Strawberry sentenced to 18 months in prison
Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for violating his probation.
Retired Judge Ralph Steinberg ordered Strawberry to serve prison time from his original sentence on a 1999 conviction on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges.
The 40-year-old former major league slugger fought previous attempts by the state to send him to prison and was sent to drug treatment instead, but he has violated his probation six times.
The latest violation involved breaking the rules of the drug treatment center by smoking, having sex with a resident and trading baseballs for cigarettes.
Strawberry has been at the Hillsborough County Jail since March awaiting sentencing. He was dressed in an orange jail-issued uniform Monday.
``I would just like to get this behind me. I would like to do my 18 months and move on,'' Strawberry said. ``My life is going in the right direction. I don't want to have this over my head.''
Darryl Strawberry was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday for violating his probation.
Retired Judge Ralph Steinberg ordered Strawberry to serve prison time from his original sentence on a 1999 conviction on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges.
The 40-year-old former major league slugger fought previous attempts by the state to send him to prison and was sent to drug treatment instead, but he has violated his probation six times.
The latest violation involved breaking the rules of the drug treatment center by smoking, having sex with a resident and trading baseballs for cigarettes.
Strawberry has been at the Hillsborough County Jail since March awaiting sentencing. He was dressed in an orange jail-issued uniform Monday.
``I would just like to get this behind me. I would like to do my 18 months and move on,'' Strawberry said. ``My life is going in the right direction. I don't want to have this over my head.''
