ANOTHER Criminal Mountain Biker!

http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009...a-seized-4934/

Ex-mountain bike champ Giove held on $250,000 bail after nearly 400
pounds of marijuana seized
Jessica M. Pasko June 19th, 2009 Ex-mountain bike champ Giove hit with
drug charges

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former mountain biking world champion Melissa “Missy”
Giove was ordered held on $250,000 bail Thursday after federal
authorities said they seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a
truck she was driving in upstate New York.


Giove, 37, and Eric Canori, 30, of Wilton were charged Tuesday with
conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of
marijuana.

Nearly 400 pounds of pot were seized from the truck and from Canori’s
home outside Saratoga Springs, 25 miles north of Albany, according to
the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

Canori was ordered held on $500,000 bail at the detention hearing
Thursday. Giove and Canori were also ordered to surrender their
passports, attend all court appearances and notify authorities of any
changes in phone number or address should they post bail. Judge David
Homer also imposed travel restrictions on both.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Belliss had asked for no bail, saying
Giove and Canori are flight risks, but Homer cited the pair’s lack of
criminal history and family and business ties to their communities.

Authorities learned of Giove and Canori’s plans last weekend when
Illinois State Police pulled over a woman driving a truck and trailer
loaded with about 220 pounds of marijuana, DEA spokeswoman Erin Mulvey
said. Authorities completed the delivery to the Albany area, where
Mulvey said Giove picked up the vehicle and trailer.

Giove is accused of then driving north and following Canori to his
home, where some of the trailer’s contents were unloaded.

Giove was later arrested at nearby Saratoga Lake, authorities said. A
search of Canori’s home turned up more than 150 pounds of pot and more
than $1 million in cash stashed in a closet and the basement, the DEA
said.

In court Thursday, public defender Tim Austin said the drugs and money
were planted in Giove’s truck, possibly by police.

Giove, nicknamed “The Missile,” was the downhill world champion in
1994 and won World Cup season titles in ‘97 and ‘98, then captured
national titles from 1999-2001. One of the sport’s first mainstream
female stars, she retired from downhill racing in 2003.

Mike Vandeman wrote:
http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009...a-seized-4934/

Ex-mountain bike champ Giove held on $250,000 bail after nearly 400
pounds of marijuana seized
Jessica M. Pasko June 19th, 2009 Ex-mountain bike champ Giove hit with
drug charges

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former mountain biking world champion Melissa “Missy”
Giove was ordered held on $250,000 bail Thursday after federal
authorities said they seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a
truck she was driving in upstate New York.
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C'mon, Mike, you can do better than this.
Missy Giove is an EX- mountain biker and
she didn't even use a mountain bike to
escape from the scene.

Further, will you post the news story that
corroborates her attorney's claim that the
pot was "planted" and the charge is a frame
and that she is NOT a typical criminal
mountain biker?

I doubt that you will because it wouldn't
suit your purposes.