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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 handout, American...
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Mar 3, 2021 · Tim Allen Says He Was 'Lost' Before Serving Time in Prison on Cocaine Charges in His 20s. Tim Allen was arrested in 1978 and pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. Tim Allen is...
Mar 3, 2021 · At 23 years old, Allen pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to two years and four months in federal prison. Appearing on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Allen said:...
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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...
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...
“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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Nov 15, 2022 · When he was 25 years old in 1979, Allen was arrested at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport for drug trafficking, per CBS News. More than a pound of cocaine was found in his possession, and he pleaded guilty to the charges. Allen was sentenced to three to seven years in prison for the crime.
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Mar 3, 2021 · The “Last Man Standing” star, who is now nearly 23 years sober, served almost two-and-a-half years in federal prison after being busted in 1978 with more than a pound of cocaine at Michigan’s...
Mar 3, 2021 · March 3, 2021 7:37am. Tim Allen is making headlines after opening up about his infamous decades-old cocaine arrest and federal prison time, as well as the delight he took in former...
