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PHILADELPHIA - A man arrested for running onto the field during the Philadelphia Eagles' game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday told police he was spreading his late mother's ashes.
Christopher Noteboom, of Tempe, Ariz., ran onto the field holding a plastic bag, leaving a cloud of fine powder behind.
As he reached the 30-yard line, he dropped to his knees, made the sign of the cross and laid down on his stomach. Security personnel reached him moments later and he offered no resistance as he was escorted from the field.
The 33-year-old Noteboom, a native of Doylestown, said his mother died of emphysema in January 2005, shortly before the Eagles' Super Bowl appearance.
"She never cared for any other team except the Eagles," Noteboom told WPVI-TV after he was released from custody Monday. "I know that the last handful of ashes I had are laying on the field, and will never be taken away. She'll always be part of Lincoln Financial Field and of the Eagles."
Noteboom, a bar owner in Arizona, was charged with defiant trespass. He has a hearing scheduled for Dec. 27.
"It's bizarre, but we have a zero tolerance for people who run on the field," Police Inspector William Colarulo said. "We especially have a zero tolerance for people who run onto the field and dump an unknown substance in a stadium full of people."
Eagles spokeswoman Bonnie Grant said the team has declined requests to spread ashes on the field.
Strange.
I feel for the guy, but an Eagles game is not the time or place to dump human remains without authorization, no matter how much the deceased loved the Birds.
Really. Do that shtein in pregame warmups.
Anyone have a pic of this guy? Reason I'm asking is the owner of the bar out here (Tilted Stick) I used to watch games at left a few years ago and opened up a bar in Arizona. He was originally from Doylestown, he was around that age and his first name was Chip. Wonder if that was him :paranoid
You're an accessory to the crime!
I was at the game and don't remember this happening. Oh wait, I never remember the games.
Oh well. Not the first or last dead person dumped in South Philly.
HOLY shtein IT WAS HIM!!! I DONT fargING BELIEVE IT!!! :-D
Link (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1128051noteboom1.html)
(http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/1128051noteboom1.jpg)
Chip was always a little looney but I never thought he'd do something like this!! :-D
Here's a pic of him when he used to own the Tilted Stick:
(http://tiltedstick.com/images/pix/superbowl2k1/large/dsc00001.jpg)
I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT WAS HIM!! :-D
Quote from: SD_Eagle on November 28, 2005, 11:43:15 PM
HOLY shtein IT WAS HIM!!! I DONT fargING BELIEVE IT!!! :-D
Whoa. I thought it was going to be a different middle-aged Arizona bar owner/Eagles fan from Doylestown! :o
Small world. Although come to think of it most Eagles fans seem to end up on Action News one way or another. Just think how freaked out the forum will be once the cops find all those bodies at NB's house.
SD...is that you in that pick next to the perp?
I'm guessing that the hair isn't Navy issue.
BTW, I'm sure Mrs. Noteboom was looking proudly down on her son, yelling something like, "Get off the field, you a-hole! You suck!"
AHHAHAHHHAAHAA! I've met him too! He used to visit the Eagles bar in LA I went to from time to time and try to get us down to the Tilted Stick. :-D
I hope that I'm wearing an Eagles jersey in my next mug shot.
I hope I'm wearing someone's blood in my next mug shot.
Geesh he looks old for 33, makes me fell good about being 32 ;D
I'm sure the hour or two before that picture was taken weren't his best.
Quote from: hbionic on November 29, 2005, 02:39:37 AM
SD...is that you in that pick next to the perp?
Nah, the guy in the Phils jersey is me. (http://groups.msn.com/EaglesMBMofos/shellbackspics.msnw?albumlist=2)
The guy next to him is named Johnny. He grew up in Baltimore (is a Ravens fan) and lived in Hawaii for a while.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on November 29, 2005, 11:31:22 AM
Geesh he looks old for 33, makes me fell good about being 32 ;D
He's 44, the article made a mistake.
Whoa. Shellback photos! :o
How is that homo doing these days? Haven't heard from him in a while.
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on November 29, 2005, 12:40:22 PM
Whoa. Shellback photos! :o
How is that homo doing these days? Haven't heard from him in a while.
He's in the Philly area right now but is flying back tonight. He's the same :-D
Just got a call from this girl I know from the Stick, she says they're getting phone calls left and right about him and that he's gonna be on some talk show either tomorrow or the next few days (Good Morning America or something similar). Says Joe Banner called him and offered him a seat in the owners box for the MNF game. Also said girls everywhere are trying to get in contact with him :-D He's married but I'm sure he doesn't mind the attention, talk about having your 15 minutes of fame
He was just on the CBS Early Show this morning.
farg this guy. He should be forced to pay the same fine as any other jackass that runs onto the field.
I'm sure he will. But it'll be offset with all this publicity.
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 01, 2005, 09:03:07 AM
He was just on the CBS Early Show this morning.
Yeah, that was it (got an early morning phone call). Missed it but got a review.