Police/Legal Blotter (stop breaking the law, asshole!)

[cjmik_75]

Saban states Alabama is eyeing the fulmer cup...


"We've had 30 games missed by players last year for suspensions," Saban said. "That may be an NCAA record. We're heading in that direction again next year."

ESPN - Saban acknowledges Alabama needs to address off-field issues - College Football

 

[BB73]

si.com

Pokes TE Pettigrew appears in court

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- A court appearance for an Oklahoma State football player charged with assaulting a police officer was continued on Monday.

Brandon Pettigrew appeared in Payne County District Court with his attorney as a judge continued the case until May 5.

Pettigrew, a tight end from Tyler, Texas, was arrested on Jan. 20, when police officers responded to an altercation involving 10 to 15 people at a Stillwater residence. Police have said the group was asked to disperse, but the 6-foot-6, 260-pound Pettigrew refused to leave and allegedly elbowed an officer in the chest.

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[BB73]

si.com

Third PSU player charged for fight

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A third Penn State football player has been charged in connection with a campus fight last fall in which one man was hurt.

University police charged defensive tackle Phil Taylor with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct and one count of summary harassment and stalking.

Taylor, along with two former players already charged, beat up a man during a dance in October, authorities said. The victim was treated at the scene in the student union.

Chris Baker and Navorro Bowman, who are awaiting trial on identical charges, were booted from the squad in January, at least temporarily. A fourth player, Knowledge Timmons, was also kicked off the team temporarily and faces lesser charges for an incident after the fight.

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[jwinslow]

Let's make sure we keep the list of PSU offenses over the last few years updated :p

1. Maurice Humphrey, Arrest, Assault & Prison Guilty
2. Maurice Humphrey - Guilty Probation Violation
3. Maurice Humphrey - Fake ID Probation Violation Guilty
4. Tyler Reed, Drunk In Public Summary Charge Guilty
5. Andrew Richardson, Drunk In Public Summary Charge Guilty
6. Rashard Casey, Arrest, Assault, Dismissed
7. Anwar Phillips, Arrest, Assault, Dismissed
8. T.C. Cosby, Arrest, Assault, Acquitted
9. Michael Robinson, Ice-Rink Fight Summary Charge
10. Lavon Chisley, Arrest, Sexual Assault, Dismissed
11. Paul Jefferson, Drunk In Public Summary Charge Guilty
12. Ed Johnson, Ice-rink fight Summary Charge Guilty
13. Matthew Rice, Ice-rink fight Summary Charge Guilty
14. John Bronson, Arrest, Assault, Dismissed
15. Jeremy Kapinos, Drunk In Public Summary Charge
16. Tom McHugh, Hitting A Woman Summary Charge
17. Tony Johnson, Arrest, DUI Guilty
18. Richard Cheek, Arrest, Stolen Credit Card Guilty
19. Yaacov Yisreal, DUI, Guilty
20. Dan Drogan, DUI Leaving Accident, Guilty
21. Dethrell Garcia, DUI, Guilty
22. Scott Paxson, Criminal Mischief, Summary Charge Guilty
23. E.Z. Smith, Drunk In Public Summary Charge Guilty
24. R.J. Luke, Arrest Assault, Acquitted
25. Damone Jones, Unknown Charges Dismissed From School
26. Mike Sothern, Terroristic Disorderly Criminal Mischief Guilty
27. Mike Sothern Criminal Mischief Expelled Guilty
28. EZ Smith Criminal Mischief Summary Charge Guilty
29. Scott Paxson Criminal Mischief Summary Charge Guilty
30. Tyler Reed Criminal Mischief Summary Charge Guilty
31. Andrew Richardson Criminal Mischief Summary Charge Guilty
32. Ed Johnson Sexual Misconduct Arrest Guilty
34. Dan Connor Criminal Mischief Phone Summary Charge Guilty
35. Nolan MCready Criminal Mischief Phone Summary Charge Guilty
36. Jim Kanuch Criminal Mischief Summary Phone Charge Guilty
37. Paul Cronin Drunk In Public Summary Charge Guilty
38. Scott Paxson Sexual Assault & Aggravated Indecent Charge Guilty
39. Francis Claude Arrest At Bar Disorderly Conduct Guilty
40. Ed Johnson Failed Drug Test Condition Of Parole Guilty
41. Lavon Chisley Murder Charge Guilty Life Sentence
42. Anthony P. Scirrotto burglary, criminal trespass, criminal solicitation, simple assault, harassment. Trial Pending
43. Chris I. Baker burglary, criminal trespass criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment. Trial Pending
44. Jerome A. Hayes criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment. Dismissed
45. Justin King criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment. Dismissed
46. Tyrell A. Sales criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment Dismissed
47. Lydell R. Sargeant criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment Dismissed
48. Andrew Quarless-Underage Drinking Guilty
49. Willie Harriot-Underage Drinking Guilty
50. Austin Scott Rape, Drugs Trial
51. Joe Suhey Underage Drinking Guilty
52. Ryan Breen Underage Drinking Guilty,
54. Chris Baker felony aggravated assault, simple assault, disorderly conduct, summary harassment and stalking, Pending.
55. Navarro Bowman felony aggravated assault, simple assault, disorderly conduct, summary harassment and stalking, Pending.
56. Knowledge Timmons, disorderly conduct and defiant trespass, Pending
57. Chris Bell Dismissed from the team off the field issues and academics
58. Phillip Taylor Dismissed from the team off the field issues and academics
59. Andrew Quarless Suspended, has been suspended indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules.

