UPDATE: Neff sentence: probation, anger management
Written by Toledo Free Press Staff Writers | | news@toledofreepress.comTroy Neff said April 6 he accepted a plea bargain for a first-degree misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a road rage incident.
Neff’s charge was reduced to a fourth-degree misdemeanor and he received 30 days suspended, 2 years probation and will be required to sign up for anger management classes, which Neff said he will start April 8.
“It was exactly what was expected,” Neff said.
Neff decided to take a plea bargain after realizing that no matter what he did, it would not affect the outcome of Jeffrey Hardenman’s case, he said.
Neff and Jeffrey Hardeman, of Knoxville, Tenn., were involved in a Dec. 10 road rage incident in Perrysburg Township. Neff hit Hardeman several times and Hardeman stabbed Neff three times.
Hardeman was charged with felonious assault and tampering with evidence. Hardeman went back to Tennessee on his own recognizance after he waived his right to a hearing Dec. 18. The grand jury failed to return a formal indictment in February, and Neff said Hardeman will accept a deal for a first-degree misdemeanor.
“It was more important to get this behind me and stop being in the news,” Neff said.
Neff was pulled over for driving under the influence Jan. 19. He has since pleaded no contest. His license was suspended for six months with work privileges and he will attend a Driver Improvement Program, commonly known as DIP.
“I have made a lot of changes to my life,” Neff said, declining to elaborate.
Just to review:
Clear Channel yanks ‘Troy Neff Show’ April 8,2009
***Neff sent an e-mail to Brian Wilson, the program director for WSPD, telling him “to go f*** himself” after Neff had heard that Brian Wilson had instructed his employees not to mention Neff’s stabbing on the air, Neff said….
***After describing the stabbing incident, Neff said, “Apparently people got a memo at WSPD from Brian Wilson not to mention the story, not to mention my name at all today. I’d just like to say that Brian Wilson can go screw himself.”…
***Cassie Wilson, director of news operations for Clear Channel, said that she sent a reminder to her employees about the station’s policy not to cover crime. Brian Wilson did not have anything to do with this reminder, she said….
***“I believe that I will be back on the air in Toledo by the beginning of the year,” Neff said.
Proof positive: Troy “Dude! You Stabbed Me!” Neff is a liar, a loser and a drunk.
Only one of those is curable.
This comment was posted on April 8th, 2009 at 1:04 pm