Former NFL player Travis Henry will remain in federal custody after his arrest Tuesday by U.S. Marshals and Polk County sheriff's deputies in Auburndale for a bond violation, a U.S. magistrate judge in Tampa ruled.
Henry tested positive for alcohol, which is prohibited under the terms of his release, the judge said.
Adam Allen, a public defender representing Henry at the hearing, said in court that Henry consumed the alcohol before a U.S. district judge in Montana set the conditions of his release.
Henry, a Frostproof High graduate and former running back for the Denver Broncos, signed a plea deal with prosecutors in April admitting to a single cocaine conspiracy charge to possess at least 11 pounds of cocaine with intent to distribute the drug.
Tampa U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Pizzo called it "unusual" that a defendant facing a minimum 10-year prison sentence would be granted bond after a guilty plea.
"Mr. Henry, you will have to answer to the district judge in Montana for release if you are to be released," Pizzo said, remanding him to the custody of the U.S. Marshals.
Allen said Henry's private lawyers presented "special circumstances" to the Montana judge to secure his release.
Henry has three court hearings scheduled this month concerning child support, court records show.
"Once he is incarcerated it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to arrange for his presence at these various hearings," defense lawyers said in court filings in Montana.
Henry, 30, and co-defendant James Mack, 29, of Bow Mar, Colo., were arrested in Denver in October, after authorities in Montana found 6 pounds of marijuana and about 6.6 pounds of cocaine that the pair allegedly supplied.
Federal investigators said Henry trafficked cocaine between Colorado and Montana and that one of his associates had delivered 6 pounds of cocaine to Billings on prior occasions.
Henry was also arrested March 3 on charges he owed $16,600 in child support payments.
Henry tested positive for alcohol, which is prohibited under the terms of his release, the judge said.
Adam Allen, a public defender representing Henry at the hearing, said in court that Henry consumed the alcohol before a U.S. district judge in Montana set the conditions of his release.
Henry, a Frostproof High graduate and former running back for the Denver Broncos, signed a plea deal with prosecutors in April admitting to a single cocaine conspiracy charge to possess at least 11 pounds of cocaine with intent to distribute the drug.
Tampa U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Pizzo called it "unusual" that a defendant facing a minimum 10-year prison sentence would be granted bond after a guilty plea.
"Mr. Henry, you will have to answer to the district judge in Montana for release if you are to be released," Pizzo said, remanding him to the custody of the U.S. Marshals.
Allen said Henry's private lawyers presented "special circumstances" to the Montana judge to secure his release.
Henry has three court hearings scheduled this month concerning child support, court records show.
"Once he is incarcerated it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to arrange for his presence at these various hearings," defense lawyers said in court filings in Montana.
Henry, 30, and co-defendant James Mack, 29, of Bow Mar, Colo., were arrested in Denver in October, after authorities in Montana found 6 pounds of marijuana and about 6.6 pounds of cocaine that the pair allegedly supplied.
Federal investigators said Henry trafficked cocaine between Colorado and Montana and that one of his associates had delivered 6 pounds of cocaine to Billings on prior occasions.
Henry was also arrested March 3 on charges he owed $16,600 in child support payments.
HE HAS 11 CHILDREN BY 10 WOMEN.
After a successful appeal of his jail stay in the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Henry was ordered released March 18.
He's scheduled to be sentenced in Montana in the federal drug case July 15.
After a successful appeal of his jail stay in the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Henry was ordered released March 18.
He's scheduled to be sentenced in Montana in the federal drug case July 15.
Dumb. Just dumb.
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