Jailed Johnson

[MJZiggy]

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Writer

SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail for violating probation in a 2005 gun case.

Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson, left, enters Cook County Court accompanied by Bears head coach Lovie Smith, right, and linebacker Brian Urlacher, center, Thursday, March, 15, 2007 in Skokie, Ill. The 25-year-old is set to appear before a Cook County judge on probation violations in a 2005 gun case. The judge in Skokie could put Johnson behind bars for up to a year.

Johnson immediately was taken into custody Thursday. He could have been sentenced to up to a year behind bars.

Johnson, who pleaded guilty to violating his probation, also must pay a $2,500 fine.

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So much for his offseason....

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Re: Jailed Johnson

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Writer

SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson was sentenced to four months in jail for violating probation in a 2005 gun case.

Chicago Bears defensive lineman Tank Johnson, left, enters Cook County Court accompanied by Bears head coach Lovie Smith, right, and linebacker Brian Urlacher, center, Thursday, March, 15, 2007 in Skokie, Ill. The 25-year-old is set to appear before a Cook County judge on probation violations in a 2005 gun case. The judge in Skokie could put Johnson behind bars for up to a year.

Johnson immediately was taken into custody Thursday. He could have been sentenced to up to a year behind bars.

Johnson, who pleaded guilty to violating his probation, also must pay a $2,500 fine.

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So much for his offseason....

So much for Lovie Howell and Girlacher's reputations as being stand-up guys being within 100 yards of this thug says a lot about their character. Even Chewy cried about how Favre never really talked to him after his liking of young girls, but the Pack always has had more class.

[crosbiegrad]

$2,500?!! what a joke! It always makes me laugh when Sports stars who make millions get fines that even I could pay, really, what does that teach him?

[Kiwon]

Another joke: Where does Tank Johnson sit in the mess hall? Anywhere he wants to.

He'll have his choice of bunks too. He's prison royalty now.

[Joemailman]

Actually, the Bears are probably happy about this. Should keep him out of trouble during the off-season.

[swede]

I heard a Chicago column read on Mike and Mike this morning.

The guy absolutely ripped Chicago management, coaching and players for supporting Tank as if he were a sweet-tempered victim of circumstance while Lance Briggs gets treated like a$$-wipe.

Good times.