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Serenity now
Sounds like he might not even be tried/sentenced until after LOI day. Gotta figure that would deter just about any team from offering a scholarship.
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Warren pins Lazear as leader of Smoothie King robbery by Max Friedman News Writer PUBLISHED 10/26/2006 11:15:22 AM
Senior Robert Warren testified at his hearing Oct. 19 that senior Pat Lazear played a major role in the March 30 robbery of the Bethesda Smoothie King. Warren accused Lazear of planning the event and providing the clothes and gun used to carry out the robbery.
The Washington Post reports that Warren said Lazear insisted the robbery carry on despite others? misgivings. ?Alex [Krouskas] was having second thoughts that he didn?t want to do this and Pat got [angry] at him,? Warren said at the hearing. ?He was like: ?Naw man, it?s happening, man. We talked about it earlier.??
Judge Paul Weinstein reduced Warren?s five-year prison sentence to 30 days but added 90 days of home detention. During his imprisonment, Warren must keep a diary of his thoughts. Afterwards, he must speak to high school students about his experience.
Considering his previous criminal record, senior Meredith Miles said she thinks Warren received too light of a penalty. ?Robert had more charges against him before, so it?s unfair that he got the others [charges] taken away. He was a threat to other people and he?s not getting the punishment he deserves.?
Junior Adam Norris said he thinks Warren deserves a harsh punishment, but he also recognizes the severity of a jail sentence. ?I don?t think people should go to jail for life, but I felt like the punishment was a slap on the wrist.?
Lazear?s role as a leader and respected athlete when at Whitman parallel his alleged leading role in the crime, sophomore Steven Fisher said. ?Pat has always been a leader, and it?s hard to believe that he wasn?t a leader in this situation.?
In August, an MCPS hearing examiner mandated that all five students transfer to different high schools for the upcoming school year. Following this decision, Lazear moved to Wheaton High School, Schweiger to Rockville, Krouskas to Albert Einstein, Ashley to Richard Montgomery, and Warren to McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C.
Three of the students have trial dates set during the upcoming months. Schweiger?s trial is set for Oct. 30, Lazear?s for Nov. 29, and Krouskas? for Jan. 8.
Warren pins Lazear as leader of Smoothie King robbery by Max Friedman News Writer PUBLISHED 10/26/2006 11:15:22 AM
Senior Robert Warren testified at his hearing Oct. 19 that senior Pat Lazear played a major role in the March 30 robbery of the Bethesda Smoothie King. Warren accused Lazear of planning the event and providing the clothes and gun used to carry out the robbery.
The Washington Post reports that Warren said Lazear insisted the robbery carry on despite others? misgivings. ?Alex [Krouskas] was having second thoughts that he didn?t want to do this and Pat got [angry] at him,? Warren said at the hearing. ?He was like: ?Naw man, it?s happening, man. We talked about it earlier.??
Judge Paul Weinstein reduced Warren?s five-year prison sentence to 30 days but added 90 days of home detention. During his imprisonment, Warren must keep a diary of his thoughts. Afterwards, he must speak to high school students about his experience.
Considering his previous criminal record, senior Meredith Miles said she thinks Warren received too light of a penalty. ?Robert had more charges against him before, so it?s unfair that he got the others [charges] taken away. He was a threat to other people and he?s not getting the punishment he deserves.?
Junior Adam Norris said he thinks Warren deserves a harsh punishment, but he also recognizes the severity of a jail sentence. ?I don?t think people should go to jail for life, but I felt like the punishment was a slap on the wrist.?
Lazear?s role as a leader and respected athlete when at Whitman parallel his alleged leading role in the crime, sophomore Steven Fisher said. ?Pat has always been a leader, and it?s hard to believe that he wasn?t a leader in this situation.?
In August, an MCPS hearing examiner mandated that all five students transfer to different high schools for the upcoming school year. Following this decision, Lazear moved to Wheaton High School, Schweiger to Rockville, Krouskas to Albert Einstein, Ashley to Richard Montgomery, and Warren to McKinley Technical High School in Washington, D.C.
Three of the students have trial dates set during the upcoming months. Schweiger?s trial is set for Oct. 30, Lazear?s for Nov. 29, and Krouskas? for Jan. 8.
