Police/Legal Blotter

[scooter1369]

Originally Posted by BB73

The name of the bar involved is rather ironic.

si.com

the downtown bar Village Idiot

[BB73]

usatoday

Ex-Mich. State football player pleads not guilty to murder

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) ? A judge ordered a mental health examination for a former Michigan State football player who pleaded not guilty on Monday to tossing a neighbor to his death from a third-floor apartment balcony.

Defense attorney Steven Wagner requested that DuPage County Judge Robert Anderson order the evaluation to determine Hubert D. Thompson's mental fitness, the Chicago Tribune and (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reported.

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[BB73]

There's discussion of this in the Barksdate thread (2007 recruiting), but this is noting the arrest.

si.com

Ex-LSU player Giddens arrested again

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Former LSU football player Troy Giddens, who was removed from the roster after an arrest several weeks ago, has been arrested again after allegedly punching a current member of the team.

Giddens, 19, was arrested early Monday and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count of second degree battery and one count of simple battery after he allegedly hit freshman defensive tackle Joseph Barksdale of Detroit, LSU Police Chief Ricky Adams said.

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[BB73]

usatoday

Huskers wide receiver arrested after bar disturbance

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ? Huskers wide receiver Maurice Purify was arrested Saturday night after a disturbance at a Lincoln bar, Lincoln Police said.

According to police, Purify and a friend were denied entry to a bar by a doorman. Later, at a different bar, Purify saw the same doorman and confronted him.

Purify punched the man and assaulted his girlfriend, police said.

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[sandgk]

The case of the stabbed punter is moving along.

The alleged assailant stands at risk of a 48 year prison sentence if found guilty.

Yahoo

Mother of stabbed punter: He's doing the best he can to handle it
By PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer
May 17, 2007
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- Florence Mendoza squirmed in a fourth-row bench Thursday as lawyers discussed the case against the former Northern Colorado backup punter accused of trying to kill her son.
"I don't think anybody would like to sit and hear what went on the night that their son was hurt," Mendoza said after a motions hearing for Mitch Cozad, charged with attempted first-degree murder in a knife attack on her son Rafael, the starting punter.




"It's hard (being here)," she said.
Rafael Mendoza was attacked on Sept. 11 in a dimly lit parking lot outside his apartment in Evans, a small town adjacent to Greeley. He suffered a 3- to 5-inch-deep wound in his kicking leg.
Cozad, of Wheatland, Wyo., has pleaded not guilty and remains free on $500,000 bail. If found guilty of attempted murder, he could face up to 48 years in prison.
Police have said they believe Cozad stabbed Mendoza to try to get the starting job, and the case drew quick comparisons to the assault by Tonya Harding's hit man on Nancy Kerrigan.
Cozad's case is scheduled to go to trial July 30. A pretrial readiness conference was moved up to July 2, the last day the judge will accept a plea agreement.

[sandgk]

Who Stole The Fulmer Cup from Montana State!

Seriously, murder, cocaine peddling and a past meth ring which involved an assistant coach and Montana State isn't the de facto and perennial holder of the Fulmer Cup? Something is deeply wrong, inquiring minds need to know how this travesty of justice has transpired!

Oh, and their head coach got the axe today - which ranks somewhere around 0 on the surprise scale.

Montana State fires Kramer as football coach
By SARAH COOKE, Associated Press Writer
May 18, 2007
Montana State fired football coach Mike Kramer on Friday, several days after another former Bobcats athlete was arrested on drug charges.
Kramer was 40-43 in seven seasons at the Bozeman school, including an 8-5 mark last year. He led the Bobcats to three Big Sky Conference titles and three NCAA playoff appearances.

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"It starts with leadership," athletic director Peter Fields said. "When you look at our football program's recent history, it is apparent that its direction does not fit with what this university is all about."
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Former wide receiver Rick Gatewood was arrested this week on drug charges and is accused of using his athletic scholarship money to traffic cocaine from California in the Bozeman area. His brother also faces drug charges.
Gatewood is the sixth former Montana State athlete arrested or charged with crimes involving drugs or murder in the past year.
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Montana State cornerback Andre Fuller pleaded not guilty in March to charges he sold cocaine to a confidential informant last June. He was suspended from the football team while the case is investigated.
Former wide receiver Edward Sullivan of Carlsbad, Calif., and Derrick Davis Jr., a former cornerback from Santa Monica, Calif., also have been charged with selling drugs.
And last June, former redshirt football player John Lebrum and former Bobcat basketball player Branden Miller were charged with murder and kidnapping in the shooting death of suspected drug dealer Jason Wright. They have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled for trial in the coming months.
In October 2004, former assistant head football coach Joe O'Brien was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.

Who, really, could top all of that? They have out U'd Da U for crying out loud. Fulmer? Clearly a rank amateur.

