The Streets Are Safe From Artie Lange...for Now

Howard Stern sidekick cops to DUI count in N.J., loses license and pays small fine

This is almost too easy for Howard.

Artie Lange, whose sobriety-challenged history has made for countless punchlines on The Howard Stern Show, presumably is getting a lift to the studio for the near future after copping to a DUI count in New Jersey.

The 41-year-old funnyman pleaded guilty to being under the influence of prescription sleeping pills when he crashed his car in the Toms River back on July 10.

The judge in turn revoked Lange's license for seven months, ordered him to attend DUI classes, fined him $600—and provided Stern enough fodder to make it through the rest of the week.