Giove pleads guilty to drug charges
by VeloNews.com
Former world downhill champion Melissa “Missy” Giove entered a guilty plea Tuesday on conspiracy charges relating to marijuana smuggling ring.
The 37-year-old Giove was arrested along with 26-year-old Tamara Geagly and 30-year-old Eric Canori near Saratoga Springs, New York, in June. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana when the arrests were made.
Court papers revealed she had also co-ordinated other drug sales dating to 2006, TimesUnion.com reported.
The drugs ring was uncovered in June after state troopers in Moline, Illinois stopped one of the couriers, who was transporting marijuana in a trailer lined with dry ice. The court heard Giove was to be paid $30,000 plus travel expenses for her role.
Giove agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, who appear to have agreed to recommending a reduced sentence in exchange. Giove is scheduled to be sentenced on March 25 and, even with a plea agreement, still faces up to five years in prison.
by VeloNews.com
Former world downhill champion Melissa “Missy” Giove entered a guilty plea Tuesday on conspiracy charges relating to marijuana smuggling ring.
The 37-year-old Giove was arrested along with 26-year-old Tamara Geagly and 30-year-old Eric Canori near Saratoga Springs, New York, in June. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana when the arrests were made.
Court papers revealed she had also co-ordinated other drug sales dating to 2006, TimesUnion.com reported.
The drugs ring was uncovered in June after state troopers in Moline, Illinois stopped one of the couriers, who was transporting marijuana in a trailer lined with dry ice. The court heard Giove was to be paid $30,000 plus travel expenses for her role.
Giove agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, who appear to have agreed to recommending a reduced sentence in exchange. Giove is scheduled to be sentenced on March 25 and, even with a plea agreement, still faces up to five years in prison.
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