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Tim Montgomery Sentenced to 48 Months- Former Olympic gold medalist and world-class sprinter Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison Friday for his role in a multimillion-dollar check scheme.  Montgomery, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas handed down the sentence.  Montgomery pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering.  Federal prosecutors said he played a key role in depositing bogus checks worth $1.7 million.  Montgomery left track and field in 2005 after he was banned for doping.  He has a child with Marion Jones, another track phenom who is now in prison for lying about the check scam and about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.  “I’ve had everything I ever wanted in life. I’ve stood on the top of the mountain,” Montgomery told the court. But now, “the gold medal, all those people cheering, that was part of another world. … In jail, my status is gone” (Sports: Tim Montogmery Sentenced).  The check case also involves Montgomery’s former coach, gold medalist Steve Riddick, and Jones’ longtime agent, Charles Wells who both plead guilty.  Montgomery still faces drug-dealing charges in Virginia where he is accused of selling more than 100 grams of heroin to federal agents.  Geezus.  Another professional athlete jailed for stealing money and selling drugs?  You’ve got to be kidding.  You would think he would have learned a lesson after he was busted and banned for doping.  But that’s what happens in the real world folks, where stealing and dealing gets you hard time.  As dumb as the Federal narcs are, they still have the wits to tap your phone and follow you around all day.  They’re getting paid big bucks to entrap and squeal on former sports icons who hit hard times so keep an eye out.  Just suck it up Timmy boy.  Keep those butt cheeks tight and wear that fashionable hair net if Cliffie asks you to do so.  Hold his stamps and Newports too, just in case.  4 years in the slam goes real slow when you’re somebody’s bitch.

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