Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain didn't have it very easy as a child. His mother, Jackie Standley, had problems with both alcohol and drugs and as a result, Joba was raised by his father. Of course, Joba's father didn't have things much better. Sure, he wasn't addicted to drugs, but he did have polio and a host of other maladies while Joba grew up.Since Chamberlain reached prominence with the Yankees last season, his mother has made overtures that she'd like to get back into her son's life, and even has a shrine of sorts dedicated to him in her home. Well, I'm not so sure that Joba is going to want to give her another chance once he hears what she's been up to lately. Namely that whole selling meth to an undercover cop thing.
Jacqueline Standley was arrested Saturday at her apartment at 1641 Prospect St. and charged Monday with delivery of an exceptionally hazardous drug, a Class 2 felony.Police tested the bag Standley sold to the officer and confirmed that it contained 0.6 grams of meth.
In court Monday, County Judge James Foster set her percentage bond at $5,000 and appointed the public defender's office to represent her. Standley bonded out of jail Monday night.
The charge carries a possible one- to 50-year prison sentence.
Ironically, on Monday she appeared in the same Lincoln courtroom in which her son received nine months of probation for a DUI arrest just one month ago.
