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  1. www.yahoo.com › entertainment › tim-allen-recallsTim Allen recalls serving time in prison on cocaine charges ...

    Mar 1, 2021 · He pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, thinking the sentence wouldn't be too harsh — then was sent to federal prison, at age 23, for two years and four months. In this...

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  3. people.com › tv › tim-allen-opens-up-about-servingTim Allen Opens Up About Serving Time Prison on Cocaine Charges

    Mar 3, 2021 · The Home Improvement star appeared on an episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast on Monday and opened up about his past struggle with substance abuse and his 2-year stint...

  4. wrkr.com › tim-allen-discusses-the-drug-bust-inTim Allen On The Drug Bust in Kalamazoo That Changed His Life

    Mar 2, 2021 · I don't think I've ever heard Allen discuss what happened that got him over two years in prison, after he was busted in 1978 on drug trafficking charges. In this handout, American actor and comedian Tim Allen in a mug shot following his arrest for cocaine possession, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, 2nd October 1978.

  5. allthatsinteresting.com › tim-allen-cocaineThe True Story Behind Tim Allen's Mugshot And His Drug ...

    • Tim Allen’s Early Life
    • Tim Allen: The Drug-Trafficking Cocaine Dealer
    • Tim Allen’s Third Act

    Born in Denver, Colorado on June 13, 1953, Tim Allen’s birth name was really Timothy Dick. According to Biography, Allen was teased about his last name, which provided him the chance to use humor as a defense mechanism. Allen’s father Gerald Dick was killed in a car accident when the young boy was only 11 years old. Allen and his father were very c...

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    According to CBS News, Tim Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport on October 2, 1978. He was caught with more than 650 grams — 1.4 pounds — of cocaine. Unfortunately for Allen, state legislators had just passed a lawthat tied a life sentence to any conviction of selling 650 grams or more of cocaine. A few resources s...

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    “When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away,” Allen later told Esquire. “I was put in a holding cell with twenty other guys — we had to crap in the same crapper in the middle of the room — and I just told myself, I can’t do this for seven and a half years. I want to kill myself.”...

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  6. pagesix.com › 2021/03/03 › tim-allen-reflects-on-2Tim Allen reflects on 2-year prison sentence for cocaine

    Mar 3, 2021 · The now-67-year-old actor pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. “I just shut up and did what I was told,” Allen, who was 23 at the time, recalled of his prison stint on Monday’s ...

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  7. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsTim Allen reflects on time in prison on drug trafficking ...

    Mar 3, 2021 · Tim Allen has opened up about serving time in prison on cocaine charges. In 1978, the Home Improvement star was arrested at the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport in Michigan after...

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  9. www.themix.net › 2021 › 03Here's How Two Years In Prison On Drug Charges Changed Tim Allen

    Mar 2, 2021 · He pled guilty to drug trafficking, assuming he would get a slap on the wrist. Instead, he spent the next two years in a federal prison. “In 1978, when Tim Allen was 25 years old, he was detained at an airport in Michigan after he was found to be in the possession of a lot of cocaine.