MattJones4Prison?

[John Galt]

From ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3481361):

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in his former college town after police say officers found him cutting up cocaine with a credit card Thursday morning.

The 25-year-old Jones and two other former Arkansas football players were inside a Toyota SUV in Fayetteville just after 12:40 a.m. Thursday when officers approached. Officers saw a card covered in a white powder in Jones' lap as he used a credit card to scrape it, a police report said.

Officers opened the door and ordered Jones to put his hands in the air. According to the report, Jones kept his left hand out of view, forcing at least one officer to draw his handgun.

Jones, 25-year-old Jared Hicks and 26-year-old Benjamin Cook were arrested. Officers say they searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.

Officers questioned Jones and he acknowledged the white powder was cocaine, the report said.

The team was waiting to learn details of the case before commenting.

[Kodos]

Nice thread title. :)

[Subby]

Stupid cracker.

[MikeVic]

The Longest Yard is closer to being made! Vick and Jones. Are there any other guys already in jail?

[Logan]

He'll get off. He's been impersonating a wide receiver for years without any punishment.

[larrymcg421]

The Longest Yard is closer to being made! Vick and Jones. Are there any other guys already in jail?

Rae Carruth.

[larrymcg421]

dola

Is Cecil Collins still in jail? (Great pick, Jimmy!)

[Dr. Sak]

Soon to be OJ Simpson as the coach/running back.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

What a shame. Who will Arkansas residents idolize now?

[st.cronin]

CaseyDick4Heisman

[Subby]

What a shame. Who will Arkansas residents idolize now?
Please - MJ4P couldn't even cut cocaine off of John Daly's morning box of ring dings.

[Flasch186]

the best part is you can lump this on top of the news reports that Weaver is negotiating the sale of the team to a guy who would then entertain ideas of moving the team to another city, ie. LA. Of course those involved deny that negotiations are occurring.

[Dr. Sak]

CaseyDick4Heisman

Or you could go with Dick4Heisman since his brother Nathan is his backup this year.

[Ksyrup]

Or you could go with Dick4Heisman since his brother Nathan is his backup this year.

Tim Tebow already has dibs on that one.

[MJ4H]

What a shame. Who will Arkansas residents idolize now?

heh it's been pretty common knowledge that he's at least a pretty strong marijuana user since his playing days. That's why he has always been kinda "real laid back" ya know. :)

[QuikSand]

Is Cecil Collins still in jail? (Great pick, Jimmy!)

This has to be some sort of record. The guy was a fifth round draft pick, and dolphans still seem to want heads on pikes over it.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

heh it's been pretty common knowledge that he's at least a pretty strong marijuana user since his playing days. That's why he has always been kinda "real laid back" ya know. :)

Ah, so he was only idolized by Arkansas marijuana users. Sounds like he'll pick up some fans amongst Arkansas cocaine users.

[larrymcg421]

This has to be some sort of record. The guy was a fifth round draft pick, and dolphans still seem to want heads on pikes over it.

There was a reason he was a 5th round pick, and that reason is exactly what happened. I think he had negative value to the team, so I don't care if he was a UDFA. It was still a stupid move by Jimmy. What really bugs is that he took chances on guys like Collins and Demetrius Underwood, but he stayed away from Randy Moss.

[Miller Time]

dola

Is Cecil Collins still in jail? (Great pick, Jimmy!)

Couldn't resist :)

h**p://www.dc.state.fl.us/ActiveInmates/detail.asp?Bookmark=1&From=list&SessionID=745435803

[korme]

Why the fuck would you do that in a car? Take your ass inside, rich boy.

[Logan]

Everytime I read the thread title, I read it in Hank Azaria's character's accent in "Along Came Polly." Are you for scuba?

[Noop]

Pumpy was inside with a bucket of milk, a tube and a gerbil.

[RomaGoth]

What a shame. Who will Arkansas residents idolize now?

BobbyPetrino4Douche?

[Fighter of Foo]

Why the fuck would you do that in a car? Take your ass inside, rich boy.

Why the fuck should you, or me, or the police give a shit? If he wants to fuck up his own life I don't see why anyone should be obliged to care.

[Ksyrup]

I'd care if he snorted a line, fired up the car, and drove it into my family van at 80 MPH.

[RomaGoth]

Why the fuck should you, or me, or the police give a shit? If he wants to fuck up his own life I don't see why anyone should be obliged to care.

Isn't it their job to care?

[RomaGoth]

I'd care if he snorted a line, fired up the car, and drove it into my family van at 80 MPH.

:+1:

[Ksyrup]

Looks like SEC alumni day on the police blotter - Teddy Dupay arrest for kidnapping and rape in Utah.

