Pro Wrestler Set to Enter Plea on Drug Charges
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Professional wrestling champion Jeff Hardy will enter a negotiated plea Jan. 20, according to his attorney, James Van Camp.
"We anticipate a resolution of this matter in January," Van Camp said at an administrative session of Moore County Superior Court earlier this month.
According to District Attorney Maureen Krueger, that will mean a plea of guilty to one or more of the drug charges he faces. She would not go into details of the state's plea offer but confirmed that it did include a sentencing arrangement.
As a result, the plea would have to be approved by the court. A judge may - and many on occasion do - refuse to accept a plea arrangement when it includes a negotiated sentence.
Hardy, 32, and his brother, Matt - wrestling as the Hardy Boyz - were six-time World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) World Tag Team Champions. Individually, Jeff Hardy held the WWE World Champion belt at one time and the World Heavyweight Championship twice.
Moore County sheriff's deputies arrested Hardy in September 2009 after a tip led to a search warrant for his residence on Camp Easter Road. The search turned up more than 260 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma noncontrolled prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine and drug paraphernalia, according to Sheriff Lane Carter.
Vicodin and anabolic steroids are schedule III controlled substances in North Carolina. The estimated street value of the drugs seized was $2,500, according to the Sheriff's Office.
In May, Hardy was indicted for conspiracy to traffic opium, a serious felony.
Contact John Chappell at jfchappell@gmail.com.
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RmeMP 2 years, 4 months ago
just another example of how money = injustice... why would the state offer a plea in a case such as this when the defendant is cut and dry guilty?! if i was caught with almost 500 pills, steroids, "residual" amounts of cocaine - my arse would be locked up!!!! but nooooo, not moore counties ONLY celebrity...
dustyrhoades 2 years, 4 months ago
Why don't you wait and see what the deal is before you have a fit about it?
RmeMP 2 years, 4 months ago
because dusty, i have it seen too many times... why don't you offer an ligitimate reason for a deal?
did they have enough evidence, yes
is this a first offesne? even if it is, we're not talking about a joint here - why don't you look at the copius amounts of drugd involved?
and then, consider if his name was "John Doe" who worked at WalMart and tell me that Mr. Doe would be offered the same deal
can't wait to see how this one turns out...
TooHot 2 years, 4 months ago
Why aren't these guys living in LA or Vegas? Are their "careers" over?
statelady 2 years, 4 months ago
Saw him recently at a medical facility here in Moore Co. Don't know why he was there-looked like he had been rode hard and put up wet! However he was very nice to some fans that recognized him. Prayers for the Lord to help you improve your life in the new year Jeff!
alaska4u 2 years, 4 months ago
Yea as the say Money Talks.. I know we seen both Hardy boys along with Shannon Moore here just recently at the Store in Vass, And the ops were fueling up there. thjey walked out about fell on my car and My kids were like Wow The Hardy Boys and drug or something. And yea they were . I even took pics of them drunk stumbing all over stuff and sent it to them along with a long email about the incident as well as when they go in the car and was behind us all at that light beside the station they drove3 around all 6 cars at thew light as we all were going through and there was on coming cars too. I assume they were in a hurry but they were not pulled over for that. And we never heard anything back from them after they done this incident. And to think my kids thought they were such cool guys.
1starmum 2 years, 4 months ago
I think Alaska 4 You was slightly messed up writing this comment.
carthagegal 2 years, 4 months ago
k, so u have never been drunk in public?? not trying to be mean but sounds like u were drunk when u wrote this comment. Everybody has moments where they say, ugh, wish i hadnt done that. we cant change the past but we can change the future and i think even this guy needs the chance to do that. after all, before all of this probably you and all of moore county thought of him as our hero. so instead of putting him in front of a firing squad how about we show some compassion for the sacrfices he made for this little county that we call moore, we ask what can we do to make it better for him. let him breathe sometimes. i know he is a bigtime wrestler but he is a human being too and would like some time for himself too. let's stop trying to degrade him and bring him up to what we anticipated at the start. if we stand by him he can get there. lets bring our county together instead of tearing it apart, we need all the help we can get. Happy New Year Everybody!!!!!
None 2 years, 4 months ago
What has either done for Moore County. Have they built a center for young men to improve on their wrestling skills. Or donated money for to the Boys and Girls club no I don't think so. Yes they are human but when you get in the limelight you are held to a different standard. So a good way of giving back to their community is to be respectful and sober in PUBLIC always having a kind word or deed and drive safely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yukonjohn 2 years, 4 months ago
He should have learned a long time ago, that he should live somewhere he was not such a celeb. He might have not gotten himself into such a fix.
RmeMP 2 years, 4 months ago
@carthagegal
yes, everyone has "moments" when they wish they didn't do something - this case isn't about that - it's about having ENORMOUS amounts of narcotics and getting away with it because of celebrity status.
A. he is NO hero of mine - never has been
B. what SACRIFICES has he made for moore county?! is he a veteran like some of us? NO - thats a sacrifice.... not lining your wallet and blowing it on drugs
C. he IS NOT a big time wrestler - he USED to be, until he was kicked out for gasp failing drug tests!!!!
D. i'm not degrading him - he CHOOSE to have LARGE amounts of ILLEGAL drugs and got caught... i simply expect him to pay the price that a non celebrity would have to pay
Wittmer 2 years, 4 months ago
First, I feel the need to correct a previous writer on one thing. Hardy wasn't kicked out of WWE for failing a drug test, he chose not to re-sign his contract w/ them. Second, what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? It seems as though there are some questions of entrapment based on the timing of a packaged delivery and then the police immediately entering the home. How would they have known to enter the home at that moment? It just seems fishy. Regardless, I will leave the decision of guilt or innocence to the court as our justice system is set up to do. This is the lesson I'm teaching my children. I'm sorry that some readers failed to learn that lesson.
RmeMP 2 years, 4 months ago
maybe you should also give a lesson to your children on a little thing known as FACTS...
i don't know who told you the incorrect reason he is no longer with WWE, but a little research on your part will confirm what i stated earlier - he is longer in WWE because of drug abuse and failing to report to go to rehab; along with other issues that follow drug users...
BTW - this has nothing to do with "innocent until prven guilty", it has to do with a double standard which lives in our judicial system...