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| NBA Referee Not Faring Well in Prison |
| By brooklyneagle.com |
| Published: 06/15/2009 |
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NBA Referee Not Faring Well in Violent Prison by Brooklyn Eagle By Bill Kaczor- Associated Press CADMAN PLAZA EAST — After being sentenced to prison last summer by a Brooklyn federal court judge, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was attacked in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed he had ties to the New York mob, a spokesman for Donaghy said. The attacker hit Donaghy in the right knee with a stick or club in November at a minimum security federal prison in Pensacola, Fla., said Pat Zaranek of Executive Prison Consultants. Donaghy, who pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commence, is serving a 15-month sentence. “Verbally, there was a comment made that they were going to shoot him in the head and break his knee caps,” Zaranek said.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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