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

[Thump]

The kid was drunk, he was driving erratically, and should be drilled for DUI...period.

WOW! That rant almost sounds Tiboresque.


I agree with you by the way. Another case of an athlete getting off.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

a lot of times people get out of these things...itseems people either get off or they get nailed.

 

[BB73]

More problems for Arizona State. CFBNEWS is saying that these 2 players secretly videotaped a female without her permission.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/asu/articles/0330asufootdismiss0330.html

ASU dismisses 2 redshirt freshmen

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[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Arizona State offensive linemen Jonathan Lehmann and Brent Russum, redshirt freshmen, were dismissed from the program Tuesday for violation of team rules.

Initial searches of ASU and other police departments did not produce reports on the players. ASU head coach Dirk Koetter said the dismissals are unrelated to the Loren Wade shooting incident.

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Their departures leave Bradis McGriff and Leo Talavou as the remaining offensive linemen from the 2004 recruiting class.

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Here's a laundry list of other incident-related news items today:

Iowa State
Head coach Dan McCarney has dismissed three players from the team: sophomore DT Nick Davidson, sophomore RB/KR Tyease Thompson, and senior DB Jerry Gair; Davidson had been listed as a top backup on the pre-spring depth chart, whereas Thompson was expected to be the starting kick-returner … Senior DE Cephus Johnson has been reinstated to participate in spring practices

California
Sophomore projected starting WR Robert Jordan and redshirt freshman DB Bernard Hicks will miss time next fall due to each player’s arrest during a traffic stop in February; Jordan has been suspended for the season-opener versus Sacramento State, whereas Hicks will miss the first three games

Florida
Sophomore Taurean Charles, who had been suspended indefinitely since last summer for his involvement in the keg-throwing incident, has been permanently dismissed from the football team; Charles will remain on scholarship through May

 

[scooter1369]

Hard to imagine that ESPN has time to report anything else the way they're on the witch hun on these other schools.

Oh wait...

 

[BB73]

Central MeatChicken player charged with contempt:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/03/31/centralmichigan.seymour.ap/index.html

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) -- A third Central Michigan football player has been charged with criminal contempt on accusations he lied during testimony in a case involving the beating death of a 26-year-old man.

Jerry Seymour, a first-team Mid-American Conference running back, was arrested Wednesday in a weight-training room at Central Michigan's athletic complex, police said.

Two of Seymour's former teammates who have graduated or are expected to graduate in May have been convicted of criminal contempt.
Seymour is accused of lying during grand jury testimony about his movements outside the Shaboom Pub Club in Mount Pleasant. Demarcus Graham, of Flint, was beaten into a coma outside the bar on June 25 and later died.

Seymour, a 20-year-old sophomore from Florida, faces a contempt hearing on April 7. He was held in the county jail on $10,000 bond.

Seymour has been suspended from the team.

"I have said from day one that anyone charged in connection to the Demarcus Graham case will be suspended," Central Michigan football coach Brian Kelly told CM Life. "He's been suspended and we clearly are moving on."

Seymour ran for 1,284 yards last season and had 47 receptions for 413 yards. He rushed for 1,117 yards in nine games as a freshman.

The two players convicted of criminal contempt are former linebacker Jonathan Nelson of Chicago and former cornerback Richard Kiel of Detroit.

Two other students also have served 30-day jail sentences for contempt since grand jury proceedings began last fall.

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It's amazing that Richard Kiel from Detroit had any eligibility left:

Personal Information

Richard Kiel playing Jaws

Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA on 13th September 1939

Starred In The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979)

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[BB73]

2 players on La. Tech 2004 football squad involved with 2nd degree murder:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/04/03/bc.fbc.fatalshooting.la.ap/index.html

WEST MONROE, La. (AP) -- One former Louisiana Tech football player was arrested and a second was sought on a second-degree murder count following an early morning shooting at a diner that left one man dead on Sunday.
A Ouachita Sheriff's spokesman said the shooting stemmed from an altercation -- involving former Tech players Johnny Jackson and Myron Hawthorne -- in a night club.

It escalated when Jackson and Hawthorne went to a Waffle House afterward and were followed inside by Kevin Honeycutt and Arrigo Adams, deputies said.
Honeycutt hit Hawthorne in the head with a large pipe, and Hawthorne responded by pulling a gun and attempting to fire, but the pistol jammed, authorities said.

