Sprinter Montgomery pleads guilty to heroin charge

4 July 2008, 7:34 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. sprinter Tim Montgomery, an Olympic gold medalist now banned from the sport, pleaded guilty on Thursday to distributing heroin.According to a guilty plea filed in federal court in Norfolk, Virginia, Montgomery faces at least five years in prison and a fine of up to $2 million.Once known as the fastest man alive, Montgomery has since been banned from competing for his role in a steroid scandal and sentenced to another prison term for check fraud.According to prosecutors, Montgomery provided an undercover agent with a total of 114 grams of heroin on four occasions between August 2007 and April 2008. The transactions were captured on video.... read more

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