Dispatch News reports:

Track Palin, the son of former Gov. Sarah Palin, has entered a plea agreement with the state in a special court for veterans after his January arrest for allegedly punching a woman in the face at the family’s Wasilla home.

Kevin Fitzgerald, Track Palin’s attorney, said Friday his client had opted into Anchorage Veterans Court — a move Palin had been considering since May — during a Monday proceeding.

Court records show the agreement involved the state dropping two of three misdemeanor charges against Palin, including domestic-violence assault and interfering with the report of a domestic-violence crime.

“As a condition of his entry into that court the state dismissed the first two counts,” Fitzgerald said. “Track pled to misconduct involving weapons (in the fourth degree), concerning being under the influence and having a firearm.”

Yesterday I reported that the website for Alaska’s judicial system showed that on Wednesday night Track Palin had been “remanded into custody” on the original charges. That notation was apparently expunged from the public record early today.

According to the current public record (screencaps below), and as noted above, today’s proceedings took place in a separate Veteran’s Court presided over by District Judge David Wallace, who was appointed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in 2009.trackcourtview1TrackCourtview