Former Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox sentenced to 3 years in prison for soliciting a minor

Jacksonvılle, Fla. (AP) – Old Boston Red Sox Jug Austin Maddox was sentenced to three years in prison. A non -disregard sex stings.

On Thursday, 34 -year -old Maddox was found guilty of taking illegal actions and illegal use of a two -way communication device. As part of a defense agreement, Florida rejected prosecutors to accuse a child to demand a request through a computer.

Maddox will receive credit for 501 days in prison. Judge Lindsay Tygart sentenced him to his five -year -old sex criminal imprisoned freedom. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

The authorities were one of the 27 people arrested in April 2024 as part of a multi -agency operation.

Maddox agreed to meet the girl in a pre -arranged place, where he was arrested by law enforcement officers.

Maddox played college baseball at the University of Florida and prepared in 2012 by Red Sox. In 2017, a few years later, he made a big league output among the little ones.

Maddox was a probation as a drug criminal at the time of being arrested. He was arrested in Baker County in November 2022.

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