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Defendant Acquitted Of One of the Charges In Bethesda Robbery
Wednesday, November 22, 2006; Page E02
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge yesterday acquitted one of the five former Whitman High School students, including four football players, charged with the armed robbery of a Bethesda smoothie store last spring.
Judge William J. Rowan III ruled in favor of a defense motion to acquit Justin Schweiger of armed robbery because prosecutors did not have enough corroboration from witnesses other than accomplices to implicate Schweiger. Rowan denied a defense motion to dismiss a charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and a jury is expected to begin deliberations on that charge today. The maximum punishment for the charge is 20 years in prison.
The prosecution's two primary witnesses in the case were Robert Warren and his former girlfriend. Last month, Warren pleaded guilty to armed robbery after prosecutors dropped several charges and agreed not to pursue unrelated theft and firearm charges. He was sentenced to five years in jail, with all but 30 days suspended.
Warren's ex-girlfriend, 17, received immunity from the prosecutors. The girl's name is not being published because The Post generally does not identify minors in criminal proceedings unless they are charged as adults.
Yesterday, Warren testified that he, his ex-girlfriend, Schweiger and two other former Whitman athletes, including All-Met football player Pat Lazear, drove from Warren's apartment to the store, shared the proceeds of the heist and later went to dinner on March 30.
Lazear's trial is scheduled to begin next Wednesday
Defendant Acquitted Of One of the Charges In Bethesda Robbery
Wednesday, November 22, 2006; Page E02
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge yesterday acquitted one of the five former Whitman High School students, including four football players, charged with the armed robbery of a Bethesda smoothie store last spring.
Judge William J. Rowan III ruled in favor of a defense motion to acquit Justin Schweiger of armed robbery because prosecutors did not have enough corroboration from witnesses other than accomplices to implicate Schweiger. Rowan denied a defense motion to dismiss a charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and a jury is expected to begin deliberations on that charge today. The maximum punishment for the charge is 20 years in prison.
The prosecution's two primary witnesses in the case were Robert Warren and his former girlfriend. Last month, Warren pleaded guilty to armed robbery after prosecutors dropped several charges and agreed not to pursue unrelated theft and firearm charges. He was sentenced to five years in jail, with all but 30 days suspended.
Warren's ex-girlfriend, 17, received immunity from the prosecutors. The girl's name is not being published because The Post generally does not identify minors in criminal proceedings unless they are charged as adults.
Yesterday, Warren testified that he, his ex-girlfriend, Schweiger and two other former Whitman athletes, including All-Met football player Pat Lazear, drove from Warren's apartment to the store, shared the proceeds of the heist and later went to dinner on March 30.
Lazear's trial is scheduled to begin next Wednesday
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Former Whitman student acquitted of armed robbery
Justin Schweiger still faces conspiracy charge in smoothie store robbery
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006
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by Chris Williams
Staff Writer
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge acquitted a former Walt Whitman High School student of armed robbery on Tuesday.
Justin Schweiger, 17, of Bethesda, is on trial this week on armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery charges in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Bethesda Smoothie King store. While he continues to face the conspiracy charge, Judge William J. Rowan III said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to send the armed robbery charge to the jury.
??I do not believe any proof shows anything other than that the defendant was sitting in the car,? Rowan said, granting the defense attorneys? motion for dismissal. ??There has to be something more.?
Rowan denied the same defense motion on the conspiracy charge, which is expected to go to the jury on Wednesday morning following closing arguments.
Assistant State?s Attorney Thomas DeGonia concluded his case against Schweiger on Tuesday with testimony from three witnesses, including Robert Warren, Schweiger?s classmate who pleaded guilty to the armed robbery and recently completed a 30-day sentence at the Montgomery County Detention Center in Clarksburg. Jurors also heard testimony from Warren?s father, Robert S. Warren, and Warren?s girlfriend, a 17-year-old Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School senior who was an accomplice in the robbery, but was never charged in the crime under an agreement with prosecutors.
Schweiger?s classmates Thomas Ashley III, Alexander Krouskas and Patrick Lazear, all 17 and all from Bethesda, also face charges. Ashley is the only one of the codefendants to have his case moved to juvenile court. The remaining students face felony charges in Circuit Court with trials scheduled over the next few months.
On the witness stand Tuesday, Warren described the chain of events leading to the robbery of the Wisconsin Avenue store, though he said he did not recall Schweiger?s specific involvement.
