Doc Gooden arrested again

[bigboydan]

talk about a guy who just completely bottomed out.

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 2005 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.


"He went to his regular meeting with his probation officer, admitted to the officer that he had used cocaine. She did a drug screen, and he tested positive for cocaine," Rackleff said.

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.

[The Great One]

What an idiot. Why would he admit to those idiots he used cocaine before they even give him a drug test. If I him, I'd deny, deny, deny. Even if they give you a test, say it was a false positive. Say you took over the counter meds.

Fight the police. They are the bad guys. Always trying to act like their your best buds, then they try to sick it to you. It would be better for all involved if he would kill a cop. One less cop on the street plus homeboy gets the death penalty and stops draining the economy of Florida even though at one point he probably made more in a year than 75% of the state makes in their lifetimes.

Sounds like a win-win to me.

[pags11]

it's really too bad...this guy was on top of his game at age 19...really sad...

[bigboydan]

heres an update with the latest on this one:

Gooden admits probation violation, likely faces prison

By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer
March 22, 2006

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Former baseball star Dwight Gooden admitted in court Wednesday that he violated his probation by using cocaine and likely faces prison time when he is sentenced next month.

Dressed in an orange jail uniform and with family members looking on, the 41-year-old former pitcher answered "yes, sir," when state Circuit Judge Anthony K. Black asked him if he had violated his probation. He will remain in jail and faces up to five years in prison after a hearing April 5.

"We are seeking prison," prosecutor Pam Bondi said afterward, but it hasn't been determined how long of a sentence her office will request.

Gooden admitted to a probation officer last week that he had used cocaine. He was serving three years' probation for speeding away from a police officer during a drunken driving traffic stop last year.

In November he had apologized to the court when he pleaded guilty to a felony count of fleeing police, misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and obstruction and to an unrelated charge of hitting his girlfriend.

As part of his probation, Gooden was ordered to stay away from alcohol, drugs and bars, and submit to a minimum of three random urine tests a week. He also spent several months in an inpatient treatment facility for alcohol and drug addiction.

His attorney, Peter Hobson, declined to comment on Gooden's latest trouble.

"We're just going to prepare for the hearing in two weeks," he said. Gooden's family members also left court without commenting.

Gooden was the 1984 Rookie of the Year and 1985 NL Cy Young winner while with the New York Mets. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA before retiring in 2001. He also pitched for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays

[Willie Bee]

Fight the police. They are the bad guys. Always trying to act like their your best buds, then they try to sick it to you. It would be better for all involved if he would kill a cop.

Let me get this straight: You wish you had access to nuclear weapons LINK, advocate killing police officers because they are the bad guys, and you want to go into politics LINK?

[pags11]

this guy had the world by the balls at age 19...really too bad...

[onlooker]

What a piece of sheit. End of story. Period.

[bigboydan]

UPDATE:

Gooden sentenced to a year in prison for violating probation

By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer
April 5, 2006

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Former baseball star Dwight Gooden was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for violating his probation by using cocaine, the latest legal trouble for the once-dominant pitcher.

With credit for time already served in jail and a drug treatment facility, Gooden likely will spend about 7 1/2 months in state prison, said his attorney, Peter Hobson.

Gooden, 41, was serving three years' probation for speeding away from police during a drunken driving traffic stop last year when he failed a drug test and acknowledged to a probation officer that he had used cocaine.

He chose the prison sentence over reinstatement of his probation, which would have meant the prospect of five years behind bars if he violated it again.

"I have a problem, sir, with cocaine," Gooden, dressed in an orange jail outfit, told state Circuit Judge Daniel L. Perry. "I had a cocaine relapse."

As part of his probation, he had been ordered to stay away from alcohol, drugs and bars, and to submit to a minimum of three random urine tests a week. He also spent two months in an addiction treatment facility.

Regarding his choice of prison over reinstatement of probation, Hobson said Gooden "made a decision that he in his mind thought was best for him."

"This is not a case of a pampered athlete," Hobson said. "He took it like a man. He took it like any citizen in this situation. He didn't whimper, he didn't cry, he didn't beg. He took it like a man."

Prosecutor Pam Bondi said she hopes Gooden can get the help he needs and get on with his life.

Gooden apologized to the court in November when he pleaded guilty to a felony count of fleeing police, misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and obstruction and to an unrelated charge of hitting his girlfriend.

Gooden had been the 1984 Rookie of the Year, and he was the 1985 NL Cy Young Award winner while with the New York Mets. He went 194-112 with a 3.51 ERA before retiring in 2001. He also pitched for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

In 1994, while with the Mets, Gooden was suspended for 60 days for testing positive for cocaine. He tested positive for cocaine again while on suspension and was sidelined for the 1995 season.

[The Great One]

Let me get this straight: You wish you had access to nuclear weapons LINK, advocate killing police officers because they are the bad guys, and you want to go into politics LINK?

Yes,I know it's hard to understand sometimes. But you have to know me personally to understand it. Basically, if I was in fact a power in the country, many of the things I hate wouldn't exist.

Cops only have uses if they are on my payroll. Like JR Ewing said, "What's the point of a cop unless he's in your pocket"

If I had access to nuclear weopons,I would save thousands of US lives. See, this country is waaaay too politically correct and lets face it, at an all time weakness. We'll let anyone in the country no matter what or who they are because we are afraid of being called racists.

I know you disgaree with most of my points and probably all of my views. But, here is a fact, if foreigners were not allowed in this country except on extremely strict terms, September 11th would not have happened. Ileagals are coming here everyday littering the streets with their pigeon English and assualt weapons. Look at Texas death row, what percentage of that is Mexican. Don't get me wrong, I know there are good Mexicans and bad white folk, but you have to simplify things. We have enough white trash in this country to run our fast food joints and landscaping places. We don't need the Mexicans to do that.

I look at things like this. If Iraq had a nuclear weapon or if Osama had one, they'd use it against us in a heart beat without care of what happens to all of the innocent people over here. So, if we have the power which we do, we should use it against them. I don't care if some poor sap over there is innocent, you fuk with the bull, you get the horns.

The power in this country is in the wrong people's hands. They are far too weak and have this fear of being politically incorrect which is keeping them from running the country the way it was meant to be ran. the way our forfathers supposedly fought years and years ago to have the rights we do have.

I tell ya what, you drop one nuclear bomb on a place like Afghanistan that really doesn't have the power to fight back, you'll see the fears of other countries come to surface before they think of starting problems and acting like they have this "jihad" crap. Just kill them and let God sort out the bad ones from the good ones.

[Illusion]

It's about time time they nailed him. His deserves it.