Gerald Smith heads to jail (Footblog)

Gerald Smith heads to jail

The Centre Daily Times is reporting former Penn State WR Gerald Smith was sentenced to to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

However, he will likely get parole after 13 months after Smith attorney said his client "wants to get on with his life, start a new chapter and get this chapter behind him."

The ruling stems from a May 2008 arrest when he was caught by a State College Police undercover detective with 123 grams of cocaine.

Smith played from 2000-04, racking up 254 yards on 20 catches while bouncing back and forth from defensive back to WR.

-Mink

Posted by Web Administrator on July 16, 2009 1:11 PM | Permalink

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Matt Fortuna is a sophomore majoring in journalism and a football reporter for the Collegian. He has previously covered the men's tennis, soccer and basketball teams. A traditionalist, he would like nothing more than to see Joe Paterno throw it back to his Brooklyn days and install the single-wing offense this season.

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