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Hector "Macho" Camacho was sentenced to the maximum seven years in prison Monday for burglary, but the eight-time world champion could avoid spending time in a 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. That would be followed by two years' probation.
The deal would allow the 44-year-old Camacho to continue working. But if he violates any of the conditions set at sentencing, he would have to serve the entire seven years.
"I am deeply sorry," Camacho said to the judge and offered apologies to boxing fans and the people of Mississippi, according to story posted on The Sun Herald's Web site.
The judge declined to hear a motion to dismiss a drug charge filed Jan. 6, 2005, in Biloxi. Authorities say they found 10 pills of Ecstasy in a casino hotel room where Camacho claims he had stopped to use the restroom. A trial on the charge is tentatively set for this month.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=3268221
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. That would be followed by two years' probation.
The deal would allow the 44-year-old Camacho to continue working. But if he violates any of the conditions set at sentencing, he would have to serve the entire seven years.
"I am deeply sorry," Camacho said to the judge and offered apologies to boxing fans and the people of Mississippi, according to story posted on The Sun Herald's Web site.
The judge declined to hear a motion to dismiss a drug charge filed Jan. 6, 2005, in Biloxi. Authorities say they found 10 pills of Ecstasy in a casino hotel room where Camacho claims he had stopped to use the restroom. A trial on the charge is tentatively set for this month.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=3268221
