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Ex-football star denies stealing vehicle
Pete Johnson is accused of writing a bad check to an auto dealer.
By Natalie Morales

Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

MECHANICSBURG ? A former Ohio State and Cincinnati Bengals player pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he stole a vehicle.

Pete Johnson, 53, of Columbus was charged Dec. 17 with passing a bad check and grand theft of a motor vehicle.

He missed previous court dates because of a failure to be served, and his Dayton-based attorney Alfred Weisbrod said Tuesday in Champaign County Common Pleas Court that Johnson appeared voluntarily.

Johnson is accused of writing a bad check for $13,300 to purchase a truck from Dave Kehl Chevrolet, 45 E. Sandusky St.

Weisbrod said Johnson has no prior criminal record and is anxious to "get this cleared up."

"The check has either been paid or will be paid," Weisbrod said, adding that he would be talking to someone who was supposed to transport the check for valid payment.
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Former Bengals Star Running Back Charged In Bad Check Case

POSTED: 9:36 am EST January 30, 2008
UPDATED: 10:13 am EST January 30, 2008
URBANA, Ohio -- Former Cincinnati Bengals fullback Pete Johnson has pleaded not guilty to a charge of writing a bad check for $13,300 to buy a pickup truck.Johnson was arraigned Tuesday in Champaign County Common Pleas Court and released on a personal recognizance bond.The 53-year-old Johnson is accused of taking possession of the truck in September from an auto dealership in Urbana and then selling the vehicle from a car lot he operates in Columbus.Police said a bank later notified the Urbana dealership that Johnson didn't have enough funds in his account when he wrote the check.Johnson played for the Bengals from 1977 to 1983. He was part of four Big Ten championship teams while at Ohio State in the mid-1970s.Johnson was inducted into Ohio State's Athletics Hall of Fame last fall.
 
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6/3/2008
Pete Johnson found guilty at trial Monday
BREANNE PARCELS
Staff Writer


A former college and pro football standout was convicted of passing bad checks and acquitted of one count of grand theft of a motor vehicle during a trial Monday in Champaign County Common Pleas Court.

Pete Johnson, 53, of Columbus, who played for the Ohio State University from 1973-1976 and after college for the Cincinnati Bengals until 1983, was indicted by a Champaign County grand jury Dec. 17, 2007, after Dave Kehl Chevrolet reported to the Mechanicsburg Police Department that Johnson bought a 2001 Dodge Ram truck at auction for $13,300 and paid for it with a bad check. Johnson subsequently sold the vehicle to Angelo Spagnole of New Albany through an intermediary.
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Johnson will be sentenced July 21. He faces up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $2,500.
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Pete and Woody

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Both are great Buckeyes and great men!
 
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found this on BSB..

Tales from training camp: Pete Johnson as ?Dr. Dunk?
By Chick Ludwig | Wednesday, July 16, 2008

PETE JOHNSON DUNKS,

COLLECTS COOL 2-GRAND

===This Cincinnati Bengals training camp story is brought to you by ?Touchdown Tony? Davis, a Bengals running back and kick-returner from 1976-78 out of Nebraska. LUDWIG AT LARGE encourages loyal readers to chime in with their favorite camp memories from Wilmington and Georgetown colleges.===

In Tony Davis? words:

?Pete Johnson is a rookie in 1977. Pete talked a lot of smack ? more than most, but in a cool way.

?Now PJ did not exactly have what you would call the most athletic body. He was 5-10 and weighed 250 to 260. Lifting weights was not one of PJ?s strong suits.

?One day, at lunch, about two weeks into his rookie camp, he tells several of the brothers that he can dunk a basketball. The brothers go crazy with laughter.

?PJ, never one to pass up a good wager, challenges them to a high-dollar bet. I don?t remember how much money was involved, but I believe it was around $2,000 ? PJ covering it all.

?We walk into the gym at Wilmington College, PJ is thrown a basketball. He dribbles it as he is walking toward the basket. He stops and announces that he would not need a run at it, He would do it flat-footed.

?PJ stops, collects himself and launches 260 pounds upward and easily slams the basketball. He collects his dough and walks away. It was amazing.?
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Tales from training camp: Pete Johnson as 'Dr. Dunk' | Chick Ludwig At Large
 
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Former Buckeye Pete Johnson sentenced to probation
By Matt Sanctis
Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Urbana, Ohio ? A bad check cost a former Cincinnati Bengal three years probation at a sentencing hearing in Champaign County Common Pleas Court Monday, July 21.

Pete Johnson, who also played at the fullback position for the Ohio State Buckeyes, was ordered to serve three years probation, pay $40 in restitution to Dave Kehl Chevy, pay a $100 fine and perform 60 hours of community service. Earlier this year, Johnson was convicted on one count of passing bad checks. He was found not guilty on a second count of grand theft of a motor vehicle. Johnson was accused of using a $13,000 bad check to purchase a truck from Dave Kehl Chevy.

Champaign County prosecutor Nick Selvaggio said his office did not want to seek jail time for the offense because it was a nonviolent crime and because Johnson had paid restitution for the vehicle.

However, he added Johnson was given several opportunities to fix the mistake but did not do so until authorities got involved. The criminal justice system is not meant to be used as a collection agency, Selvaggio said.

"Although we were pleased with restitution made to the victim, this case was about more than dollars and cents," he said.

Al Weisbrod, Johnson's attorney, argued although Johnson did write the bad check, there appeared to be enough money in his bank account to cover the cost when he wrote it. The only reason the check bounced was because someone had written two other checks to Johnson that had also bounced, Weisbrod said.

He also argued the case should have never made it to court, especially since Johnson had repaid his debt.

