Gooden arrested
Former Cy Young winner admits to taking cocaine
Posted: Tuesday March 14, 2006 6:01PM; Updated: Tuesday March 14, 2006 6:01PM
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<!--endclickprintexclude-->TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Former baseball star Dwight Gooden was arrested Tuesday on charges of violating the terms of his probation.
The 41-year-old pleaded guilty in November to speeding away from police after a DUI traffic stop in August 2004 and was sentenced to three years probation. On Tuesday he went to a regular meeting with a probation officer, where he admitted to using cocaine, according to Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections.
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Gooden was then arrested and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, Rackleff said. He is being held without bond, according to Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi.
"We will be requesting that he remain in jail on no bond because he violated probation," Bondi said.
Gooden was voted the 1984 NL Rookie of the Year and 1985 NL Cy Young Award while pitching for the New York Mets. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA before retiring in 2001. He also pitched for the Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Gooden will make his first appearance in court Wednesday, Bondi said.
An after-hours call to Peter Hobson, who has represented Gooden in the past, was not immediately returned.
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Former Cy Young winner admits to taking cocaine
Posted: Tuesday March 14, 2006 6:01PM; Updated: Tuesday March 14, 2006 6:01PM
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<!--endclickprintexclude-->TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Former baseball star Dwight Gooden was arrested Tuesday on charges of violating the terms of his probation.
The 41-year-old pleaded guilty in November to speeding away from police after a DUI traffic stop in August 2004 and was sentenced to three years probation. On Tuesday he went to a regular meeting with a probation officer, where he admitted to using cocaine, according to Jo Ellyn Rackleff, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections.
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Gooden was then arrested and taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, Rackleff said. He is being held without bond, according to Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi.
"We will be requesting that he remain in jail on no bond because he violated probation," Bondi said.
Gooden was voted the 1984 NL Rookie of the Year and 1985 NL Cy Young Award while pitching for the New York Mets. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA before retiring in 2001. He also pitched for the Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Gooden will make his first appearance in court Wednesday, Bondi said.
An after-hours call to Peter Hobson, who has represented Gooden in the past, was not immediately returned.
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if he would have spent his time in this forum directing his energies toward calling Captain Crunch and crew 'Left Wing Conspiracy Nuts" this might have never happened ...
Look at the way Patriot was able to overcome his addiction to farm animals by spending his time concentrating on my postings instead of concentrating on "ol Bessie the 4 Legged Sex Partner .."
if he would have spent his time in this forum directing his energies toward calling Captain Crunch and crew 'Left Wing Conspiracy Nuts" this might have never happened ...
Look at the way Patriot was able to overcome his addiction to farm animals by spending his time concentrating on my postings instead of concentrating on "ol Bessie the 4 Legged Sex Partner .."