Adams was trying to leave the restaurant when Jackson allegedly pulled a gun and opened fire, striking Adams once in the Chest, authorities said.

Adams died at St. Francis Hospital later Sunday.
Deputies booked Hawthorne, 22, on charges of attempted second-degree murder and illegally carrying a weapon, while Honeycutt was booked with one count of aggravated battery.

Jackson, 22, was wanted on one count of second-degree murder but authorities could not immediately track him down.

Hawthorne, a tight end from Dallas, and Jackson, an outside linebacker from Aliceville, Ala., both were on the Bulldogs' 2004 roster.

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[BB73]

Former Nebraska player faces April trial on assault charges

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/8358617

NORMAN, Okla. -- A trial date has been set for a former Nebraska football player accused of assaulting a University of Oklahoma spirit squad member before the Cornhuskers' game at Oklahoma last season.

Darren DeLone will be tried April 25 on one count of aggravated assault and battery, Judge Michael Hetherington Jr. decided Monday in a pre-trial hearing in Cleveland County District Court. DeLone, who has pleaded innocent, could face up to five years in prison if convicted on the charge. DeLone, 23, was not present at the hearing.
Adam Merritt, a freshman member of the Ruf/Neks spirit group, testified in February that DeLone -- a 6-foot-5, 315-pound former offensive lineman -- slammed him into a brick wall at Memorial Stadium before Nebraska's football game against Oklahoma on Nov. 13. Merritt, 19, said he temporarily lost consciousness, lost one tooth and broke another in the collision.

DeLone's defense attorney, Garvin Isaacs, suggested that the incident could have been accidental because the players were practicing at a high speed on grass dampened by the rain.

Merritt testified that he and other Ruf/Neks were standing on the field near where the Nebraska offensive linemen were practicing. He said the Ruf/Neks, who accompany the Sooner Schooner, always stand in the same area in the northeast corner of the stadium.

A judge will be assigned to the trial on the day it begins.

DeLone was a senior last season.

 

[BB73]

Beavers' Rudulph pleads guilty to assault, to serve 10 days

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/8361485

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- An Oregon State player will serve 10 days in jail for assaulting a National Guard soldier in a Corvallis night club.

Joe Rudulph, a sophomore defensive lineman, pleaded guilty to the assault in Benton County Circuit Court on Tuesday and apologized to Staff Sgt. Gabriel Sapp for the Nov. 12 incident.
Rudulph punched Sapp, who was on leave from duty in Iraq, at the Headline Cafe in Corvallis.

At the hearing, Rudulph, 20, told Sapp and his wife that he was sorry - an apology Sapp accepted.

"He made a mistake and he apologized for it," said Sapp. "As long as he knows he made the mistake, that's enough. He stood up like a man and he apologized to my wife and myself, and that's all I really ask."

Circuit Court Judge Locke Williams sentenced Rudulph to 30 days in jail, 20 days of which will be suspended. Rudulph is scheduled to serve his sentence after Oregon State's spring term ends in June.

 

[sandgk]

Quote:
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"There were no balance issues," Meeks said. "Because of that fact, we were pretty well convinced we would have to challenge the scientific believability of the (breathalyzer) machine."

Meeks said there also were different test results, 0.099 percent and 0.101 percent, on "two different pieces of paper . . . which was going to be yet another issue in the case." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Total bullshit. I'm not a top-flight b-ball player and even I can pass an FST with flying colors if I'm only at 0.1%. The balance test means jack shit. Plus, how can they challange the validity of the breathalyzer when both tests were within 0.02% of each other and both tests were well above the 0.8% limit. The kid was drunk, he was driving erratically, and should be drilled for DUI...period.

The ability or willingnes of prosecutors to get buffaloed in these type of cases astonishes me.

Meeks would have been forced to challenge the "scientific believability" of the breathalyzer would he? What a prince. More like Meeks would have been forced to confuse a jury of joe and jenny six-packs with probability and statistics, science would have damned little to do with such a performance; belief would be suspended as Meeks put on his best Perry Mason.

