Mack Granted Probation After Serving Month

Cleveland Browns running back Kevin Mack was granted probation today, permitting his release after serving one month of a six-month prison term for using cocaine.

Judge Richard J. McMonagle of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court granted Mack two-year probation, effective immediately, along with several requirements, including regular urine testing for drug abuse.

“There’s something I want you to know. You have one dirty urine, and I’ll send you back to prison,” McMonagle said.

Mack, wearing orange overalls and running shoes, told the judge: “Your Honor, I feel I learned a valuable lesson from the mistake I made--being involved with drugs.

“While I was in the institution I’ve just been around people that I’ve never seen before, and never really confronted before. It really scared me.

“And I just feel that, given another chance, I can turn my life around with the help of God and the friends I have and the program I’m trying to work with.”

Mack, 27, was arrested June 28 after police investigating drug activity checked a car Mack had been driving.