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

Tuesday: New Orleans Bowl -- Arkansas State (6-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (6-5)

News item: Arkansas state linebacker Chris Littleton will play, despite his recent arrest for "resisting an officer and battering of a police officer."

"I have a very strong record of stern and strict discipline," said Indians coach Steve Roberts. "But I am also fair ..."
 
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Tuesday: New Orleans Bowl -- Arkansas State (6-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (6-5)

News item: Arkansas state linebacker Chris Littleton will play, despite his recent arrest for "resisting an officer and battering of a police officer."

"I have a very strong record of stern and strict discipline," said Indians coach Steve Roberts. "But I am also fair ..."

Uh, like I was saying...:roll1:
 
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Marijuana found inside Wroten's car

Posted: Thursday January 5, 2006 4:31PM; Updated: Thursday January 5, 2006 4:31PM
STERLINGTON, La. (AP) -- LSU defensive end Claude Wroten Jr. was arrested on a drug charge after police stopped him for speeding and found marijuana in his car, authorities said Thursday.
Wroten, 22, of Bastrop, was booked late Wednesday for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and was released on $3,000 bond from the Ouachita Correctional Center, police said.
Officers stopped Wroten on U.S. 165 around 11:35 p.m. Wednesday just north of Sterlington High School, Police Chief Barry Bonner said. He was clocked at 77 mph in a 65 mph zone, Bonner said.
When asked if he had anything illegal in the car, Bonner said Wroten admitted having marijuana for personal consumption. Officers found one bag inside the car in plain view and discovered another tucked in his shoe.
Wroten also had $4,000 in cash, which he said was a loan from his financial adviser to prepare for NFL training, the chief said. Police were unable to immediately contact the adviser, who's name was not released.
Wroten, a senior, played on the LSU team that defeated the University of Miami in the Dec. 20 Peach Bowl. Wroten was credited with 45 tackles and five sacks this season. Early NFL draft predictions had Wroten being picked in early rounds.
He could not be reached for comment. His father, Claude Wroten Sr., answered the phone at the family's home in Bastrop on Thursday.
"I believe he was set up because Claude is not a drug dealer," the elder Wroten said in an interview with The Associated Press. "But that's what happens when kids don't listen to their parents."
Wroten's father said he and his wife had been discussing their son's future with an agent, whom he wouldn't name, but Claude Jr. decided to go his own way. "He was talking to some fellow in New York who opened his eyes so wide," he said. "When he started making his own decisions, this is what happened."
The Wrotens said they had not yet spoken with their son, who lives with them. He said he did not know if an attorney had been assigned to the case and was unsure what would happen next.
LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette said Wroten had completed his athletic eligibility.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/01/05/bc.fbc.lsu.wrotenarrest.ap/index.html
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Just Goes to Show Bad Things Also Happen to Good People

Ex-Irish & Bears Player Dave Duerson's life is in turmoil. His actions following his arrest on domestic battery charges speak to a profound sense of guilt.

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Dave Duerson

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Duerson pleads guilty to domestic battery
Notre Dame, IN - Former Notre Dame football player, Dave Duerson, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of domestic battery, Tuesday.Duerson admitted that he struck his wife in February of last year, while the couple was staying at the Morris Inn on campus.
The Class A misdemeanor charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail.
Duerson's sentence will be doled out on March 14th.
Duerson resigned from the university's board of trustees shortly after his arrest.

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ND Board of Trustees member resigns after being charged with battery
Notre Dame, IN - Dave Duerson, who played football for the Irish, was a well-known member of the Chicago Bears and a Notre Dame Board of Trustees member, has been charged with striking his wife while visiting South Bend last week.

Late Monday afternoon, St. Joseph County prosecutor Mike Dvorak filed battery charges against Dave Duerson.

According to a release from the prosecutor's office, Duerson and his wife got into an argument in their room and Duerson hit his wife in their room at the Morris Inn just last Thursday. The report goes on to say Duerson then pushed his wife out the door of their room and she hit the wall.

Mrs. Duerson was taken to the hospital where she was checked by medical personnel and later released.

Duerson has a long-standing relationship with the University of Notre Dame. He served on the Board of Trustees until just this week, when he voluntarily resigned. The board held a meeting on campus just last week.

Father Edward Malloy, the president of the University of Notre Dame, issued a statement saying, "It is regrettable but proper that Dave Duerson has resigned as a member of the University's Board of Trustees'.

