Elijah Dukes does community service, becomes zoo tycoon

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Elijah Dukes does community service, becomes zoo tycoon
Mr. Irrelevant found this 4/25/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]
One of the nice things about being placed on the DL is that it frees you up to leave the team and do the things you need to get done.  Like, say, community service that will allow you to end your probation for a drug charge a little earlier than expected.   Also, if you're really, really lucky, you'll be able to do the time while your team is playing the Marlins, allowing you to ... [link]

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Nats Will Not Go 0-17 Against the Mets
Published 4/25/2008 by Chris Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... – Elijah Dukes spent his off time picking up shit. As part of his community service, he put in 25 hours in a Tampa zoo cleaning out animal cages. Just say no to drugs, kids. ...

Great Moments in Frivolity, Part I
Published 7/10/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at Baseball Analysts
... Elijah Dukes completes his community service for misdemeanor drug charges by cleaning out cages at a zoo. His lawyer is immediately disbarred for failing to argue at Dukes' sentencing hearing that playing for the Washington Nationals was already more than enough punishment. ...

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dichalk posted 4/25/2008 from www.tampabay.com

To get his misdemeanor probation cut short by five months, former Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning out cages and mopping at Lowry Park Zoo. Attorney Grady Irvin and a team official for the Nationals, who traded for Dukes in December, said the ballplayer also passed weekly drug tests for six months.
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Yet another feel good chapter in The Redemption Of Elijah Dukes : Thursday, Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad has allowed former Tampa Bay Devil Ray Elijah Dukes to end his probation on a drug charge six months early. Dukes pleaded no ...
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Clean-up work at zoo helps Dukes end probation

Sports News and Other Cool Crap - The ... found this 4/25/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning cages and mopping at an area zoo as part of a deal to shorten his probation on a previous drug charge, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
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Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, ... found this 4/25/2008 on www.sportsbybrooks.com

Elijah Dukes has been a bad boy in the past. But the former Devil Ray & current Washington National is confronting some of the messes made in his life. The ST. PETERSBURG TIMES wipes up news that Dukes was able to reduce his current ...
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Dukes attorney: "There's nothing hanging over his head"

The Nationals Enquirer found this 4/25/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com

A Hillsborough County Court official confirmed that Elijah Dukes's probation - stemming from a January 2007 misdemeanor marijuana charge - was ended five months early in a hearing yesterday in Tampa. Dukes was on a 1 p.m. flight yesterday and was back ...
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