"His sentence in this case reflected the fact that this was pretty flimsy," Weisbrod said.
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Former Buckeye Pete Johnson sentenced to probation
 
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Former Ohio State, Bengals fullback sentenced for writing bad check

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:30 AM

Former Ohio State and Cincinnati Bengals fullback Pete Johnson has been sentenced to 60 hours of community service and three years of probation for writing a bad check to a car dealer. Champaign County Prosecutor Nick Selvaggio said a judge also ordered Johnson to pay a $100 fine, court costs and a $40 bank fee. Johnson, 53, could have been sentenced to a year in prison.
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Pete Johnson 'pays forward' with YMCA
By BOB PUTMAN ? The Marion Star ? May 1, 2009

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MARION - It has been more than three decades since former Ohio State fullback Pete Johnson has pulled on a Buckeye jersey.

But Johnson continues to do what former Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes called "paying forward."

"After practice coach Hayes would come and tell us after you shower you are coming with me to visit people in the hospital," Johnson said.

Johnson made one of those "pay forward" visits Thursday as he signed autographs at the Marion Family YMCA to benefit the YMCA's annual Strong Kids Campaign.

"I will do about 60 charity visits during the summer, something about every other day," Johnson said. "I just love to meet people and I have a hard time saying no."
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Pete Johnson 'pays forward' with YMCA | marionstar.com | The Marion Star
 
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Best Bengals RB Ever?
Is there even an argument that can be made as to who is the best running back in Bengals history? There is no obvious choice, there has never really been an Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton that has carried the ball for the Bengals, however, there are a few who deserve some consideration. Here is how I rank them in order, leading up to who I believe to be the best running back in Bengals history.

3. Pete Johnson- Currently ranks 4th in Bengals history in yards, but ranks first in rushing touchdowns with 64. Johnson played seven seasons with the Bengals, notching one Pro Bowl berth in 1981 when he ran for 1077 yards and 12 touchdowns respectively. Pete was a second round pick out of Ohio State in 1977. Johnson seemed to play better in odd numbered years where he ran for 14, 12 and 14 touchdowns in 1979,1981, and 1983. Although he only rushed for more than a thousand yards one time in his career, he rushed for 12 or more touchdowns three times for the Bengals.
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? Blog Archive ? Best Bengals RB Ever?
 
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OSU ON SUNDAY
TODAY: FULLBACKS
Saturday, December 5, 2009
By BY RAY STEIN

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PETE JOHNSON

Each week, Gameday+ examines Ohio State's impact on professional football with a position-by-position analysis of the Buckeyes who have made a mark in the NFL:

It's a shame what has become of the fullback in modern football. Youngsters, there was a time when a team's fullback wasn't merely a behemoth with a name like Kleinsasser and duties that included 98.8 percent blocking and 1.2 percent running and receiving. Time was a fullback, especially a former Buckeye, could make something happen with the ball in his hands.


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Pete Johnson

College life

Born in Fort Valley, Ga., Johnson moved to Long Beach, N.Y., as a high school senior and was recruited by coach Woody Hayes. He contributed as a freshman in 1973 after Champ Henson was injured, and became a fixture at fullback the next three seasons. While Archie Griffin gained the glory and the Heisman trophies, Johnson picked up the hard yards and the touchdowns. He left OSU with 56 TDs, still a record, and holds the season mark of 26, set in 1975. He also rushed for 2,308 yards.

Path to the pros

When the Cincinnati Bengals selected Johnson in the second round of the 1977 NFL draft, he was reunited with Griffin, whom the Bengals selected the year before.

NFL career

Johnson continued his touchdown-making days in the NFL, crossing the goal line 82 times in his 110-game career (seven years with the Bengals and a final season split between San Diego and Miami). But Johnson did more than score touchdowns. He averaged 774 yards rushing per season in his time with Cincinnati, including a 1,077-yard campaign in his only Pro Bowl season, 1981. In the playoffs that season, he had 80 yards and a TD in the Freezer Bowl win over San Diego, but he was limited to 36 yards in a Super Bowl loss to the 49ers.

Little-known facts

According to a 1982 Sports Illustrated story, Johnson played six seasons of high school football, starting when he was in seventh grade in Georgia. Johnson also told the magazine that his coach at Peach County High School would have players block an idling pickup with tires strapped to the grill, and that sometimes the coach would pop the clutch so the truck could block back. This one we believe: Johnson's thighs in his professional heyday measured 29 inches.
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OSU ON SUNDAY | The Columbus Dispatch
 
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Photo from petejohnson.usPete Johnson has always lamented the 1976 Rose Bowl defeat for a change in offensive philosophy toward the passing game against UCLA.

The memories: From Ohio State running back Pete Johnson, who ran for 90 yards on 17 carries and scored Ohio State's only touchdown on a 3-yard fourth-quarter run: "In my first Rose Bowl [1974's 42-21 win over USC], it was awesome. [TV comedian] J.J. Walker was at the hotel visiting us, we went on a big old yacht in Long Beach. ... and then the approach changed. My first Rose Bowl, we didn't change a thing. But then we tried to pass the ball when we were averaging five yards per carry, and that made no sense.

"In the first game we played them, we just killed UCLA by running the ball. Then we go out and try to pass. If we had just run the ball, we could have run all over them. Our game was to run the ball, but Coach got all caught up in what the media wanted him to do.

"When you're in the Big Ten, the Rose Bowl was the only place to go. My senior year we went to the Orange Bowl, and I enjoyed it. But it wasn't the Rose Bowl. Beating Michigan was the top to me, and then the Rose Bowl. I'll be out there this year. I'm looking forward to it. I'm just waiting for a great tailgate party."
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Buckeyes Rose Bowl Rewind: An undefeated 1975 season ends with an improbable loss to UCLA | Ohio State Buckeyes - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
 
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