Last update: 06-11-2007
BILOXI, Miss. - A judge sentenced boxer Hector Luis "Macho" Camacho to the maximum seven years in prison Monday for burglary.
But the 8-time world champion could avoid spending time in a jail cell.
Harrison County Circuit Judge Steve Simpson suspended six years of the sentence and said Camacho could serve one year under house arrest if authorities in Puerto Rico agree to monitor him.
The house arrest would be followed by two years probation.
The deal would allow Camacho to continue working.
But if he violates any of the conditions set at sentencing, he would have to serve the entire seven years.
During the hearing the judge declined to hear a motion to dismiss a drug charge filed in 2005 in Biloxi.
Authorities say they found 10 pills of Ecstasy in a casino hotel room where Camacho claims he had stopped in to use the restroom.
Camacho pleaded guilty in May to one count of burglary for breaking into a computer store to retrieve his laptop, which had been left their for maintenance.
BILOXI, Miss. - A judge sentenced boxer Hector Luis "Macho" Camacho to the maximum seven years in prison Monday for burglary.
But the 8-time world champion could avoid spending time in a jail cell.
Harrison County Circuit Judge Steve Simpson suspended six years of the sentence and said Camacho could serve one year under house arrest if authorities in Puerto Rico agree to monitor him.
The house arrest would be followed by two years probation.
The deal would allow Camacho to continue working.
But if he violates any of the conditions set at sentencing, he would have to serve the entire seven years.
During the hearing the judge declined to hear a motion to dismiss a drug charge filed in 2005 in Biloxi.
Authorities say they found 10 pills of Ecstasy in a casino hotel room where Camacho claims he had stopped in to use the restroom.
Camacho pleaded guilty in May to one count of burglary for breaking into a computer store to retrieve his laptop, which had been left their for maintenance.