??All of us talked about it, but it came down to between me and Justin,? Warren said. ??Obviously, I was the one who went in.?
According to Warren?s testimony, Warren dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and a black ski mask to rob the store. Lazear drove Warren?s SUV, with passengers Warren, Schweiger, Ashley and Warren?s girlfriend to a nearby location on Wisconsin Avenue, he said. Warren exited the car, while Lazear drove to Bethesda Elementary School to wait. The gun Warren used, a silver replica 9-mm BB gun, belonged to Lazear, he said.
??Pat had the gun, he had brought it and he gave it to me,? Warren said.
Warren said he used his girlfriend?s cell phone to communicate with Lazear just before the robbery. Lazear was trying to call Krouskas, who was working at the Smoothie King at the time of the robbery, to see if Krouskas was there and to let him know that the robbery was going to happen, Warren said.
Warren said no one was at the counter when he entered the store, so he approached the register. Seconds later, an employee named David Hicks appeared from the back and Warren pointed the gun at him and instructed him to give him the money from the register. Krouskas also appeared and did not say anything, Warren said.
Warren received $463 in cash and fled the store to Bethesda Elementary School, where Lazear, Schweiger, Ashley and Warren?s girlfriend were waiting. The four then drove to dinner at a nearby Uno?s pizza restaurant, where Krouskas soon joined them and the group joked around and laughed about the robbery, Warren said.
When asked during cross-examination why he said he initially told police that he was the only one involved, Warren said he was trying to cover for his friends.
??Because I wanted to protect them,? Warren said. ??Because they were all good kids who just made a dumb mistake.?
Schweiger?s trial began on Monday and is expected to conclude on Wednesday. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted of the conspiracy charge. Trials for Lazear and Krouskas are scheduled to begin Nov. 29 and Jan. 8, respectively.
Former Whitman student acquitted of armed robbery
Justin Schweiger still faces conspiracy charge in smoothie store robbery
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006
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by Chris Williams
Staff Writer
A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge acquitted a former Walt Whitman High School student of armed robbery on Tuesday.
Justin Schweiger, 17, of Bethesda, is on trial this week on armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery charges in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Bethesda Smoothie King store. While he continues to face the conspiracy charge, Judge William J. Rowan III said prosecutors did not present enough evidence to send the armed robbery charge to the jury.
??I do not believe any proof shows anything other than that the defendant was sitting in the car,? Rowan said, granting the defense attorneys? motion for dismissal. ??There has to be something more.?
Rowan denied the same defense motion on the conspiracy charge, which is expected to go to the jury on Wednesday morning following closing arguments.
Assistant State?s Attorney Thomas DeGonia concluded his case against Schweiger on Tuesday with testimony from three witnesses, including Robert Warren, Schweiger?s classmate who pleaded guilty to the armed robbery and recently completed a 30-day sentence at the Montgomery County Detention Center in Clarksburg. Jurors also heard testimony from Warren?s father, Robert S. Warren, and Warren?s girlfriend, a 17-year-old Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School senior who was an accomplice in the robbery, but was never charged in the crime under an agreement with prosecutors.
Schweiger?s classmates Thomas Ashley III, Alexander Krouskas and Patrick Lazear, all 17 and all from Bethesda, also face charges. Ashley is the only one of the codefendants to have his case moved to juvenile court. The remaining students face felony charges in Circuit Court with trials scheduled over the next few months.
On the witness stand Tuesday, Warren described the chain of events leading to the robbery of the Wisconsin Avenue store, though he said he did not recall Schweiger?s specific involvement.
??All of us talked about it, but it came down to between me and Justin,? Warren said. ??Obviously, I was the one who went in.?
According to Warren?s testimony, Warren dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and a black ski mask to rob the store. Lazear drove Warren?s SUV, with passengers Warren, Schweiger, Ashley and Warren?s girlfriend to a nearby location on Wisconsin Avenue, he said. Warren exited the car, while Lazear drove to Bethesda Elementary School to wait. The gun Warren used, a silver replica 9-mm BB gun, belonged to Lazear, he said.
??Pat had the gun, he had brought it and he gave it to me,? Warren said.
Warren said he used his girlfriend?s cell phone to communicate with Lazear just before the robbery. Lazear was trying to call Krouskas, who was working at the Smoothie King at the time of the robbery, to see if Krouskas was there and to let him know that the robbery was going to happen, Warren said.
