Former Red Sox pitcher sentenced to prison for soliciting a minor

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox has been sentenced to 3 years in jail after pleading responsible to prices stemming from an underage intercourse sting.

Maddox, 34, pleaded responsible Thursday to assembly a minor to do illegal acts and illegal use of a two-way communications machine. As a part of a plea deal, Florida prosecutors dismissed a cost of soliciting a baby by way of laptop.

Maddox will get credit score for the 501 days he already served in jail. Choose Lindsay Tygart additionally sentenced him to 5 years of intercourse offender probation upon his launch. He had confronted as much as 5 years in jail.

Maddox was one of 27 people arrested as a part of a multi-agency operation in April 2024. They had been accused of soliciting intercourse over the web from individuals they believed had been youngsters, officers mentioned.

Maddox agreed to satisfy the lady at a pre-arranged location, the place he was arrested by regulation enforcement officers.

Maddox performed school baseball on the College of Florida and was drafted by the Purple Sox in 2012. He made his main league debut in 2017 after a number of years within the minors.

Maddox was on probation as a drug offender on the time of his arrest. He was arrested in November 2022 in Baker County.