Meeks would have drawn into question the fact that 2 results were within <2% of one another, and that they were on -- get ready for it -- 2 different pieces of paper. Gee, I thought that was always how the machines worked, printing out the data on thermal paper, torn off by the OIC and appended to the record. And, you just know that if 2 separate tests were run consecutively and hence reported on the same piece of paper Meeks would have a field day with that "variability" in the press. BTW, best guess as to the degree of uncertainty in the data from those machines is MAXIMUM 10% of reported value -- thus 0.09 at best for Sullinger, above the legal limit.

Not wishing ill for a kid like Sullinger, but how did the prosecutors drop the ball on this?

I miss the days when Shady lawyers in Columbus were colorful -- wore handle-bar mustaches and married their whoring coke-drenched stripper clients.

 

[BB73]

Penn St. center suspended until at least the fall for shooting arrows.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/04/08/psu.lineman.ap/index.html

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State offensive lineman E.Z. Smith has been kicked off the team at least through the summer for his role in an incident in which arrows were shot through a dormitory wall during a party, the university announced Friday.

Officials said Smith and junior Mike Sothern took responsibility for the Jan. 29 incident, which university police said caused no injuries but did about $700 in damage.
Smith, a senior who started every game at center last season, and Sothern, a backup linebacker who left the team during the winter, will be allowed to finish classes this semester but will not be allowed on campus during the summer, school officials said.

Both students are eligible to return to school in the fall, so long as they have paid for damages, and coach Joe Paterno will decide whether Smith will be allowed back on the team, the school said.

Paterno said Friday he had not seen the university's statement and had not decided whether Smith would return.

"When it's time for me to make the decision, I'll make the one that is right," Paterno said.

Two other starters, defensive tackle Scott Paxson and offensive lineman Tyler Reed, were originally cited for criminal mischief in the incident, but paperwork at the office of District Justice Carmine Prestia indicated that those summary citations were withdrawn Wednesday, the Centre Daily Times reported for Saturday editions. No citations against Smith or Sothern have been filed at the office, the paper said.

Smith, Reed, Paxson, and offensive tackle Andrew Richardson have not participated in spring drills since the start of practice March 28 as the university investigated the incident. The other three players can return to practice Monday, the school said.

Smith's phone number was unlisted and he could not immediately be reached for comment. Calls to numbers listed for Sothern, Reed and Richardson were unanswered, while a message left for Paxson was not immediately returned.

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[smithlabs]

Penn St. center suspended until at least the fall for shooting arrows.

Suspending your starting center during spring ball can't help. Another reason I am glad we play PSU early next year. I have to believe everything will be forgiven by the time OSU comes to town.

Smithlabs

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Fulmer suspends Schaeffer, Smith


KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee quarterback Brent Schaeffer and receiver Bret Smith were suspended indefinitely from the team Monday, a day after they were charged with hitting a student who was arguing with Schaeffer's girlfriend in a dormitory.

The players were arrested at a dorm where many athletes live. They were charged with misdemeanor assault and released on their own recognizance Sunday after the early morning fight at another dorm. Their arraignments are set for April 18.

Coach Phillip Fulmer suspended the players, who will miss the remaining two days of spring practice this week and the annual Orange and White game Saturday.

"They made a bad social decision and were poor representatives of our team," Fulmer said in a statement Monday.

Part of Schaeffer's actions was caught on tape by a video camera in the dorm lobby, University of Tennessee police said.

According to an affidavit campus police filed in court, student Quantavios Emerson was arguing with Schaeffer's girlfriend about her cell phone Sunday when Schaeffer hit Emerson in the neck.

The affidavit also said Schaeffer and Emerson grabbed bats but dropped them before hitting anyone and Schaeffer then picked up Emerson from behind and threw him down. Emerson struck his head on the floor and was then hit by Smith, the report said. Emerson needed four staples to close a cut on his head, authorities said.

Contacted in his dorm room, Emerson said he was doing OK but wasn't ready to comment. Schaeffer's lawyer didn't immediately return calls, and Smith could not be reached.

Last season, Schaeffer became the first true freshman to start at quarterback in a Southeastern Conference opener since 1945. He and freshman Erik Ainge were considered co-starters until both were injured. Schaeffer, who broke his collarbone in October, was trying to regain the starting job this spring with Ainge and senior Rick Clausen.

Smith led all receivers last year as a sophomore with five touchdown catches.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/04/11/bc.fbc.tennessee.assault.ap/index.html

 

[LightningRod]

The SEC is catching up.

