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

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usatoday

Notre Dame's Yeatman to be sentenced on previous charges

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) ? Notre Dame tight end Will Yeatman will be sentenced on previous misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after being cited as a minor consuming alcohol, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors in February agreed to dismiss a criminal recklessness charge after Yeatman agreed to plead guilty to drunken driving and reckless driving. Under the agreement, if he had stayed out of trouble for a year, the drunken driving charge would have been dismissed. But he was cited by South Bend police on Sept. 21, for consuming alcohol as a minor after police were called to a party.

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[OCBucksFan]

Figure this fits here:

South Bend student partying mug shot tally falls short of 'Dores mark



Vanderbilt 57, Notre Dame 37 - October 1, 2008

 

[ScriptOhio]

Zook says backup QB McGee will suit up after arrest

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois football coach Ron Zook says backup quarterback Eddie McGee will suit up for Saturday's game against Indiana, even after McGee's arrest.
Zook says he's heard the details of McGee's arrest and he's comfortable that the sophomore did nothing bad enough to require serious punishment.
McGee was arrested at a homecoming dance early Sunday on suspicion of shoving a 19-year-old woman to the floor. Police say McGee was poked in the eye and allegedly reacted by pushing the woman. After she pushed back, authorities say McGee knocked her down.
McGee doesn't have any criminal record.
Champaign County prosecutors say he'll be offered adult diversion at a court hearing later in the day. Diversion is a sort

Entire article: Illinois backup QB Eddie McGee will suit up despite recent arrest - NCAA Football - SI.com

 

[ScriptOhio]

Iowa's Ferentz suspends son from team

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has suspended his son from the Hawkeyes football team after he was cited for drinking underage.
James Ferentz, a freshman offensive lineman, was cited by Iowa City Police for drinking underage early Friday morning.
In a statement, Kirk Ferentz said he was extremely disappointed with his son's behavior. He says his son is suspended from all team activities for an indefinite time and will also be required to attend counseling sessions and perform community service for the next six weeks. Kirk Ferentz says the fact that it is his son being punished "only complicates an already tough situation."

Entire article: FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Iowa's Ferentz suspends son from team

 

[Steve19]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - University of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has suspended his son from the Hawkeyes football team after he was cited for drinking underage.
James Ferentz, a freshman offensive lineman, was cited by Iowa City Police for drinking underage early Friday morning.
In a statement, Kirk Ferentz said he was extremely disappointed with his son's behavior. He says his son is suspended from all team activities for an indefinite time and will also be required to attend counseling sessions and perform community service for the next six weeks. Kirk Ferentz says the fact that it is his son being punished "only complicates an already tough situation."

Entire article: FOX Sports on MSN - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Iowa's Ferentz suspends son from team

Not great behavior when Dad's salary vs performance ratio is the worst in the Big Ten.

 

[billmac91]

Two Georgia football players arrested | ajc.com

Georgia defensive tackle Brandon Wood will not play against LSU this week after being arrested early Sunday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
?He made that mistake, and he?ll pay the price,? Georgia coach Mark Richt said Sunday afternoon. ?He certainly won?t be playing in this ball game coming up here.?

Big loss for UGA.....Wood is a good player, and will be missing the LSU game

 

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si.com

UVa's Jackson faces felony charges

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia fullback RaShawn Jackson is facing felony charges in connection with a campus burglary committed in 2007.
University police said Wednesday that Jackson faces one count of
breaking and entering and one count of grand larceny in connection with the break-in at Cauthen Dormitory last November.

NBC-29 in Charlottesville reported that Jackson turned himself in Tuesday and was freed on bond. Police said no additional details were immediately available.

It also was not immediately clear why it took more than 11 months for charges to be placed in the case, but the arrest did not affect Jackson's status on the football team.

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[LitlBuck]

CBS SportsLine

UF's Rickerson charged with felony battery, kicked off team
Nov. 4, 2008
CBSSports.com wire reports

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida cornerback Jacques Rickerson was kicked off the team Tuesday after he was arrested and accused of slapping his girlfriend, choking her and then covering her face with a pillow.

The 20-year-old sophomore from St. Augustine was charged with felon battery and being held in the Alachua County jail.

"Jacques Rickerson is no longer part of our team -- that is not what our program is about," coach Urban Meyer said in a statement.

