Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

December 3, 2008 2:03:02 AM CST

Learn about Newser Points »

« Back to the grid | Next story »

Olympian Indicted for Dealing Heroin

Posted May 2, 08 10:00 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  Sports 

(Newser) – Olympic gold-medalist Tim Montgomery has been indicted for dealing heroin, the Virginian-Pilot reports. “They said I sold 100 grams of heroin to an informant,” Montgomery told the paper in a jailhouse interview, noting that he has “no idea” why he’s been charged. The sprinter, now 33, was banned from track for doping and faces sentencing next month in a $5-million check-kiting case.

Montgomery was arrested when meeting with his probation officer in the latter case, in which he pleaded guilty. The Olympian had a child with Marion Jones, another former track star whose records were wiped when she admitted using steroids; she was also involved in the check-kiting case.

Source Virginian-Pilot

0 comments | Print E-mail | Digg Seed this on Newsvine Add this link to Del.icio.us StumbleUpon

Related Newser Stories

  • BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying

    May 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT
    BALCO Jury Convicts Track's Graham of Lying A San Francisco jury convicted track coach Trevor Graham today of lying to federal investigators when he told them he had ended his contacts with a steroids dealer, the Chronicle reports. Jurors deadlocked on two other counts against the former coach of Olympians Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery; he faces up to 5 years at a September sentencing. More »

  • Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

    May 17, 08 6:13 AM CDT
    Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud Disgraced Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months yesterday for his part in a check-fraud scam, the Washington Post reports. Montgomery, who still faces heroin-dealing charges, once held the 100m world record but was stripped of it for doping. He has a son with Marion Jones, who is in prison for lying about doping and about her part in the scam. More »

  • Dealers Making Drugs for Kids

    May 9, 07 9:52 AM CDT
    Dealers Making Drugs for Kids Drug traffickers are pursuing the middle-school crowd by mixing snortable dope with everyday products like cold medicine and candy, and pushing the product under kid-friendly names. A blend of black tar heroin and Tylenol PM labeled "cheese" has been linked to the deaths of 19 teenagers in Dallas. More »

Tim Montgomery has been accused of dealing heroin, adding to a list of legal troubles for the track star.   (Getty Images)
Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery enters Manhattan federal court in New York, in this May 3, 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Olympic gold-medalist Tim Montgomery faces charges for dealing heroin.   (Getty Images)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
Our editors also recommend:

Threads (
1
 of 1)

Tags

drugs • track and field • heroin • Marion Jones • drug dealing • Olympians • Tim Montgomery


Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Other Sports Stories

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser a team of editors and writers culls the most important stories from hundreds of U.S. and international sources and reduces them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. It's the Newser guarantee: we can take any report or column or video and pack what you need to know into 120 words or less. Newser's short-form aggregation, visual format, and unique information tools help you get more of the kind of news you want, in a quicker and more entertaining way. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »