'24' uber-agent Sutherland charged for drunk driving

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Kiefer Sutherland, who portrays the ultimate terrorist-fighting agent Jack Bauer in the hit television series "24," faces possible prison after he was formally charged Friday with drunk driving.

Sutherland, 40, risks a year and a half in jail for two charges for driving while intoxicated, according to the office of the Los Angeles city attorney.

Sutherland was stopped overnight Monday in West Hollywood, favored by the area's wealthy night-owls, after making an illegal u-turn. Police tests showed his blood-alcohol level was over the California legal limit for driving.

The actor, the son of veteran movie star Donald Sutherland, was already on five year's probation for a 2004 misdemeanor drunk driving offence. The city attorney said he will...