{"id":28283,"date":"2013-11-21T16:53:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=28283"},"modified":"2013-11-21T16:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T21:53:48","slug":"radel-checks-in-to-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/11\/radel-checks-in-to-rehab\/","title":{"rendered":"Radel Checks In To Rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-28284\" title=\"Trey radel\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Trey-radel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"144\" \/>Trey Radel arrived at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazelden.org\/web\/public\/naples_fl_substance_abuse_addiction_treatment_center.page\">Hazelden<\/a>, a rehabilitation center in Naples, just after 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by Radel&#8217;s press secretary, he said, &#8220;Today, I checked myself into a facility to seek treatment and counseling. It is my hope, through this process, I will come out a better man. I will work hard to gain back the trust and support of my constituents, friends and most importantly, my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Radel&#8217;s wife, Amy Wegmann Radel, released a statement to the press just moments before, saying, &#8220;The outpouring of support from the community has been overwhelming. Your positive, uplifting encouragement is helping us get through this difficult time. While this has been heartbreaking, I am proud to watch my husband, Trey, get the help he needs. When we married, we took vows to remain together in good times and bad, in sickness and health. I know that brighter days are ahead for my husband, our family and our beloved home of Southwest Florida. I ask you to please respect my privacy as we try to heal as a family, most especially for our 2-year-old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Radel pled guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession in Washington, D.C., and was sentenced to one year of probation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve hit a bottom where I realize I need help,&#8221; Radel told a judge, acknowledging that he purchased 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover police officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trey Radel arrived at Hazelden, a rehabilitation center in Naples, just after 4:00 p.m. In a statement released by Radel&#8217;s press secretary, he said, &#8220;Today, I checked myself into a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}