[RomaGoth]

Looks like SEC alumni day on the police blotter - Teddy Dupay arrest for kidnapping and rape in Utah.

Who the hell is Teddy Dupay?

[korme]

Why the fuck should you, or me, or the police give a shit? If he wants to fuck up his own life I don't see why anyone should be obliged to care.

I'm just saying, if you're going to do hardcore illegal drugs, make sure you don't get caught!!! :thumbsup:

[Young Drachma]

Who the hell is Teddy Dupay?

http://deadspin.com/sports/college-basketball/teddy-dupay-keeping-himself-busy-183308.php

[RomaGoth]

http://deadspin.com/sports/college-basketball/teddy-dupay-keeping-himself-busy-183308.php

Still don't know who he is, but at least now I know why he is a douchebag.

[BigDPW]

heh it's been pretty common knowledge that he's at least a pretty strong marijuana user since his playing days. That's why he has always been kinda "real laid back" ya know. :)

Are you not going to defend him the way you did the hiring of your new coach?

Just Kidding! ;)

[Arctic Blast]

Here's hoping that, after years of doing nothing on the field didn't seem to affect his employment status, this finally will.

[RomaGoth]

Here's hoping that, after years of doing nothing on the field didn't seem to affect his employment status, this finally will.

I hear moving rocks from one pile to another pays well. As does making license plates.

[RedKingGold]

I just want RomaGoth to respond to my post.

[RomaGoth]

I just want RomaGoth to respond to my post.

Nope. Sorry. No can do. Awww damnit.

[Ragone]

I hear moving rocks from one pile to another pays well. As does making license plates.


Well, you think he'll be able to hold onto the rocks?

[Fighter of Foo]

I'd care if he fired up the car and drove it into my family van at 80 MPH.

Fixed that for you. The reason is irrelevant.

[Logan]

Fixed that for you. The reason is irrelevant.

Yes, because drugs don't change your mindset, your decision-making ability, or your motor skills at all. Are you out of your fucking mind?

[Dr. Sak]

Yes, because drugs don't change your mindset, your decision-making ability, or your motor skills at all. Are you out of your fucking mind?

Same thing can be said for swimming in the waters off the Jersey Shore.

[TroyF]

Fixed that for you. The reason is irrelevant.


Ummmm, no, actually it isn't. If an officer sees a guy with an open bottle of Jack driving down the road and doesn't stop him, I'm going to sue the living hell out of the police department if my family van gets slammed into.

If the officer sees someone snorting lines of coke and does nothing, I'm doing the same thing.

Three Scenarios for you:

1) Your family van is slammed into by a guy whose accelerator got stuck.
2) Your family fan is slammed into by a guy who just robbed a bank and is trying to get away before the police show up.
3) Your family van is slammed into after an officer watched the driver snort cocaine or drink alcohol and chose to do nothing.

In all three cases the family van is smashed into and there is probably people dead or maimed. You're right, nothing changes that.

But there are things that change your outlook of what happened. In the first case it's a freak accident. Horribly sad, but one of those things that just happens. In the second case, you have the robbers to blame. The third could have been prevented by a paid public servant doing his job correctly.

If you hate the anti drug laws, that's fine. Please write a long, loving note to a politician explaining why you think it's A-OK for cocaint to be legalized and that anyone on cocaine should also be allowed to operate a motor vehicle. If you get enough people supporting your position, the law will be changed.

Until then, I'm pretty thankful for people like the police officer who did his job and made sure the residents of Arkansas didn't have to take a chance on dealing with the what ifs.

[Fighter of Foo]

In all three cases the family van is smashed into and there is probably people dead or maimed. You're right, nothing changes that.

This is the only thing that matters. My perspective is that it's fucked up.

As soon as we get into all this prevention shit, that's when I have problems. Using driving as a specific example, if someone's swerving all over the road, speeding, drinking openly or whatever; that's obviously a problem. If they're not doing those things, it's not. It doesn't matter WHY someone is driving recklessly, only that they are.

Getting back to Jones, I don't care that he's a cokehead, but I do care that he's sucked as an NFL receiver because he was on my fantasy team last year. :mad:

[Greyroofoo]

Isn't just about every single law about prevention in some way or another?

[Apathetic Lurker]

gahhhh.... 1st Benson and now this punk... Have to retool my starting backfield and my backup receiving corps in my keeper league.... Thats what happens when your wife makes you pick someone she knows and her best friend makes you pick someone she knows......boo hoo hoo

[TroyF]

This is the only thing that matters. My perspective is that it's fucked up.

As soon as we get into all this prevention shit, that's when I have problems. Using driving as a specific example, if someone's swerving all over the road, speeding, drinking openly or whatever; that's obviously a problem. If they're not doing those things, it's not. It doesn't matter WHY someone is driving recklessly, only that they are.

