Tyson ruling Wednesday

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999 | 10:18 a.m.

Mike Tyson will learn Wednesday whether he'll lose privileges and time off for good behavior for throwing a television set against jail bars Friday.

The former heavyweight champion, serving a one-year sentence for assaulting two men after a traffic accident, faces a closed hearing at Montgomery County Correction Center in Rockville, Md.

Jail officials cited Tyson for destruction of property, assault on correctional staff and disorderly conduct. He reportedly became agitated when a guard hung up a telephone he was using.

The outburst occurred two days after jail officials began withholding his daily dose of Zoloft, an antidepressant medication.

* Sentencing was delayed in Charlotte, N.C., for former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, who faces a prison sentence for kidnapping his estranged wife and five children. Ed Hinson, one of Bowe's lawyers, said federal prosecutors requested the delay.

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