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.