Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery indicted for allegedly dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia to enter plea

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Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery’s plea agreement hearing is set for 2 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, according to the court docket. Montgomery previously had pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial on the charge, which carries a minimum 5-year prison term.Details of the plea deal were not available. The federal prosecutor’s office and defense attorney James O. Broccoletti did not immediately return phone messages.Montgomery, the former 100-meter world-record holder, was indicted for allegedly dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia. In May, a judge in New York sentenced Montgomery to 46 months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.The judge in the check fraud case told Montgomery that the evidence against him in the Virginia case “does not appear flimsy.”According to prosecutors, Montgomery met four times with a confidential informant from August to April, dealing a total of 111 grams of heroin for $8,450. Authorities recorded the meetings on audiotape and, in two cases, also on videotape. Drug Enforcement Administration agents also observed the transactions, a prosecutor said.In the New York case, Montgomery admitted he helped his former coach, Olympic champion Steve Riddick, and others cash $1.7 million in stolen and counterfeit checks. Riddick is serving a five-year prison term. Montgomery’s former companion, Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones, was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to investigators about the check-fraud scam and using steroids.Montgomery won a gold medal in the 400 relay at the 2000 Olympics and a silver medal in the 400 relay at the 1996 Olympics. He retired in 2005 after he was banned from track and field for doping. All of his performances after March 31, 2001, were wiped from the record books—including his world record of 9.78 seconds in the 100 meters in September 2002.