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tOSU Indiscretions of May (Mega Merge)

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Skeete Suspended After Arrest
By Bucknuts.com staff
Date: May 11, 2005

Ohio State has announced that redshirt freshman kicker Jonathan Skeete has been suspended following an early morning arrest on an outstanding warrant for drug trafficking.


Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has suspended kicker Jonathan Skeete for violation of team rules. According to police reports, Skeete was arrested early Wednesday morning by University Police on a warrant for trafficking in marijuana. Details were still sketchy on when and why the arrest warrant naming Skeete had been filed.

"Jonathan Skeete has been suspended indefinitely, pending the outcome of the legal process," Tressel said in a university release. "We will evaluate his status with the team after this issue has been resolved. This is a very serious issue and we will treat it as such."

Skeete, a freshman place-kicker from Gahanna, Ohio, was redshirted in 2004. He figured to be the backup to Josh Huston in 2005. He hit a 43-yard field goal in the spring game in April.

OSU added Skeete as a late signee in June 2004. A strong student at Gahanna-Lincoln High School, Skeete picked OSU over Northwestern. He had reportedly been approved for an academic scholarship of some sort at NU.
 
Here is the law as it is written in the Ohio Revised Code.


2925.03- No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Sell or offer to sell a controlled substance.
(2) Prepare for shipment, ship, transport,deliver,prepare for distribution, or distribute a controlled substance, when the offender knows or has reason to believe that the controlled substance is for sale or resale by the offender or another person.

So even if he drove a dealer to a delivery knowing what was going on, he could be charged. Either way, stupid ass mistake.
 
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05/11/2005 ARREST INFORMATION Arrest Bond Added to Case with: Action Code: TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS Arrest Date: 05/11/2005 Custody Location: MAIN JAIL FCCC1 Arrest # Type: SLATE Number: 0514998 Bond Status: ACTIVE Status Date: 05/11/2005 Okay to Apply: No Bond Type: NO BOND 0.00 0.00
05/11/2005 ALERT SERVED WARRANT ISSUED served on: 05/11/2005 For: SKEETE, JONATHAN CM 0.00 0.00
05/11/2005 ARRAIGNMENT SCHEDULED - FELONY Event: ARRAIGNMENT /FELONY Date: 05/12/2005 Time: 9:00 am Judge: AR4D, COURTROOM 4D Location: 4D LOCATED ON THE 4TH FLOOR 51.00 51.00
05/11/2005 CASE REOPENED 0.00 0.00
05/10/2005 ALERT ISSUED WARRANT ISSUED issued on: 05/10/2005 For: SKEETE, JONATHAN CM 0.00 0.00
05/10/2005 WARRANT ISSUED WARRANT ISSUED created on: 05/10/2005 For: SKEETE, JONATHAN CM 2.00 2.00
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http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.docket_lst?2963792
 
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Case Attributes
Number 2005 CR A 010915
Status REOPEN (RO)
Filed 05/10/2005
Incomplete
im no copper but it seems like its being refilled? somebody here has to know what all that means.
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The charging police officer was somebody with the last name of Schneider. Apparently Schnieder was doing some sort of investigation that led to his filing a criminal complaint with the Franklin County Municipal Court yesterday (May 10). The criminal complaint was presented to an administrative judge who directed the issuance of an arrest warrant. The case number was assigned at that time, but for some reason the Clerk's office closed the case after the warrant had been issued. When the warrant was served on Skeete today, th ecase was reopened. He will be arraigned tomorrow at 9:00 AM and at that time will enter his plea.
 
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Updated quotes from Tressel that have been added to the BN article:
A short time ago, Tressel met with the media to discuss Skeete's situation.

"I really don't know much, other than what all of you know," Tressel said. "Jonathan Skeete has been arrested, and I believe he will be arraigned tomorrow. From our perspective, like all cases of this nature, he will be suspended indefinitely until we find out what goes on with the legal process."

Tressel added that he had not been in contact with Skeete and intimated that he expected Skeete to get in touch with him once he's able to do so.

OSU added Skeete as a late signee in June 2004. A strong student at Gahanna-Lincoln High School, Skeete picked OSU over Northwestern. He had reportedly been approved for an academic scholarship of some sort at NU.

Tressel was asked if he was surprised or shocked by these developments as Skeete was a national merit scholar at Gahanna Lincoln.

"Yep," Tressel replied. "You would think I've been at this long enough to not be shocked. It is human nature to believe the best and think the best. Obviously it surprised me."

Tressel also gave some background on Skeete and how he became part of the team.

"He's been a good kid and he works hard," Tressel said. "Obviously he's been an excellent student. Like many freshmen, he's been kind of in the background.

