By Jillian Ogawa
jogawa@herald-leader.com
Mackey entered a guilty plea Monday morning to an amended charge of first-degree possession of a controlled substance.
GEORGETOWN — Former high school basketball star Jonathan “Bud” Mackey entered a guilty plea Monday morning to an amended charge of first-degree possession of a controlled substance.
Mackey, 19, was scheduled to appear in Scott County Circuit Court for a jury trial, but prosecutors offered him the plea deal.
Mackey had been indicted in February on a charge of first-degree trafficking a controlled substance, a Class C felony that carries a penalty of five to 10 years in prison. The amended charge is a Class D felony, punishable by one to five years in prison.
The Commonwealth recommended that Mackey serve six months in jail, followed by five years probation. He will be sentenced Oct. 6.
Mackey was the Sweet Sixteen’s most valuable player while on Scott County’s 2007 state championship team and had planned to play basketball at Indiana University.
He was charged last September. Police said he had 1.6 grams of rock cocaine in his shoe when he was arrested at Scott County High School.
Mackey remains free on bond.
It’s disappointing to see such a gifted young spiral downward. Hopefully this will serve as wake-up call to Mr. Mackey and to other young people. I hope he gets it together and still has a desire to enroll in school. May God bless him and his family.
idiot that cant get his priorities straight and brings drugs into our schools. give him the maximum.
i knew this would happen all along.
He should get the 5-10 year sentence. If he wasn’t a decent basketball player he would have. Obviously no longer a college prospect……………..yeah right.
Everybody makes mistakes, let just hope he learns from this situation and moves on to positive things with his life. If he wasn’t a high profile black player it would not have been front page news. There are plenty of students who get caught but because they have money it is never mentioned or it is swept under the rug. Let’s be fair about this. He is human and deserves a chance to prove himself and to better himself because it is not all about the sport it is about his life choices.