bugsandcranks.com - 4/25/2008
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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 contest to the possession of marijuana charge in September, and was sentenced to 12 months of probation and 50 hours of community service. Conrad also ...
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Elijah Dukes does community service, becomes zoo tycoon
Big League Stew —
... it looks like Dukes was assigned to some pretty mundane stuff. I don't even think there was any elephant remnants involved, either. Dukes' lawyer, from the Tampa Tribune: "He did everything from helping to erect a fence to landscaping to
tidying up the janitorial closet. He took lunch with the
guys. Sweeping. He did all of those things. He didn't have a plush job
where he'd sit here and tell people where the bathroom is." As our guy Chalk over at Bugs & Cranks notes, Lowry Park Zoo was rated the most family ...
GadZOOks! So that explains it!
The Nationals Enquirer —
... Sure, the story broke hours ago, but here at the palatial offices of The Nationals Enquirer, we're still stunned at the real reason for the radio silence on Elijah Dukes' return to FLA this last week. How on earth were they able to keep this under wraps ( ...
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tampabay.com 4/25/2008 — 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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Clean-up work at zoo helps Dukes end probation
sports.espn.go.com 4/25/2008 — 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.
Dukes Gets Into More Crap, Cleans Out Zoo Cages
sportsbybrooks.com 4/25/2008 — 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 ...
Dukes: Probation over —
Nationals Journal 4/25/2008
The club has not been forthcoming with details of Elijah Dukes's plans, so I'm quite familiar with the Hillsborough County (Fla.) courts by now. The St. Petersburg Times, however, reported that Dukes's probation for a misdemeanor drug charge last year ...
O'Connor a winner, and what to make of Milledge —
Nationals Journal 4/25/2008
Funny how these things work out, huh? Mike O'Connor got the call that he would be promoted about 2 p.m. yesterday. "Weird day," he said. He scrambled to his apartment in Columbus, gathered a few things, (presumably) kissed his wife and headed to the ...
Dukes begins rehab tomorrow -- plus lineups —
Nationals Journal 4/25/2008
Beautiful night out here at the yard. Many Nationals gathered around Alfonso Soriano during BP, even with Soriano on the DL. Just a magnetic personality, smiling 24 hours a day. Too bad he's not playing. News: Elijah Dukes will begin a rehab ...
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