President Trump issues pardon to New York Mets legend Darryl Strawberry [View all]

Source: Yahoo Sports

Darryl Strawberry received a federal pardon from President Donald Trump this week regarding the New York Mets legend's tax evasion and drug charges from the 1990s.

Strawberry, who finished his 17-season MLB career with 335 home runs and 1,000 RBI, was indicted and later pleaded guilty on a single felony account to tax evasion charges in 1995. The eight-time All-Star failed to report $350,000 in income he made from autograph signings and personal appearances.

While he had accepted three months in prison as part of a plea bargain, Strawberry ended up with only six months of home confinement and was ordered to pay more than $430,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties.

In 1999, Strawberry was sentenced to 21 months of probation and suspended 140 days by MLB after pleading no contest to charges of possession of cocaine and soliciting a prostitute. He served 11 months in a Florida state prison.

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