Two Georgia Players Arrested in Bar Fight
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: April 11, 2005

Filed at 2:42 p.m. ET

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Georgia defensive tackle Kedric Golston and linebacker Derrick White were arrested for disorderly conduct for their roles in a bar fight.

Golston also was charged with simple battery of a police officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. All charges are misdemeanors.

The fight happened early Sunday morning. According to an incident report, officers tried to control an ``irate'' White when Golston approached them and insisted they let him go.

Golston refused to step back when asked and was arrested. He was released on a $9,000 bond and White was released on $500 bond.

Coach Mark Richt is still investigating what happened, associate athletic director Claude Felton said.

``He's trying to talk to everybody involved and find out all the details so he'll have an understanding of exactly what transpired,'' Felton said.

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Golston started every game last season, recording 23 tackles and 1.5 sacks. White started seven games last season and had 38 tackles, and was vying for a starting spot in 2005.

Blame it on Tressel

 

[BB73]

Ex-KSU LB Darks charged with rape. Since he requested to drop all of his classes already, I'm sure KSU regrets that he was still ni the dorm.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/04/11/bc.fbc.darkscharged.ap/index.html

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- A former Kansas State football player was charged Monday with raping a woman in the dorm where he lives.

Aaron Darks, 19, was being held on $25,000 bond after appearing in court Monday afternoon. The alleged rape happened early Friday morning. Darks was arrested Saturday after turning himself in to university police.

Kansas State said Darks, a redshirt freshman linebacker from Lufkin, Texas, had been cut from the team before the start of spring practice for violating team rules. Earlier this year, Darks submitted a request for withdrawal from all of his classes at the university, officials said.

Before he came to Kansas State, Darks was considered the 28th-best inside linebacker in the country out of high school.

 

[jwinslow]

Schaeffer, Smith suspended at Tennessee

Schaeffer, Smith suspended at UT <!-- ****** BYLINE ***** --> By CHRIS LOW
Staff Writer
<!-- ****** STORY BODY ***** --> KNOXVILLE — Tennessee Coach Phillip Fulmer said last night that he's as frustrated as anyone with the number of off-the-field incidents involving his football team in the past 13 months.

In that time, nine different Tennessee football players have either been arrested or issued citations for everything from felony aggravated assault, to disorderly conduct, to misdemeanor shoplifting.

The Vols' latest bout with trouble came in the early morning hours Sunday when quarterback Brent Schaeffer and receiver Bret Smith were arrested and charged with assaulting a fellow UT student. Fulmer suspended both Schaeffer and Smith indefinitely yesterday, and they will miss Saturday's Orange and White spring game.


"I think what you've had is a few guys who've been consistent problems and have represented us poorly,'' Fulmer said. ''We've had a bad run of some bad decisions by a few kids, and we're nothing more than a reflection of society in many ways.''

Fulmer said he would continue to treat each situation independently, while trying to do what's best for the team.

''The large majority of our football team is embarrassed by that,'' Fulmer said. ''It's no different than being in any family. I can promise you, though, that there are a lot more guys on this team doing the right things and doing exactly what everybody would like. You don't hear about those kids. It's not breaking news.

''But we're all embarrassed. When one of us doesn't behave well, we're all embarrassed.''

This latest incident occurred at 5:15 a.m. on Sunday when UT student Quantavious Emerson was involved in an argument with Schaeffer's girlfriend about her cell phone, according to a UT police report.

Schaeffer told UT coaches that his girlfriend called to tell him about the argument and that he and Smith went over to Clement Hall to help her.

Part of Schaeffer's involvement was caught on surveillance video in the Clement Hall lobby, according to UT police.

In an affidavit filed by UT police in Knox County General Sessions Court, Schaeffer is accused of hitting Emerson in the neck and throwing him to the floor.

Emerson suffered a cut on his head that required four staples to close, according to the affidavit.

Both Schaeffer and Emerson had metal bats at one point, but the affidavit stated that they both put the bats down before they began hitting anyone.

Smith was charged with assault after striking Emerson while he was on the floor, according to the affidavit.

Both players were arrested in front of their Gibbs Hall dormitory.

They were booked and released on their own recognizance. Their arraignments are scheduled for April 18.

Schaeffer and Smith will have to go through the student judicial affairs process and may face disciplinary action from the university.

