{"id":296713,"date":"2023-11-09T10:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296713"},"modified":"2023-11-09T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T10:24:25","slug":"football-star-jailed-for-sex-shop-crime-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/football-star-jailed-for-sex-shop-crime-spree\/","title":{"rendered":"Football star jailed for sex shop crime spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former football star is JAILED over crime spree involving drugs and stealing from a sex shop<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A former footballer has been jailed\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Troy Hearfield represented Australia\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He committed a string of crimes this year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former footballer has been jailed following a crime spree involving a string of thefts, drug possession and driving offences.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Hearfield, 36, was an A-League regular, enjoying stints at Newcastle Jets, Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners. As a youngster, he represented Australia at U-20 and U-23 levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he has suffered a heavy downfall culminating in a jail sentence, which was handed to him on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former right back was caught on CCTV wheeling a pram covered with a blanket at Bunnings Bennetts Green, close to Newcastle, on April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the pram was a Makita chainsaw and drill. He paid for some items at the checkout but not the power tools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77597025-12729065-image-a-1_1699520972677.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A former footballer (left) has been given a 12-month jail sentence for a string of offences<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77597023-12729065-image-a-2_1699520975181.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Troy Hearfield played for Central Coast Mariners but has suffered a major downfall<\/p>\n<p>A couple of months later, on July 25, Hearfield was caught on CCTV stealing a bottle of &#8216;Atomic enhancing pills&#8217; worth $190 from Flirt adult store in Port Macquarie.<\/p>\n<p>He then racked up a number of driving chargers as he left the adult shop, which saw him disqualified from driving, but was seen driving into a hotel car park a week later, and again on September 21 at Sandy Beach.<\/p>\n<p>He was later arrested in relation to outstanding warrants, with officers finding him in possession of a small bag containing 1.35 grams of\u00a0methylamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>Hearfield&#8217;s lawyer Lachlan Jackson-Porter told Coffs Harbour Local Court the former footballer had already been in custody for a number of weeks and that this was his first time behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s quite a shake-up (for him),&#8217; Mr Jackson-Porter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Hearfield has struggled with life since being let go by the Mariners eight years ago for off-field issues, while his father suffered a heart attack in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court also learnt that Hearfield has a job with Transport for NSW lined up, where he would be regularly tested for drugs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/09\/77597027-12729065-image-a-3_1699520977142.jpg\" height=\"437\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was convicted of shoplifting, drug possession and a handful of driving offences<\/p>\n<p>He plead guilty to larceny valued at less than $2000, shoplifting, possessing a prohibited drug and three counts of driving a motor vehicle during a disqualification period.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearfield was given a 12-month jail term with a non-parole period of seven months, with Magistrate Theresa Hamilton saying he had a persistent pattern of disregarding court orders and\u00a0&#8216;his history for disqualified driving is not good at all&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will be eligible for release on May 21 next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12729065\/Former-football-star-JAILED-crime-spree-sex-shop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former football star is JAILED over crime spree involving drugs and stealing from a sex shop A former footballer has been jailed\u00a0 Troy Hearfield represented Australia\u00a0 He committed a string of crimes this year\u00a0 A former footballer has been jailed following a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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