TAMPA, Fla. — Just six months after undergoing colon
cancer treatment, the
career of Darryl Strawberry took another
disastrous turn Wednesday night when the New York Yankees
outfielder was arrested on charges of cocaine possession and
solicitation for prostitution.
The New York Yankees outfielder, in a gold-colored 1999 Ford
Explorer, solicited an undercover officer for sex for $50, a
spokesman for the Tampa Police department said after Wednesday
night's arrest about three miles from the team's training
complex.
Upon being searched by two police
officers at 10:10 p.m. ET,
0.3 grams of powder cocaine was found wrapped inside a $20 bill
inside of his wallet, police said.
After being booked at the Hillsborough County Jail, he was
released on $6,000 bond.
Strawberry's list of substance abuse problems is lengthy.
Major League Baseball suspended him for 60 days in 1995
after he tested positive for cocaine. The previous year, he
entered the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and
spent four weeks
undergoing treatment of a substance abuse
problem. In 1990, he entered the Smithers Center in New York
for alcohol rehabilitation.
In addition to substance abuse, Strawberry also ran afoul of
tax laws. In April 1995, a federal court ordered him to repay
$350,000 in back taxes and sentenced him to six months of home
confinement. But the order allowed him to leave home for
practice and games, and to travel to road games.
Strawberry, who came to prominence with the New York Mets in
the early 1980s and won the NL Rookie of the Year award in
1983, also has had off-and-on problems in Los Angeles, where he
was accused of failing to make timely payments to his ex-wife
Lisa.
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