Danton pleads guilty to murder-for-hire charge
Former DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener Mike Danton is going to the Big House, where he'll be someone's b***h for the next 7-10 years. Sentencing is set for October 22nd.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Former St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton admitted Friday that he tried to hire a hit man, almost certainly bringing his NHL career to an end....
The plot unraveled when the would-be hit man turned out to be a police informant.
"Obviously, this is what I think is a good result," prosecutor Stephen Clark said. "I think it's a fair deal."
Danton is seeking transfer to a prison in Canada, and prosecutors and the FBI said they won't oppose the move. U.S. District Judge William Stiehl, however, noted that Danton may not be allowed to return to the United States.
The prison time and possible restrictions likely will spell the end of the 23-year-old's NHL career, but his lawyer Robert Haar said the plea was the best option his client could choose.
"This was about saving as much of a young man's life as we could," he said.
Danton was to have been tried in September with co-defendant Katie Wolfmeyer, 19. He and Wolfmeyer, a college student from a St. Louis suburb, faced identical conspiracy charges, with Wolfmeyer accused of trying to hire the would-be killer of Danton's agent, David Frost.
There is, of course, much more to the story than we have been told to date. Danton may well have been in thrall to his agent, there is speculation about possible homosexual activity on the part of Danton- who knows what else is going on here?
The sad thing is that Danton, while never a star, had an opportunity to do something that small-town Canadian kids grow up dreaming about- playing in the NHL. Now the closest he will get to the game is if his cell block's TV is tuned to "Hockey Night in Canada". Yes, Danton is a true DUMB@$$, but you have to feel sorry for a kid who had so many opportunities and yet just couldn't seem to grasp the reality of just how truly blessed he was.
I hope that when Danton is released from prison he will at least have the wherewithal to do something positive with his life. Mistakes (as well as being a DUMB@$$) need not be permanent, and with any luck Mike Danton will be able to pick up the pieces. I wish him well, because he hopefully still has a long life ahead of him.
