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Thursday, April 19, 2001
Strickland receives 10-day jail sentence
ESPN.com news services
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WASHINGTON – Portland Trail Blazers guard Rod Strickland
pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol and
was sentenced to 10 days in jail.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Poretz also put Strickland on
supervised probation for two years and ordered him to attend
substance abuse counseling and pay about $1,000 in fines.
When Strickland was arrested for driving under the influence on
Jan. 7, he was playing for the Washington Wizards. An officer
pulled him over after watching his car swerve across the George
Washington Memorial Parkway, according to a police report.
A prosecutor and Strickland's attorney both asked that the
player not be required to serve the jail time until the current NBA
season ends.
Poretz said he would leave the timing of the jail sentence to the probation office. Many federal defendants wait several months before being ordered to serve their jail time, but Poretz said he would not make a special request for Strickland.
Strickland was arrested four times during his five years with
the Wizards. He was waived in March and signed with the Trail
Blazers soon after.
Strickland's last brush with the law was in October, when he was
arrested for refusing to leave a restaurant that was being shut by
fire marshals.
Before that, he was arrested in April 1999, and charged with
driving under the influence and reckless driving. Five months
later, he was found not guilty by a jury on the DUI charge and by a
judge on the reckless driving charge.
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