Jeff Reardon Charged with Armed Robbery; Freed on Bail
Jose Martinez
New York Daily News
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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (US):
A faded baseball great who made millions of dollars during his playing days was charged yesterday with robbing a jewelry store for all of $170, authorities said.
Jeff Reardon - a former Met relief pitcher who retired as No. 2 on the game's all-time saves list - blamed the bungled heist on anti-depressants he started taking after one of his sons died of a drug overdose.
He was released on $5,000 bail on Tuesday night."He wanted his fans to know this is something involved with his medication," said his attorney, Mitchell Beers. "He just wanted his fans to know it was not him."
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Cops in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., picked up the bearded ex-ballplayer in a shopping mall parking lot minutes after he robbed a Hamilton Jewelers store.
It was a wild pitch all the way: Reardon handed an employee a note that demanded cash and hinted that he had a gun, authorities said.
Beers said Reardon had been taking anti-depressants since his 20-year-old son, Shane, died in February 2004.
But a New York psychologist said he doubted Reardon's claim that the drugs made him do it."Can drugs make you steal from a jewelry store?" said Alan Hilfer, a psychologist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. "I don't think so."
Hilfer said it was more likely a "cry for help" from the troubled ex-jock, who earned more than $11.5 million during his career.
Jose MartinezNew York Daily News
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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (US):
A faded baseball great who made millions of dollars during his playing days was charged yesterday with robbing a jewelry store for all of $170, authorities said.
Jeff Reardon - a former Met relief pitcher who retired as No. 2 on the game's all-time saves list - blamed the bungled heist on anti-depressants he started taking after one of his sons died of a drug overdose.
He was released on $5,000 bail on Tuesday night."He wanted his fans to know this is something involved with his medication," said his attorney, Mitchell Beers. "He just wanted his fans to know it was not him."
_________________
See Also:
Bid to rob jewellery store takes sparkle off ball career
Tarnished Life For The Man With a Golden Arm
Troubles overwhelm ex-Twin
A tale layered with tragedy
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Cops in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., picked up the bearded ex-ballplayer in a shopping mall parking lot minutes after he robbed a Hamilton Jewelers store.
It was a wild pitch all the way: Reardon handed an employee a note that demanded cash and hinted that he had a gun, authorities said.
Beers said Reardon had been taking anti-depressants since his 20-year-old son, Shane, died in February 2004.
But a New York psychologist said he doubted Reardon's claim that the drugs made him do it."Can drugs make you steal from a jewelry store?" said Alan Hilfer, a psychologist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. "I don't think so."
Hilfer said it was more likely a "cry for help" from the troubled ex-jock, who earned more than $11.5 million during his career.