Duerson played football for the Irish. He later played for the Chicago Bears in the 1980's and then become a Univesity Trustee. After that, he became a very successful businessman. He owns Duerson Foods, a company that supplies McDonald's.

His son is a current member of the Irish in his freshman year.

The prosecutor filed two counts of battery and two counts of domestic battery.

All four counts are misdemeanors.

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Duerson resigns from Monogram Club
Notre Dame, IN - The former Notre Dame football star accused of beating up his wife on campus last week has left a second prestigious post at the university.

Dave Duerson played for Notre Dame in the 1980's, then starred for the Chicago Bears.

He's the owner of Duerson Foods, and until yesterday was a Notre Dame trustee and president of the university's Monogram Club.

Duerson resigned the trustee position on Monday and now comes word he's left his post at the Monogram Club too.

Duerson faces four misdemeanor battery charges.

Court documents say he hit his wife in their Morris Inn hotel room, then threw her into the hallway.

He's scheduled in St. Joseph County court on February 28.
 
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cnnsi.com

1/23/06

Arkansas LB arrested on DWI charge

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas reserve linebacker Matt Stoltz faces a driving-while-intoxicated charge after he was arrested and then released on bond, police say.

In addition to the DWI charge, the 19-year-old Stoltz faces a charge of careless and prohibited driving. Both charges are misdemeanors.

Arkansas coach Houston Nutt declined to comment.

Police reports say Stoltz was stopped at 3:08 a.m. Friday after officers observed careless driving. According to the reports, Stoltz failed field sobriety tests and later registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent. Arkansas law defines a driver as drunk with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or greater.

Stoltz, a sophomore, transferred to Arkansas from LSU last spring and did not play for the Razorbacks this season. He played high school football at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock.
 
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Wisconsin dismisses troubled Stanley
Posted: Thursday February 2, 2006 1:49PM; Updated: Thursday February 2, 2006 1:49PM

Booker Stanley rushed for 340 yards and three touchdowns last season.
Jeff Gross/Getty Images


MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Running back Booker Stanley has been dismissed from the University of Wisconsin's football program, head coach Bret Bielema announced Thursday.

Stanley, who has been suspended from the team since police were called to his apartment on Dec. 21, is expected to face a preliminary hearing later this month for sexual assault, battery and bail jumping charges.

Stanley, 22, is free on bond. A Dane County court commissioner scheduled the preliminary hearing for Feb. 21 before Judge David Flanagan, Stanley's public defender, Dennis Burke, said Monday.

Stanley faces one count of second-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, four misdemeanor counts of battery, one count of felony bail-jumping and two counts of misdemeanor bail-jumping.

The criminal complaint said police went to the apartment Stanley shared with his girlfriend after a neighbor complained of hearing a woman inside yelling.

Stanley already faced battery and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged role in a fight during a block party last April.

The felony bail-jumping charge stems from allegations Stanley called the woman more than 10 times between Dec. 26 and Dec. 29 after he had been released from custody, although his bond stated he was to have no contact with the woman. The other bail-jumping charges are linked to the block party fight.

Stanley, a junior, totaled 340 yards and three touchdowns during the 2005 season and rushed for 873 yards and seven touchdowns in his first two seasons.

He missed the Badgers' 24-10 victory over Auburn in the Capital One Bowl last month during his suspension.

Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
 
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Wisconsin dismisses troubled Stanley
Posted: Thursday February 2, 2006 1:49PM; Updated: Thursday February 2, 2006 1:49PM

Booker Stanley rushed for 340 yards and three touchdowns last season.
Jeff Gross/Getty Images


MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Running back Booker Stanley has been dismissed from the University of Wisconsin's football program, head coach Bret Bielema announced Thursday.

Stanley, who has been suspended from the team since police were called to his apartment on Dec. 21, is expected to face a preliminary hearing later this month for sexual assault, battery and bail jumping charges.

Stanley, 22, is free on bond. A Dane County court commissioner scheduled the preliminary hearing for Feb. 21 before Judge David Flanagan, Stanley's public defender, Dennis Burke, said Monday.

Stanley faces one count of second-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, four misdemeanor counts of battery, one count of felony bail-jumping and two counts of misdemeanor bail-jumping.

The criminal complaint said police went to the apartment Stanley shared with his girlfriend after a neighbor complained of hearing a woman inside yelling.

Stanley already faced battery and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged role in a fight during a block party last April.