"He was actually a late addition (for the 2004 class). I think it was a little bit (Josh) Huston's injuries and depth-wise. Our staff looked for the next best candidate in all phases -- academically, kicking, and so forth. In June, he became a part of the team as a scholarship kid.

"From a kicking standpoint, he's made strides. He's improved."

Tressel had an already-scheduled team meeting today, which was a regularly-scheduled academic progress meeting that occurs every two weeks. He was asked if he had discussed the matter with the team at the meeting.

"Yes, I did have the floor for a little while," he said.
 
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and here it is....
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2058108
Updated: May 11, 2005, 7:29 PM ET
Skeete redshirted last seasonAssociated Press


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State kicker Jonathan Skeete was suspended from the team indefinitely after being arrested Wednesday for allegedly trafficking marijuana.

Skeete was arrested early Wednesday by university police. He remains in a Franklin County jail and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning, said sheriff's Deputy Stephen Mayer.

The school provided no other details about the arrest.

Skeete's status on the team will be evaluated once the legal process is over, Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said.

Skeete was redshirted in 2004. He was not expected to be the Buckeye's No. 1 kicker this year -- Josh Huston, a sixth-year senior, likely will fill that role.

Skeete converted two field goals in Ohio State's annual spring scrimmage last month but missed an extra point.
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Ohio State kicker Jonathan Skeete appeared in court Thursday, accused of trafficking marijuana.

Skeete appeared in arraignment court Thursday morning on a drug trafficking charge. There, the judge placed a $10,000 bond on him.

On Wednesday, Skeete was arrested by police who say they bought marijuana from him twice in February.

When word got out, the OSU kicker was suspended from the team until the issue is resolved.

Skeete did play in the spring game, kicking two filed goals. He was considered a leading candidate to be the starting kicker this year.

That career may be over, pending the outcome of this charge.

Skeete's attorney tried to waive his client's appearance due to the heavy media coverage, but the prosecution said Skeete should be treated like every other person who appears in court.

 
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Compliments of todays Dispatch (the follow-up article):

Kicker suspended after drug-trafficking charge
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Of all the Ohio State football players to run afoul of the law, Johnathan Skeete seemed to be among the unlikeliest.

A redshirt freshman kicker, he had a 3.7 grade-point average at Gahanna High School. He had numerous academic scholarship offers before accepting a football scholarship from the Buckeyes this past June.

But now Skeete’s future with the Buckeyes is in doubt. Ohio State suspended him indefinitely yesterday after an early-morning arrest on a charge of marijuana trafficking, a fifth-degree felony, which is the least severe.

"It’s shocking not just because of who, but because of what," coach Jim Tressel said at an afternoon news conference. "Obviously, it’s a tremendously serious thing, and we’ll address it in a like fashion."

Ohio State assistant police chief Rick Amweg said Skeete sold marijuana to an undercover police officer Feb. 11. The amount of marijuana is unknown, but it had to be fewer than 200 grams based on the charge.

Skeete was arrested about 1 a.m. yesterday at his dormitory and taken to the Franklin County Jail, where he was held overnight. He is scheduled to appear in municipal court this morning.

Attempts to contact Skeete’s family were unsuccessful.

"The investigation is not closed with this arrest," Amweg said. "As with any ongoing investigation, timing is everything. We have to take into account the timing of the investigation and the timing of the arrest."

Skeete is the 13 th Buckeyes player charged with a crime since Tressel became coach in 2001.

"You would think I’ve been at this long enough not to be shocked," Tressel said. "But I think human nature is to believe the best and think the best. Not that my thought process has changed, because I don’t know exactly what the story is or what is going to come out of it, but yes, it’s a big surprise to me."

Tressel was not alone. Gahanna coach Mike Lanza described Skeete as a "good student, good athlete, good person."

Vince Marrow, a Gahanna resident and youth-league coach who pushed Ohio State to offer Skeete a football scholarship, said he thought it was a joke when informed of the arrest.

"I’m honestly very shocked," Marrow said. "He would be the last kid that I would think something like this would happen to.

"I’m thinking there’s got to be something more to this. But I just don’t know." Skeete made two field goals in the spring game last month. He was expected to serve as the backup to Josh Huston.
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Oh..and do they REALLY have to put THAT picture of Skeete on there? Doesnt really help him much! lol
 
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BuckeyePride85 said:
Compliments of todays Dispatch (the follow-up article):


Vince Marrow, a Gahanna resident and youth-league coach who pushed Ohio State to offer Skeete a football scholarship, said he thought it was a joke when informed of the arrest.
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OK, in the Buckeye football suspended players version of "Six Degrees of Separation", let me note...

Ohio State offered Skeete a scholarship on the advice of Vince Marrow.

Vince Marrow's cousin was a 3rd round draft pick of the Denver Broncos. A running back, I believe.
 
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