Warren said no one was at the counter when he entered the store, so he approached the register. Seconds later, an employee named David Hicks appeared from the back and Warren pointed the gun at him and instructed him to give him the money from the register. Krouskas also appeared and did not say anything, Warren said.
Warren received $463 in cash and fled the store to Bethesda Elementary School, where Lazear, Schweiger, Ashley and Warren?s girlfriend were waiting. The four then drove to dinner at a nearby Uno?s pizza restaurant, where Krouskas soon joined them and the group joked around and laughed about the robbery, Warren said.
When asked during cross-examination why he said he initially told police that he was the only one involved, Warren said he was trying to cover for his friends.
??Because I wanted to protect them,? Warren said. ??Because they were all good kids who just made a dumb mistake.?
Schweiger?s trial began on Monday and is expected to conclude on Wednesday. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted of the conspiracy charge. Trials for Lazear and Krouskas are scheduled to begin Nov. 29 and Jan. 8, respectively.
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Whitman Defendant Seeks Deal
By Josh Barr
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 29, 2006; Page E10
All-Met linebacker Pat Lazear, scheduled to stand trial today in Montgomery County Circuit Court for his alleged role in the robbery of a Smoothie King store, plans to plead guilty to a lesser charge, his attorney said last night.
Paul Kemp said he remains in negotiations with prosecutors and that a deal might not be finalized until this morning, but he expects Lazear to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery. It is the same misdemeanor charge that a jury convicted co-defendant Justin Schweiger of last week and carries a maximum punishment of 15 years in prison.
In exchange, Kemp said, prosecutors would drop felony charges of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, which are punishable by up to 20 years in prison apiece.
"I think if we knock out a few more details, we'll be able to hammer it out," Kemp said. "We've already worked out some of the issues. We anticipate it won't be a contested trial."
Kemp declined to discuss specific details of any agreement because negotiations were not complete. Assistant state's attorney Tom DeGonia declined to comment.
Lazear, Schweiger and three former Whitman High classmates were charged in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Smoothie King store in Bethesda. One of the teenagers, Robert Warren, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and served one month in jail; the rest of his five-year sentence was suspended. Alex Krouskas is scheduled for trial on Jan. 8. Tommy Ashley's case was waived to juvenile court.
During Schweiger's trial last week, Warren testified Lazear provided the replica gun used in the heist as well as a ski mask that Warren wore. Lazear also drove the getaway vehicle, Warren said.
The students, all football players and wrestlers except for Krouskas, were sent to other schools in Montgomery County this school year; Lazear was transferred to Wheaton.
Whitman Defendant Seeks Deal
By Josh Barr
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 29, 2006; Page E10
All-Met linebacker Pat Lazear, scheduled to stand trial today in Montgomery County Circuit Court for his alleged role in the robbery of a Smoothie King store, plans to plead guilty to a lesser charge, his attorney said last night.
Paul Kemp said he remains in negotiations with prosecutors and that a deal might not be finalized until this morning, but he expects Lazear to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery. It is the same misdemeanor charge that a jury convicted co-defendant Justin Schweiger of last week and carries a maximum punishment of 15 years in prison.
In exchange, Kemp said, prosecutors would drop felony charges of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, which are punishable by up to 20 years in prison apiece.
"I think if we knock out a few more details, we'll be able to hammer it out," Kemp said. "We've already worked out some of the issues. We anticipate it won't be a contested trial."
Kemp declined to discuss specific details of any agreement because negotiations were not complete. Assistant state's attorney Tom DeGonia declined to comment.
Lazear, Schweiger and three former Whitman High classmates were charged in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Smoothie King store in Bethesda. One of the teenagers, Robert Warren, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and served one month in jail; the rest of his five-year sentence was suspended. Alex Krouskas is scheduled for trial on Jan. 8. Tommy Ashley's case was waived to juvenile court.
During Schweiger's trial last week, Warren testified Lazear provided the replica gun used in the heist as well as a ski mask that Warren wore. Lazear also drove the getaway vehicle, Warren said.
The students, all football players and wrestlers except for Krouskas, were sent to other schools in Montgomery County this school year; Lazear was transferred to Wheaton.
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Fired up! Ready to go!
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[dumb blonde]He's in referee school?[/dumb blonde]
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