Tapia in jail on probation violation

PERFORMANCE. BOXING LEGEND JOHNNY TAPIA IS BACK IN JAIL TONIGHT FOR USING COCAINE.. VIOLATING...  More »

PERFORMANCE. BOXING LEGEND JOHNNY TAPIA IS BACK IN JAIL TONIGHT FOR USING COCAINE.. VIOLATING HIS PROBATION. NOW EYEWITNESS 4 HAS LEARNED TAPIA ADMITTED TO DOING THE SAME THING 6 MONTHS AGO...BUT THERE'S NO RECORD A JUDGE DID ANYTHING. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JEREMY JOJOLA TALKED TO THAT JUDGE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. JEREMY. JOHNNY TAPIA WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE LAST APRIL HEN HE WAS FOUND IN A COCAINE COMA IN AN ALBUQURQUE HOTEL ROOM INSTEAD OF JAIL, HE GOT PROBATION.... AND A SHOT AT REHAB. BUT NOW HE'S LOCKED UP AGAIN, BUT NOT BEFORE GETTING EVEN ANOTHER SECOND CHANCE. FIVE-TIME WORLD BOXING CHAMPION JOHNNY TAPIA IS BACK IN JAIL AGAIN---- LOCKED UP AT THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER---FOR USING COCAINE WHILE ON PROBATION. JUST LAST APRIL---TAPIA TOLD EVERYONE HE WOULD TRY AVOIDING THIS MISTAKE WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE TO GO TO REHAB INSTEAD OF JAIL. : 'What I'm doing now is I'm coming out forward and I'm letting people know that I have a problem and i'm trying to fix it... and today I'm OK.' BUT IT APPEARS TAPIA CAN'T WIN THE FIGT AGAINST HIS OWN ADDICTION---- HE'S BEEN UPFRONT ABOUT IT--- SO UPFRONT---WE FOUND COURT DOCUMENTS SHOWING LAST AUGUST, TAPIA ADMITED TO HIS PROBATION OFFICER 'TO USING ONE LINE OF COCAINE.' JUDGE KENNETH MARTINEZ DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ACTION ON TAPIA'S PROBATION, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERWORK-- THE JUDGE TELLS US TONIGHT HE DIDN'T CONSIDER TAPIA'S ADMISSION A FULL PROBATION VIOLATION--- SO HE LET TAPIA STAY OUT ...AND STAY ON PROBATION.... INSTEAD OF THROWING HIM BACK IN JAIL LIKE HE COULD HAVE. TAPIA WILL REMAIN BEHIND BARS---WITH NO BOND UNTIL HE SEES A JUDGE-- HIS WIFE TERESA ONCE SAID SHE WOULD LEAVE HIM IF HE MESSED UP AGAIN--- WE'VE PUT IN SEVERAL CALLS TO HER---SO FAR SHE  « Less