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Former NFL back Travis Henry gets 3 years in federal prison for drug dealing

By Douglas A. Berman

From the sport desk comes this afternoon sentencing story from the federal courts in Montana: A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former NFL player Travis Henry to three years in prison for financing a drug ring that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana. Henry, 30, of Frostproof, Fla., was arrested by federal drug agents last October ? just a few months after the running back?s release from the Denver Broncos. He pleaded guilty in April to a single count of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. In handing down Wednesday?s sentence, U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull in Billings also gave Henry five years of probation and recommended he enter a 500-hour drug treatment program. Completion of the treatment program could knock off up to a year from Henry?s sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).