Getting back to Jones, I don't care that he's a cokehead, but I do care that he's sucked as an NFL receiver because he was on my fantasy team last year. :mad:

So doing something that could potentially lead to something horrible should never be looked at? A doctor with a known drug problem is OK until he slips up and kills a patient? It's OK for your daughter to get into a car with a drunk boyfriend, because hey, maybe he drives good drunk and until he starts swerving, it's all good?

I cannot believe someone is seriously supporting the notion that a cop should walk by the guy in the drivers seat of a parked vehicle, see that he's using cocaine and just walk on by. It may be the single dumbest take I've ever read on a message board. (and that's saying something, I've read IMTG say Charles was better than Adrian Pederson, I'm still spinning over that one)

[Fighter of Foo]

So doing something that could potentially lead to something horrible should never be looked at? A doctor with a known drug problem is OK until he slips up and kills a patient? It's OK for your daughter to get into a car with a drunk boyfriend, because hey, maybe he drives good drunk and until he starts swerving, it's all good?

I cannot believe someone is seriously supporting the notion that a cop should walk by the guy in the drivers seat of a parked vehicle, see that he's using cocaine and just walk on by. It may be the single dumbest take I've ever read on a message board. (and that's saying something, I've read IMTG say Charles was better than Adrian Pederson, I'm still spinning over that one)

According to the first post, the cops wandered over to what was (apparently) a parked car. No idea why they did that as there's no context.

Your hypothetical questions are horrible.

[TroyF]

According to the first post, the cops wandered over to what was (apparently) a parked car. No idea why they did that as there's no context.

Your hypothetical questions are horrible.

They wandered over to a parked car where it looked like something was going on. I know this will be a shock to you, but three people typically don't sit in the corner of a parking lot in Arkansas in JULY.

My hypothetical questions my be indeed be horrible. But no more horrible than your idiotic "if they aren't swervin, it's all good" attitude. I'm still stunned at your response to Ksyrup. To each his own I guess. I'll say one more time I'm damned happy the cops did their jobs here. They caught people violating the law and arrested them. They also prevented said people from driving away. You can find criticism in the police if you want to. I'm going to applaud them in this instance.

[Fighter of Foo]

Until anyone else's actions affect me, I could give a fuck what anyone does or how they do it. That goes for just about anything.

[Kodos]

That's a very altruistic approach to life. Fight on, you crazy Foo.

[TroyF]

Until anyone else's actions affect me, I could give a fuck what anyone does or how they do it. That goes for just about anything.

Sadly, I think people like you are starting to become the majority. I ever have that attitude, I'll hope someone puts me out of my misery.

[MJ4H]

Until anyone else's actions affect me, I could give a fuck what anyone does or how they do it. That goes for just about anything.

wow

[MJ4H]

Jones was sentenced to a week in jail today for violating the terms of his drug rehab program (by drinking while playing golf).

[EagleFan]

Missed this thread the first time around. Thankfully since there is a first class example of douchebagary in the thread. Glad I saw the dates before hitting post to what I was about to say.

[DeToxRox]

Sounds like he was busted for having a controlled substance, and the violating his probation was a secondary charge.

[Logan]

Still one of the best thread titles we've had.

[MJ4H]

Sounds like he was busted for having a controlled substance, and the violating his probation was a secondary charge.

No. The violation is why is going to jail. The booking when he was taken in to serve this was the original cocaine charge.

edit: to clarify, some stories, including the one on ESPN.com, appear to display confusion in that the charge is possession of a controlled substance instead of failing the test, but when he was brought in and booked, the charge he was booked on was the original charge, not a new one. It's the same charge as before, he is just serving time because he violated the terms of the drug program he was in by drinking while playing golf.

[Chief Rum]

The Longest Yard is closer to being made! Vick and Jones. Are there any other guys already in jail?

Carruth, as mentioned. Darryl Henley's still in the pokey. And that OJ guy.

[Chief Rum]

Ha, just noticed how old this thread is. Months later, I admit I really laughed at KSyrup's Tebow Dick-4-Heisman line.

[RedKingGold]

Carruth, as mentioned. Darryl Henley's still in the pokey. And that OJ guy.

I think Mark Ingram just got sent back to federal pound me in the ass prison for skipping bail.

[Abe Sargent]

Bam Morris still in jail?

[Mustang]

Missed this thread the first time around. Thankfully since there is a first class example of douchebagary in the thread. Glad I saw the dates before hitting post to what I was about to say.

If you were going to post something about me than we got problems you and me.

If it was about someone else.. eh..

[Lathum]

released

Source: Jacksonville Jaguars release troubled receiver Matt Jones - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3984684)

[MJ4H]

and dropped by the Jags