Outside The Ring
Kirkland is on probation for a 2003 armed robbery that cost him 2½ years of his career.
On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Kirkland was stopped in Austin traffic and arrested for possession of a firearm by a felony, with a possibility of prison time if he is convicted. He is currently on probation for an armed robbery conviction in 2003, for which he spent 30 months in prison. On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, Kirkland was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to the firearm charge. Kirkland was released from prison in September 2010 and spent several more months in a halfway house in Austin, Texas.
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