Nov. 19, 2007, 10:35AM
Mike Tyson sentenced to 1 day in jail, probation
Associated Press
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<!-- rbox ends here -->MESA, Ariz. — Mike Tyson was sentenced Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years' probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.
The former heavyweight champion had pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count.
Tyson faced a maximum of four years and three months in prison.
The charges stemmed from a traffic stop in Scottsdale last December.
Police pulled Tyson over after the boxer had spent the evening at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge. An officer said he saw Tyson wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and that his speech was slurred.
Authorities said they found bags of cocaine in Tyson's pocket and in his car.
Mike Tyson sentenced to 1 day in jail, probation
Associated Press
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<!-- rbox ends here -->MESA, Ariz. — Mike Tyson was sentenced Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years' probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.
The former heavyweight champion had pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count.
Tyson faced a maximum of four years and three months in prison.
The charges stemmed from a traffic stop in Scottsdale last December.
Police pulled Tyson over after the boxer had spent the evening at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge. An officer said he saw Tyson wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and that his speech was slurred.
Authorities said they found bags of cocaine in Tyson's pocket and in his car.
