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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Strawberry Arrested...Again
SpiderBob	posted on 04-02-2001 @ 10:46 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Monday, April 2 Strawberry returns, taken into custody -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services TAMPA, Fla. – Darryl Strawberry was arrested at a hospital Monday night, shortly after ending his four-day disappearance from a drug treatment center. Strawberry The troubled former slugger was taken into custody at 8 p.m. ET at St. Joseph's Hospital on a violation of probation warrant, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. The 39-year-old former star, who is also being treated for colon cancer, had not been seen since he left the Health Care Connection, a drug treatment center in Tampa, late Thursday. First word that Strawberry was safe came from Ray Negron, a Cleveland Indians consultant who advised the former player when he played for the New York Yankees. "The search is over and Darryl is OK," Negron said about two hours before Strawberry was arrested. "We've put him in a hospital to make sure he's taken care of. He's OK." Further details on Strawberry's disappearance were not known. Strawberry was wearing an electronic monitor as a sentence for his 1999 arrest on drug and solicitation of prostitution charges. The monitor showed he had left, but did not indicate where he had gone. Earlier Monday, police said they were investigating an unconfirmed report that Strawberry was kidnapped and being held in Orlando, where his captors were demanding $50,000. St. Petersburg, Fla., police were given the information from Ronald Dock, who is a New York Yankees drug counselor. Dock says he and another Strawberry friend didn't know the caller, who told them that Strawberry also had been pistol-whipped. Strawberry's attorney, Joseph Ficarrotta, said Monday afternoon he had not heard from his client. "He's got an uphill battle," Ficarrotta said. "Our prayers and thoughts are with him and hopefully everything will work out for the best." Prosecutors had said they would seek a prison sentence for Strawberry once he was located. Strawberry also disappeared from the center in October. He left with a friend for an overnight drug binge but turned himself in the next day. If it is determined that Strawberry has broken house arrest, it will be the fourth time he has violated conditions imposed by a Hillsborough County drug court Judge Florence Foster. Foster has kept Strawberry out of prison so he can seek treatment for his addiction and his cancer. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
FeelMyFunBags	posted on 04-02-2001 @ 11:57 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	I am truly shocked that they found him alive...I hope that they can get him cleaned up so he can start being a father to his kids. How I'm craving you, yeah! Every time I'm near you I always want to swallow you down I'll be right here if ya' need me In my life, I'll need you here, don't ask why I'll never disappear
Francine Banger	posted on 04-03-2001 @ 12:00 AM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00	The kids are much better off without him.

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