He missed the first two games while serving a suspension for an underage drinking citation last August.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

that should say temporarily kicked off the team. that way, if you bring up their legal troubles, they can claim that each player was kicked off the team.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

A snapshot from the PSU student center.....

 

[sandgk]

Note to JoePa - this is what kicked off the team reads like.
Iowa dismisses WR Cleveland and backup QB Nelson.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)—Iowa receiver James Cleveland and backup quarterback Arvell Nelson have been dismissed from the team, coach Kirk Ferentz said Thursday.
Both were arrested on drug charges last month and had been suspended indefinitely.
Cleveland, Iowa’s second-leading receiver last season, was arrested in his dorm room on Feb. 23 by campus police after officers found 21 units of the prescription pain killer oxycodone and 24 doses of the muscle relaxant carisoprodol. He was charged with a tax stamp violation, a Class D felony, and two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs, both serious misdemeanors.
Cleveland, 19, has pleaded not guilty to those charges. A preliminary hearing is set for March 14.
Nelson, 19, was arrested on the same night on marijuana possession charges. He has yet to enter a plea.

“It’s disappointing anytime one of our players doesn’t complete his career with our team and go on to earn their degree from Iowa,” Ferentz said. “That being said, we wish both James and Arvell success in the future.”
Cleveland started 11 games and caught 36 passes as a freshman in 2007. Nelson saw limited duty behind starter Jake Christensen, but he was expected to push for more playing time in spring practice.

Ok - back to normal State Penn handling of discipline issues.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)—Suspended Penn State defensive tackle Chris Baker has been cleared by a university judicial affairs panel of wrongdoing during a fight on campus last fall in which one man was hurt.
The decision handed down late Wednesday has no direct bearing on the criminal case against Baker, who is awaiting trial on charges including felony aggravated assault in connection with the Oct. 7 fight.

 

[sandgk]

Marinovich's Brother Arrested for Break-In

Syracuse TE / DE, Mikhail Marinovich, brother of oft-troubled Todd Marinovich traveled far from California to play college ball, but those genes will out no matter how far from the tree you roam.
AOL Sports

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (March 6) -Two Syracuse University football players - including the younger brother of troubled former NFL quarterback Todd Marinovich - have been charged with misdemeanor criminal mischief, police said.

Paul Chiara and Mikhail Marinovich were arrested after breaking into a sports equipment room at Manley Field House early Sunday morning, police said.

Marinovich is a 20-year-old freshman from San Clemente, Calif., who played last fall at Milford Academy, a prep school in New Berlin, N.Y., and enrolled at Syracuse in January.

 

[BB73]

Tossing this in here since he already signed the LOI, but he's not at USC yet.

sportsline

In-coming USC recruit Simmons arrested in robbery investigation

LOS ANGELES -- A University of Southern California football recruit remained jailed Friday after being arrested in a robbery investigation.

