July 13, 2002
SENTENCED: Fred Edlestein, NFL handicapper
NEW YORK -- New York Daily News reports Fred Edelstein, the high-living publisher of an influential NFL newsletter who used some of the biggest names in football to hustle investors out of almost $1 million, was sentenced Thursday to 21 months in federal prison.
July 12, 2002
CONVICTED: Cedric Cobbs, University of Arkansas
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Associated Press reports Arkansas running back Cedric Cobbs was found guilty Thursday of marijuana possession, driving while intoxicated and speeding.
July 10, 2002
PLEA BARGAIN: Ed Martin, Michigan basketball booster
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan Daily reports banned Michigan basketball booster Ed Martin entered a guilty plea Wednesday to charges he made money from an illegal gambling conspiracy and laundered it to former Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock to conceal substantial amounts of cash. The loans were kept secret by the players and their families.
PLEA BARGAIN: Cliff Robinson, Detroit Pistons
PHOENIX -- Associated Press reports former Phoenix Suns player Cliff Robinson pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. Robinson, who was traded to the Detroit Pistons following his February 2001 arrest, was sentenced to 12 months of probation. As part of the plea, a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was dropped.
July 06, 2002
SENTENCED: Herbert John Derungs, impersonator
SAN FRANCISCO – Associated Press reports a man who impersonated two major league shortstops to obtain bats to sell on eBay has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison.
July 04, 2002
SENTENCED: Jerry Dusenberry, former USA Boxing president
PORTLAND, Ore. – Associated Press reports the former president of USA Boxing pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges Wednesday and was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Jerry Dusenberry, 62, pleaded guilty in Multnomah County Circuit Court to criminal conduct with four separate victims.
SENTENCED: Mike Hardin, former NFL player
GOLDEN, Colo. – Associated Press reports former Denver Broncos safety Mike Harden was sentenced to six years in a halfway house for defrauding and stealing from women he knew.
DEFERRED JUDGEMENT: Plaxico Burress, Pittsburgh Steelers
VIRGINIA BEACH – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication against Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress will be dismissed if he is not arrested again or charged with any other crimes within a year, a judge ruled yesterday.
July 03, 2002
PLEA: Guilty, Troy D. Grooms
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Associated Press reports man charged with sexually assaulting the sister of former New York Knicks forward Marcus Camby during a hostage standoff was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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