[unionfutura]

http://www.wsbtradio.com/includes/ne...on_id=1&id=901

[OSU SPORTS]

Charges have been dropped according to the South Bend Tribune. He borrowed the car and was not aware of weed being inside.

southbendtribune

May 24. 2007 12:16PM

Marijuana charge dismissed against ND quarterback

Tribune correspondent report

A misdemeanor marijuana possession charge against University of Notre Dame quarterback Demetrius Jones was dismissed Wednesday after testimony from another person indicated that the marijuana did not belong to Jones.

According to court documents in LaPorte Superior Court III, the registered owner of the vehicle Jones was driving on May 17, when Jones was arrested during a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road by Indiana State Police, testified that he allowed Jones to borrow his vehicle to drive from Chicago to South Bend.

To the best of the car owner’s knowledge, court documents said, Jones did not know there was marijuana in the ashtray.

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[BB73]

si.com

Vols CB cleared of assault charge

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A jury on Friday returned a not guilty verdict for Tennessee cornerback Marsalous Johnson, who was charged with assault after an off-duty sheriff's deputy accused him of waving a gun at him while driving on the interstate.

When the deputy alerted on-duty officers and they pulled over Johnson's vehicle, they found a toy Uzi submachine gun under the passenger seat.

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[sandgk]

USC Safety Pinkard arrested on suspected DUI (Yahoo)

USC safety Josh Pinkard arrested in suspected DUI case
May 30, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- USC safety Josh Pinkard was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of driving under the influence, coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday.
Carroll planned to speak with Pinkard, a 21-year-old junior, either Tuesday evening or Wednesday.

"We're looking into it, and we'll find out the details," Carroll said. "As usual, we'll handle it internally. We take this seriously, and we want to make sure we understand all of the circumstances."
Pinkard could not immediately be reached for comment. It was not known whether he had an attorney.


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Pinkard had red-shirted last year after suffering a season ending knee injury against Arkansas.

[BB73]

si.com

Purify to start diversion program
Nebraska WR accused of assault in bar disturbance

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska receiver Maurice Purify, arrested for his role in a disturbance at a Lincoln bar, has been authorized to participate in a pretrial diversion program, a city prosecutor said Thursday.

Purify was scheduled to appear in Lancaster County Court next week on two counts of assault, resisting arrest, trespassing and failure to comply after a May 5 incident at a downtown bar. Purify is accused of throwing a man over a table, hitting him several times and striking the man's girlfriend.

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[sandgk]

Texas DE Melton DUI

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas defensive end Henry Melton was arrested and charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated early Friday.
Melton was pulled over in the popular Sixth Street entertainment district after officers noticed his truck driving in an unsafe manner, police spokeswoman Laura Albrecht said.
"We're disappointed anytime one of our players is accused of wrongdoing," coach Mack Brown said. "We have a great group of guys and we will thoroughly investigate this situation. Following the completion of the legal process, we will do what's best for the university, Henry and the team."



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[Buckskin86]

Current, former WVU players arrested
Safety Andrews charged with obstructing an officer
Posted: Tuesday June 5, 2007 2:51PM; Updated: Tuesday June 5, 2007 3:19PM


MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia University football player and a former player are facing various charges after weekend arrests in Morgantown.

Free safety Quinton Andrews, 19, of Miami, Fla., was charged Saturday morning with obstructing an officer, Chief Deputy Al Kisner with the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday. Former Mountaineer running back Jason Gwaltney, 20, of Morgantown, was charged with underage consumption of alcohol, speeding and failure to produce an operator's license.

SI.com - NCAA Football - One current, one former WVU player arrested - Tuesday June 5, 2007 2:51PM

[LightningRod]

Too bad PSU doesn't play in Columbus this season or Joe might have his team cleaning the Shoe. Interesting that a DUI committed on 4/28/07 is only now being reported.

Report: Lawlor Facing DUI Charge

By FOS Staff

Posted Jun 4, 2007

ESPN Radio 1450 is reporting that State College police arrested Penn State fullback Dan Lawlor on DUI charges at 3:06 a.m. April 28.

The station said court records indicate that Lawlor was pulled over by officers who witnessed him making an illegal right-hand turn from West Beaver Avenue to South Allen Street. The records say Lawlor turned while the light was red, which is not permitted at that intersection.

The records said the arresting officer detected alcohol on Lawlor's breath and he had bloodshot eyes and a flushed face. Lawlor told officers that he had four or five beers and he had sipped some Crown Royal and Coke earlier in the evening, according to the records.

Lawlor was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center where a blood-alcohol test was performed. His blood-alcohol concentration was 0.126. The legal limit in Pennsylvania is 0.080.

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[MililaniBuckeye]

Lawlor told officers that he had four or five beers and he had sipped some Crown Royal and Coke earlier in the evening, according to the records.

Nothing like breaking the law(lor) while gettin' your Crown on...