NFL Players Arrested - 2009

[Sgt PSN]

i don't even know if he'll get that much jail time. 

meanwhile, plaxico's case won't go to court until after the season so pending internal league action, he may be available to play this year. 

[PhillyGirl]

30 days in jail??

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4262751

[ice grillin you]

30 days in jail??

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4262751

that sentence tells me his only fault must have been that he was drunk

[Sgt PSN]

and driving.  and running over people. 

it's pretty simple though.  he owned it from the minute it happened.  he didn't run.  he called the cops and he cooperated with them fully and he settled with the victim's family. 

da's and prosecuters don't get evaluated so much on sentences as much as they do on convictions.  so whether stallworth serves 15 days or 15 years is nearly irrelevant as long as he's convicted which is why they are almost always willing to plea bargin, even in a case like this where the evidence was there and stallworth admitted his guilt and they still accepted a plea bargin from him. 

[ice grillin you]

what im saying is the guy was randomly running across a busy highway/road and it sounds like the police and court deemed that he was as much at fault for getting hit as stallworth was for hitting him...in other words dook would have or easily could have gotten rolled even if the driver wasnt drunk

in other words stallworth got punished for drinking and driving basically not for killing someone

[Sgt PSN]

got it.  yeah, dude was jaywalking.  the only real punishment stallworth is getting out of it is a lifetime suspension of his driver's license.  but he can eventually apply to have it reenstated with restrictions to allow him to drive to and from work. 

he's an idiot for driving drunk but i'll give the guy some credit for showing a little integrity and doing the right thing.  most people don't even stop their car in that situation. 

[Eagaholic]

It will be interesting to see what the league does with his house arrest, I'm not sure if others have played under that circumstance. It should bring up questions about traveling with the team and (presumably) the ankle bracelet with the TO rule (no foreign objects permitted on the field, which is a good rule because it prevented Plaxico from playing with a gun in his jock strap).   

[QB Eagles]

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former NFL player Travis Henry to three years in prison for financing a drug trafficking operation that moved cocaine between Colorado and Montana.

Henry, 30, of Frostproof, Fla., was arrested by federal drug agents last October -- just a few months after the running back's release from the Denver Broncos.


He pleaded guilty in April to a single count of trafficking cocaine. In handing down Wednesday's sentence, U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull in Billings also gave Henry five years of probation upon his release and recommended he enter a 500-hour drug treatment program.

Henry has said that at the time of his arrest, he was struggling to keep up with child support payments after fathering at least nine children with nine women. But Cebull said it was Henry's addiction to marijuana that destroyed the defendant's career and ultimately landed him in federal court.

"This is a unique case in that you're a unique individual. You're a heck of a football player," Cebull said. "You are not unique in this sense: your drug habit."

Clad in a blue prison jumpsuit and wearing handcuffs, Henry apologized to the court and said his criminal actions did not reflect his true self.

"If given the chance, I want to tell kids around the world that using drugs and abusing drugs isn't way," he said.

He had faced a possible 10 years to life in prison and a $4 million fine. Cebull waived the fine because he said Henry could not afford it.

Henry rose from a childhood of poverty -- his single mother picked oranges for a living -- to become a record setting running back at the University of Tennessee.

He was drafted into the NFL in 2001 and joined the Broncos two years ago. His descent from the pinnacle of professional sports to federal inmate took just 13 months, beginning with his release last June from the Denver Broncos.

Just one season into a four-year, $22.5 million contract, Henry was cut following allegations of drug use and a perceived lack of commitment.

With his income gone, Henry turned to the drug trade in part to cover his mounting child support payments, according to court documents and testimony.

That criminal career proved brief.

A driver moving cocaine for Henry from Denver to Billings was arrested last September in Montana and quickly agreed to turn federal informant. That person later helped authorities set up a sting operation against Henry and his co-defendant, James Mack.

Two weeks later, as Henry was leaving a Denver-area apartment with 6 kilograms of cocaine, the authorities moved in. Henry attempted to run, but was chased down and caught after a short pursuit.

In court briefs filed prior to his sentencing, Henry's defense attorneys asked for leniency for their client and argued that he turned to drug trafficking only out of desperation. They say he went into a "downward spiral" after losing $40,000 in drug proceeds that were stolen from a house in Billings.

Following his arrest, Henry initially was released on $400,000 bond. He was jailed after being arrested again in Florida in May, for violating the terms of his release by drinking alcohol.

Sentencing for his co-defendant -- Mack, 29, of Bow Mar, Colo. -- is set for July 24 before Judge Cebull.

lol @ "addiction to marijuana" forcing him to traffic in coke.

[General_Failure]

Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction. You ever suck some dick for marijuana?

[Seabiscuit36]

I'm surprised nothing about Plax yet.  He's taking the stand today, his lawyer is doing this as a last ditch effort supposedly as he's pretty much farged.  There's some talk that Pierce is in a shteinload of trouble too based on lying to the cops. 

[Eagaholic]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/29/burress-basically-throws-himself-at-the-mercy-of-the-grand-jury/

I must be wrong, but I thought a few months ago there was talk that the prosecution would be willing to plea bargain down to 3 months of jail, but Burress wouldn't go for it.

[Eagaholic]

Antonio Pierce won't be indicted

[Sgt PSN]

maurice clarett was withdrew his request for early release

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4378906

after reading this.......

Old thoughts often tackle my emotions and leave me paralyzed momentarily. Does anyone know what it feels like to be stuck mentally for days on end? Depressing thoughts are the invisible weight we all hate to carry but at times is inevitable," Clarett wrote on his blog. "I personally believe that I've been aiming too low. A body and mind full of endless possibilities that I cannot and will not waste it back here.

........it seems like maybe the dude had a wake up call.  i doubt he'll ever play football again, at least not in the nfl.  but hopefully he got a heavy dose of reality while in jail for the last 3 years and is able to make some positive changes in his life and make something of himself. 

[methdeez]

Isn't he from Youngstown, OH?
If so, he is destined to be a mess for the rest of his life.

[Sgt PSN]

i don't know where he's from but i'd say the odds are against him.  when he gets out he'll be a dumb jock ex con without a degree or any tangible skill other than carrying a football.  i've never been a fan of his but i'm all about people coming to the realization that they've been living like idiots and changing their lifestyle for the better.