ST. LOUIS, March 30 (UPI) -- Former National Hockey League player Mike Danton, who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill his agent, failed in his bid to serve his prison sentence in Canada.
Danton, 25, originally of Brampton, Ontario, played one season with the St. Louis Blues before launching a failed plot to have his agent and mentor slain. The FBI was tipped off, and the target, David Frost, was not injured.
Danton, currently in a federal prison at Fort Dix, N.J., was sentenced to 7 1/2 in prison. He asked to serve his time in Canada but the Justice Department's international prisoner transfer unit turned him down after a year's deliberation, the St. Louis Post Dispatch said. The agency cited the seriousness of Danton's crime and said a transfer "would not serve the ends of justice."
Danton must serve at least 85 percent of his sentence under U.S. rules but would have had a chance at earlier release under Canada's parole policies.
