Guilty plea in senator’s assault

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's neighbor pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge for tackling the lawmaker in an attack his attorney says was triggered by a dispute over lawn maintenance.

Rene Boucher entered the guilty plea in federal court in Bowling Green, Ky., to a charge of assaulting a member of Congress. Paul suffered broken ribs in the attack last year.

A judge set a June 15 sentencing date for the retired anesthesiologist in his late 50s.