It's the fourth fight a UT football player has been connected to since December, when Daniel Brooks was accused of punching a UT student in the face at a Knoxville nightclub the week of the SEC Championship game.

Brooks was not arrested nor charged, but was punished by Fulmer.

''I can't put my finger on why we've had so many of those things, but we're trying to find out,'' Fulmer said.

Schaeffer, who did not make the trip to last year's SEC Championship game after missing a meeting and breaking curfew, was challenging this spring for the starting quarterback job.

Smith's five touchdown catches led UT receivers last season.

''As much as anything, I'm disappointed in their decision-making,'' Fulmer said. ''It's like I told them, 'To already be in bed and then get back up and get involved in an encounter like that, whether intended or not, is stupid.

''Those type of decisions … you punish and hope they learn from it and go on. If they don't, they're not going to be with us.''

UT football's recent off-the-field issues

March 2004 – Punter Britton Colquitt was suspended by Coach Phillip Fulmer following his fourth alcohol-related incident in the last six months – underage possession. Colquitt was later reinstated by Fulmer with certain conditions and should take over for his brother, Dustin, as the Vols' punter this season.

March 2004 – Receiver James Banks was suspended indefinitely from the team following a verbal altercation with a female at the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center.

June 2004 – Tight end Victor McClure was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest following an incident at the T-Rec Center on campus. He shoved religious studies professor John Hodges, ran around the building and began to take his clothes off and throw them into the air, according to a UT police report. Fulmer said a ''medical situation'' led to McClure's outburst. McClure was allowed to remain with the team.

July 2004 – Receiver James Banks was issued citations by the Knoxville Police Department for violating the noise ordinance and underage alcohol consumption following a disturbance on the Cumberland Avenue strip around 2 a.m. Banks was allowed to stay on the team, but suspended for three games.

August 2004 – McClure was suspended from the team following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. He was not arrested or charged. A Knoxville Police Department report said Kristina Bennett had a cut lip and blood on her clothing. Bennett told officers that McClure had been drinking and that they began arguing. She said he took a piece of broken glass and attempted to cut his wrist. She refused to prosecute the case. Fulmer allowed McClure to return to the team under certain conditions. McClure had been on medication and under the care of doctors.

October 2004 – Safety Brandon Johnson was arrested for felony reckless endangerment after firing teammate Chris Heath's handgun into the sky outside Cedric Houston's apartment. Johnson was suspended from the team and later dismissed from the school. Heath was arrested for misdemeanor unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon and dismissed from the team immediately. The charges were dropped in February following a preliminary hearing in Knox County General Sessions Court. Heath has since transferred to UT Chattanooga.

October 2004 – Tight end Chris Brown was cited for misdemeanor shoplifting the night before the Alabama game when the team was at a Knoxville mall watching a movie. Brown was accused of trying to steal a jersey from a Sports Seasons store. Fulmer suspended Brown for the Alabama game.

December 2004 – Linebacker Daniel Brooks was accused in a complaint filed with the Knoxville Police Department of punching UT student Melvin Ellis in the face at a Knoxville nightclub the week of the SEC Championship game. Ellis said he planned to file assault charges against Brooks, but never did. Brooks was not suspended for the SEC Championship game.

December 2004 – Banks, already on suspension, was dismissed from the team for violating UT's drug policy. He submitted a fraudulent test sample and refused to retake the test. It was at least the second time Banks had violated UT's drug policy. He admitted afterward that he ''recreationally'' smoked marijuana. Banks is now at Division III Franklin College in Indiana.

January 2005 – Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel was indefinitely suspended from the team after being charged with felony aggravated assault. McDaniel was accused of punching another UT student in the face while playing a pickup basketball game. The student, Edward Goodrich, suffered four broken bones in his face. McDaniel is suspended from the team and faces other possible disciplinary action from the university.

March 2005 – Daniel Brooks was accused of throwing a punch at a fraternity party on campus, inciting a brawl. Brooks was not arrested or charged, but he was named in a UT police report as a suspect. The matter is still under review by student judicial affairs, and Brooks was not suspended for any of spring practice.

April 2005 – Quarterback Brent Schaeffer and receiver Bret Smith were suspended indefinitely from the team after being charged with assaulting a fellow student at Clement Hall.