Maurice Simmons was being held at the Los Angeles County jail on $50,000 bail.

The 18-year-old is a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Dominguez High School in Compton. He signed a letter of intent last month to accept a football scholarship at Southern California this fall.

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[MililaniBuckeye]

Oklahoma recruit Jarboe arrested

Oklahoma Sooners signee Josh Jarboe was arrested Thursday evening for receiving stolen property and having a weapon on school property — both felony charges for one of the nation’s top college recruits.
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In addition to the felony charges, Jarboe also could face expulsion from school under DeKalb schools policy.

BGriffBuckeye had posted this in jarboe's thread...

 

[sandgk]

Former Washington HS and Miss. State Football player charged with felony murder.
This was not his first run-in with he law as the linked article indicates.

Was the #10 CB in the country when recruited for the 2002 class.

Eventually ending up at Murray State after various peregrinations.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Nebraska Cornhuskers, NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

Huskers suspend Christensen after arrest

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska offensive lineman Andy Christensen was arrested early Saturday and accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a bar. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said the junior has been suspended from the team.

A 23-year-old woman told police that Christensen approached her from behind and reached underneath her clothing.

Christensen was arrested outside the Brass Rail bar. He is accused of first-degree sexual assault, resisting arrest and failure to comply, Police Capt. Joseph Wright said. Wright said it was also unclear if Christensen had been drinking. Prosecutors are still to decide on formal charges and Christensen would be arraigned Monday, Wright added.

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[MD Buckeye]

Rutgers Scarlet Knights, NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

Rutgers' Francis suspended day after arrest on undisclosed charge

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers defensive tackle Justin Francis was suspended Friday after being arrested a day earlier.

Francis, of Miramar, Fla., was arrested Thursday, said coach Greg Schiano, who refused to give any details about the arrest or whether the sophomore had been released.

"Unfortunately, Justin got arrested yesterday," Schiano said at the end of his spring press conference. "It hasn't been released, but I know it and I want to let (reporters) know it. I don't have a ton of information, but I'm going to let the legal system, as I usually do, run its course and comment on it then."

Francis played in seven games and made seven tackles as a freshman last season. He was expected to compete for the starting job.

 

[jwinslow]

RecordPub

KSU FB players arrested on burglary charges (Cobrani Mixon, Brian Lanhart, and former player Christen Haywood)

Two Kent State University football players were arrested Friday on charges of felony burglary, and a third former player is wanted on a warrant on the same charge.
Cabroni D. Mixon, 20, of 1953 Mohawk Place, Kent, and Brian Lainhart, 20, of the same address, were arraigned Monday in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna via video from the Portage County jail. Each is charged with one count of aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony, according to court records. Both were arrested Friday by Brimfield police on the warrants.
A third man, Christen L. Haywood, 20, of 103 Lake Hall, KSU, also is facing the same charge but has not yet been arrested. Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci said a warrant has been issued for Haywood's arrest.
According to the complaints, filed by the Brimfield Police Department, the charges stem from an incident that occurred Oct. 28 in the 4800 block of Sunnybrook Road. The three are accused of entering a home by force and causing multiple injuries to two other men.
Brimfield Police Chief David Blough said there was a party attended by football players and others at the Sunnybrook Road address. An altercation occurred when a female friend of one of the players was slapped and hit.
The suspects allegedly kicked in the front door of the residence, as well as the pedestrian door from the garage to the house.
"The people inside had locked the doors to try to prevent these people from coming in," Blough said.
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[BB73]

This is related to an incident on February 16th.

usatoday

Devine, 3 other West Virginia players plead no contest to battery


MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) ? Four West Virginia University players have pleaded no contest to battery charges stemming from an altercation outside a bar.

Running back Noel Devine, 20; defensive back Eain Smith, 19; cornerback Brantwon Bowser, 20; and running back/receiver Jockee Sanders, 19, were arrested Thursday, the Morgantown Police Department said in a news release.

Each player pleaded no contest to battery, a misdemeanor, in Morgantown Municipal Court, the police department said.

It was not immediately known whether the municipal court assessed any penalties against any of the players. A telephone message left Thursday night with the municipal court was not immediately returned.

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