The felony bail-jumping charge stems from allegations Stanley called the woman more than 10 times between Dec. 26 and Dec. 29 after he had been released from custody, although his bond stated he was to have no contact with the woman. The other bail-jumping charges are linked to the block party fight.

Stanley, a junior, totaled 340 yards and three touchdowns during the 2005 season and rushed for 873 yards and seven touchdowns in his first two seasons.

He missed the Badgers' 24-10 victory over Auburn in the Capital One Bowl last month during his suspension.

Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

But, because no one outside the state of Wisconsin could give a flying fuck about their program this will get minimal attention. Move him down the road to Columbus and ESPN would have to hire more staff to handle the coverage.
 
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Wow.. Wisconsin is getting hit hard. They are going to have serious depth issues at RB.

http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/uwire/020706aab.html

UW freshman Hill dismissed from team for violating discipline policy

By Jon Mcnamara The Daily Cardinal

Madison, WI (CSTV U-WIRE) -- For the third time in just over two weeks, a member of the Wisconsin football team has been suspended for violating the University of Wisconsin's Student-Athlete Discipline Policy.

Freshman running back P.J. Hill, who redshirted this past season, is immediately suspended from competition and practice, the program announced Monday. Hill will have the option of appealing the decision to continue competition.

The latest violation comes shortly after freshman defensive backs Antonio Freeman and Jameson Davis were arrested in Jefferson County after deputies pulled them over for speeding and then found marijuana in the car.

State troopers pulled over the car driven by Davis, which was clocked at 101 miles per hour, and arrested both players after finding the marijuana.

With the early departure of Brian Calhoun to the NFL and head coach Bret Bielema's decision to dismiss junior Booker Stanley (arrested on charges of sexual assault, battery and bail jumping) from the team Thursday, Hill was expected to make a legitimate run for playing time next season and possibly emerge as the starting tailback after spring practices.

(C) 2006 The Daily Cardinal via CSTV U-WIRE
 
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AP

2/8

Duke, North Carolina players arrested

Chapel Hill, NC (Sports Network) - One North Carolina and three Duke football players were arrested and charged with misdemeanors Sunday after allegedly fighting at a Chapel Hill nightclub.
Blue Devils linebacker Michael Brown, safety Andreas Platt and fullback Segun Akande were all charged with failure to disperse, while Tar Heels linebacker Larry Edwards was charged with damage to real property.
The Herald Sun reported on Tuesday that the incidents all stemmed from a fight that took place at the Chi Hi Club.
"We got a call for a fight in progress inside the club," Major Brian Curran of the Chapel Hill Police Department told the newspaper. "The folks involved in the fight were largely football players."
Edwards, a 21-year-old junior, was tied for the team lead in tackles last season with 91. An officer told the Herald Sun that Edwards broke out a glass window of a door at the nightclub.
The 19-year-old Brown, a freshman, was named to the freshman All-American team this past season after leading the team with 92 tackles.
The incident occurred just two days before the second-ranked Duke and No. 23 North Carolina basketball squads renew their historic rivalry at Chapel Hill on Tuesday night.
02/07 10:08:40 ET
 
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AP

2/8

Duke, North Carolina players arrested

Chapel Hill, NC (Sports Network) - One North Carolina and three Duke football players were arrested and charged with misdemeanors Sunday after allegedly fighting at a Chapel Hill nightclub.
Blue Devils linebacker Michael Brown, safety Andreas Platt and fullback Segun Akande were all charged with failure to disperse, while Tar Heels linebacker Larry Edwards was charged with damage to real property.
The Herald Sun reported on Tuesday that the incidents all stemmed from a fight that took place at the Chi Hi Club.
"We got a call for a fight in progress inside the club," Major Brian Curran of the Chapel Hill Police Department told the newspaper. "The folks involved in the fight were largely football players."
Edwards, a 21-year-old junior, was tied for the team lead in tackles last season with 91. An officer told the Herald Sun that Edwards broke out a glass window of a door at the nightclub.
The 19-year-old Brown, a freshman, was named to the freshman All-American team this past season after leading the team with 92 tackles.
The incident occurred just two days before the second-ranked Duke and No. 23 North Carolina basketball squads renew their historic rivalry at Chapel Hill on Tuesday night.
02/07 10:08:40 ET
Probably more hitting went on in that bar fight than the Blue Devils gridders were responsible for during the entire season.
 
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