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07-04-2007, 02:10 PM
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Stabbing Punter - Police may have screwed up interrogation
 - It just makes you want to cry ....
The Stabbing Punter from NCU now claims that the Police were mean to him. They wouldn't even let him have a lawyer when he implied that he wanted one.
Couldn't just go right out and say "I'm saying no more till I see a lawyer" could he? As his lawyer states, but apparently does not believe, it is not as if there are magic words that make a lawyer appear and a defendant go silent.
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N. Colorado backup punter felt berated by detectives
By PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer
July 3, 2007
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- A former Northern Colorado punter accused of stabbing the starter testified Tuesday that he felt bullied while being interrogated by detectives and that he implied he wanted a lawyer, only to be ignored.
Mitchell Cozad, who is charged with attempted first-degree murder, swiveled in his chair on the witness stand as he answered questions from his attorney, Joseph Gavaldon.
When asked why he spoke to investigators without an attorney, Cozad testified: "I had nothing to hide."
Still, Gavaldon sought to suppress statements Cozad made to investigators. The judge will issue a written ruling by Monday.
Cozad is accused of leaving a 3- to 5-inch deep gash in Rafael Mendoza's kicking leg during a Sept. 11 ambush. Police have said they believe Cozad stabbed Mendoza in an attempt to get the starting job. Cozad 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.
The case is set to go to trial July 30, but Gavaldon said lawyers were negotiating to resolve the case before trial. Chief Deputy District Attorney Michele Meyer declined to comment on any possible plea deal.
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Last Sept. 12, Cozad was interviewed by Evans police Detective George Roosevelt in the office of Nathan Cole, the university's coordinator for student rights and responsibilities. Cozad, who had been suspended from the school and kicked off the team, waited there for his mom to arrive from Wheatland, Wyo., because Cole had evicted him from his dorm room.
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Prosecutors argued Cozad didn't ask for a lawyer while in the Cole's office with detectives, but Gavaldon contended it was implied. Cozad testified that he said, "My mom wanted me to wait (to talk) until we have a lawyer" as he waited for her.
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"I think it's clear: He wants a lawyer, and they're ignoring it," Gavaldon said. "From the time he was escorted to Mr. Cole's office to saying 'I'm done,' eight times he requested a lawyer. It doesn't have to be the magic words, 'I want a lawyer."'
Even so, Cozad's mother testified she asked for just that.
After arriving around 3:40 p.m., Suzanne Cozad testified she then spoke with Roosevelt.
"I asked for an attorney for my son," she said. "He said an attorney wasn't necessary. We could resolve this."
She then was allowed to speak with her son for about five minutes, she said.
"What we negotiated was I would go in and visit with Mitchell and find out if he had any knowledge of the incident," she said. "If he didn't have any involvement, he would go home with me (that night). I kept my word to find out the truth. He didn't have any knowledge of this. I told that to (Roosevelt), and he said that wasn't going to work."
Mitch Cozad said he later was given two options: Waive his rights and answer two questions from the detectives and go home, or ask for an attorney. But if the attorney didn't arrive in five minutes, he would go to jail.
Cozad said he reluctantly waived his rights.
"Both of us felt like we had no option," he said.
Around 5:22 p.m. that day, Cozad said he was interviewed by police and that the tape recorder they used was shut off three times.
"The first time, he said, 'You little (expletive). You better start telling me the truth, or you're going to jail for a very long time,"' Cozad said.
Cozad said the next two times the recorder was paused he or his mother, who was also in the office, were berated.
Cozad finally said, "I'm done," at which point he was taken into custody.
After Cozad was handcuffed and taken to the police station, he inquired about dinner because he hadn't eaten since around 11:30 a.m. A pizza was ordered.
"He (Roosevelt) gives me the smallest slice. He licks his thumb, puts it into the pizza and says, 'If you're hungry, you'll eat that,"' Cozad said.
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So, if the above is true, all of the testimony may get thrown out, and this fool may walk from the crime, or at minimum have significant leverage for a plea bargain.
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07-04-2007, 03:42 PM
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i teach one the kids in the disney thing...he is very respectful and is a real leader at our school....think disney say 4 black kids with some good size and labeled them...
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07-06-2007, 02:16 PM
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BC players probed for alleged role in bar scuffle
By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff | July 6, 2007
A customer who balked at making way for several Boston College football players in a sports bar near North Station lay in a hospital bed yesterday, after suffering spinal injuries as a result of an altercation with a BC star and an off-duty Massachusetts State Police sergeant who is a part-owner of the establishment, according to police and participants in the fight.
BC football cocaptain Gosder Cherilus, a 6-foot-7-inch, 318-pound former standout at Somerville High School, and State Police Sergeant Joseph Boike were cited in a Boston police report as suspects in the case, Boike said. A Boston police spokesman said the suspects, whom he declined to identify because the case remains under investigation, will be summoned to court to face possible charges stemming from the incident early Sunday morning at The Greatest Bar.
BC players probed for alleged role in bar scuffle - The Boston Globe
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07-06-2007, 02:35 PM
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i teach one the kids in the disney thing...he is very respectful and is a real leader at our school....think disney say 4 black kids with some good size and labeled them...
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Alright, I give up...what the [censored] language is this, because is sure isn't English.
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07-07-2007, 08:11 AM
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A repeat offender at running stop signs!
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BYU RB arrested during traffic stop
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Brigham Young running back Manase Tonga gave a false name when he was stopped for running a stop sign, police said.
It was the third time since August that he had been stopped for failing to obey a stop sign, according to court records.
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07-07-2007, 08:19 AM
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