Paris Hilton pleads guilty in Vegas arrest

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Paris Hilton pleads guilty in Vegas arrest

Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from her arrest last month at a Las Vegas hotel-casino. She will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors.

Paris Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors on Monday morning in Las Vegas in connection with her arrest last month on drug possession charges.

Paris Hilton leaves the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from her arrest last month at a Las Vegas hotel-casino. She will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors.

The judge gave Hilton a one-year suspended sentence in the case, which means that if she is arrested for anything besides a minor traffic violation in Vegas in the next year, she will have to serve the full one-year term. Hilton will also be on probation for one year.

Hilton pleaded guilty to drug possession and obstructing an officer in a deal that will save her from serving a one-year term in jail.

Hilton was arrested on Aug. 27 in Las Vegas after the SUV she was riding in was pulled over and police found 0.8 grams of cocaine in her purse. Hilton later claimed the purse didn't belong to her and blasted rumors surrounding her case.

Paris Hilton and her attorney David Z. Chesnoff leave the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.

Paris Hilton arrives with her attorney David Z. Chesnoff, left, at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.

In a tweak to the Hilton family's business legend, the judge warned the party-loving globe-trotter, "The Clark County Detention Center is not the Waldorf Astoria."

Paris Hilton waits for her hearing to start in Clark County court. Under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors, the heiress will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony conviction.

Hilton will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors.

Paris Hilton listens as her attorney David Chesnoff, center, shows the plea agreement to Judge Joe Bonaventure as prosecutor David Schubert, right looks on. Hilton pleaded guilty to reduced charges in her August cocaine arrest. Under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors, the heiress will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony conviction.

Paris Hilton waits for her hearing to start in county court with her attorney David Chesnoff to plead guilty to reduced charges in her August cocaine arrest Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in Las Vegas.

"Ms. Hilton understands the seriousness of the situation and appreciates the chance she is being given," the socialite's lawyer David Chesnoff told The Associated Press over the weekend. "She has to stay out of trouble."

In return, she has to pay $2,000 in fines, complete 200 hours of community service and complete what is being described as an "intensive" substance abuse program.

Paris Hilton arrives with her attorney David Z. Chesnoff, left, at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges stemming from her arrest last month at a Las Vegas hotel-casino. She will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony charge under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors.

Lone protester Jake Byrd, of Chino, Calif., holds a sign in support of Paris Hilton as she departs the Clark County Regional Justice Center.

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Paris Hilton pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors on Monday morning in Las Vegas in connection with her arrest last month on drug possession charges.

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