Gainesville police said Rickerson slapped his girlfriend on the face, choked her, then covered her face with a pillow after she asked him to leave her apartment and he got upset.

Rickerson played in eight games this season for No. 4 Florida, recording 10 tackles and an interception.

 

[osugrad21]

Blade

Michigan receiver charged with drunk driving
Blade staff

Michigan freshman receiver Darryl Stonum was charged in Ann Arbor's 15th District Court with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. Stonum, 18, of Stafford, Texas, is scheduled for an arraignment hearing Nov. 19. The alleged incident occurred Sept. 28 at 3:30 a.m. A notice to appear in court was filed Monday. Stonum was suspended for the Wolverines' game against Illinois Oct. 4 for what UM coach Rich Rodriguez described then as a violation of team rules. Yesterday during the Big Ten coaches weekly teleconference, Rodriguez said: "That's already been addressed and issued and disciplined and dealt with a few weeks back," indicating Stonum would receive no further punishment from a football perspective.
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[Steve19]

Blade

Michigan receiver charged with drunk driving
Blade staff

Darryl Stonum?

 

[Gatorubet]

Rickerson off team after arrest | GatorSports.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL_

More details.

 

[BB73]

si.com

Vols CB cited for alcohol, marijuana

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee cornerback Brent Vinson was cited by police for possession of marijuana and a violation of the state's open container law last week, prompting his one-game suspension.

According to a Knoxville police report, Vinson was issued five citations after being pulled over for speeding around 10 p.m. Oct. 29.

Police say the 21-year-old sophomore did not have his driver's license with him and was found with a plastic bag of marijuana in his right shoe and an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.

He was issued citations for speeding, driving without a license and driving without insurance.

The next day, coach Phillip Fulmer announced Vinson would serve a suspension for the Vols' game at South Carolina, which they lost 27-6.

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[BB73]

Note to criminology majors: Punching a cop while in college is not a good career move.

fannation

Terp arrested for punching cop

Maryland linebacker Rick Costa has been indefinitely suspended from the team after being accused of punching a police officer in the face at a local bar early Sunday morning. Costa, a senior criminology major who had been splitting time with Trey Covington at outside linebacker, was charged with assault after police were summoned to the Cornerstone Grill & Loft in College Park at about 2:25 in the morning. Costa had been trying to get into the bar and began brawling with a bouncer when told the bar was closing, police said.

 

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sportsline

Two WVU players charged with misdemeanor battery

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Two West Virginia football players have been charged with battery stemming from an early morning incident at a Morgantown bar in late October.

Tight end Maxwell Anderson and Jeremy Kash, the starting holder on special teams, are scheduled to be arraigned on the misdemeanor charge on Dec. 3 in Morgantown Municipal Court. Both players are 21 years old.

Morgantown Police Sgt. Harold Sperringer said the incident took place Oct. 25. There was a fight inside a bar, and people filed a complaint with police saying they had been attacked by the players.

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[BB73]

Another similarity between JoePa and Bobby. But this brawl was during the middle of the day. (Nothing good happens after 10 a.m.?)

And right when they were getting good publicity for the Myron Rolle Rhodes Scholar interview. I've bolded an interesting quote at the end.

usatoday

Florida State players allegedly involved in campus brawl

Florida State football players were involved in a campus fight on Wednesday that is under investigation by the FSU Police Department. Coach Bobby Bowden would not identify the players or specify how many were involved.

"The incident today, I really have no comment on it," Bowden said. "The police will look into it and let us know what they think. That's all I've got to say about that."

Maj. James Russell of the FSUPD said that at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday officers from the department arrived to investigate what he described as a large brawl.

"Persons involved in the fight are alleged to be some members of the FSU football team and members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity," Russell said in an e-mail to the Tallahassee Democrat.

The fight took place during the Market Wednesday flea market held at the Student Union. Russell stated that probably more than 10 people were involved and that four were believed to have been injured, including two female students. The extent of the injuries has not been released and the investigation, which includes gathering statements from about 15 people is continuing.

As of Wednesday night, no arrests have been made in the case.
Four players have been suspended over the past three games for either violations of team rules, not fulfilling responsibilities or unexcused absences. A total of 16 players, most for their involvement in an academic fraud case, have been suspended at least one game this season.

When asked if that this seems to be a weekly situation for his team, Bowden responded, "Well, that's America for you, isn't it."

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