Dotson Arrested

[Ksyrup]

Dotson arrested

Missing player's former roommate faces murder charge
Posted: Monday July 21, 2003 9:48 PM
Updated: Monday July 21, 2003 9:55 PM


CHESTERTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Former Baylor University basketball player Carlton Dotson was arrested Monday on a murder charge in the death of roommate Patrick Dennehy, Chestertown Police Chief Walter Coryell said.

The warrant was issued by police in Waco, Texas, where Dennehy has been missing since mid-June, Coryell said.

Two officers escorted Dotson, who was wearing handcuffs, into the police department about 9:20 p.m.

Dotson was being fingerprinted and processed at the police department, Coryell said. He said Dotson would be taken to the Kent County court commissioner's office later for an initial hearing.

Coryell said Dotson was in Chestertown, about 55 miles from his hometown of Hurlock, on Sunday when he called police from a grocery store.

"He said he needed help," Coryell said. "We took him to the hospital for an evaluation. During his stay there he contacted the FBI."

The police chief said Dotson stayed overnight at a Chestertown hospital, then left early Monday afternoon with FBI agents.

He was interviewed by the FBI and "as a result of that interview, this warrant has been issued," the chief said.

Dotson voluntarily went to Dorchester County Sheriff's Office near Hurlock, on Thursday to make a statement about Dennehy's disappearance. He was never in custody and was not arrested, leaving the office with his high school basketball coach.

Waco police declined to discuss what Dotson told authorities last week, saying only it did not change the course of the investigation.

Dennehy's Chevrolet Tahoe was found June 25 in a strip mall parking lot in Virginia Beach, Va.

Authorities said Friday they were trying to determine if a 9mm handgun found Thursday at a Waco apartment complex near Baylor is related to Dennehy's disappearance.

According to a search warrant affidavit, an unidentified informant told Delaware authorities that Dotson told a cousin he shot Dennehy as the two argued while shooting 9mm guns in the Waco area.

Friends have said Dennehy and Dotson told them they bought guns because they had been threatened.

[vtbub]

Why did I think Richard Dotson when I saw that?

Anyway, the whole affair is sad.

[MylesKnight]

Seriously, this should be receiving FAR MORE press than the whole Kobe Butt Naked in the Hotel with a Teen, Willing or Unwilling Fiasco.

I hope the authorities involved are on their way to getting this thing solved, and it seems as if they are with Mr. Dotson's arrest today. What a terribly wicked story this has been.

[yacovfb]

On ESPNews' bottom line there is a report saying that Dotson confessed to murder

[MylesKnight]

yacovfb, thanks for the info.. HOLY COW!!!

That kid must've been living with some serious demons these past few weeks. I can only imagine..

[thealmighty]

IT IS A MIRACLE. Apparently, for once, it isn't a Dallas Cowboy.

[korme]

Originally posted by vtbub
Why did I think Richard Dotson when I saw that?

Anyway, the whole affair is sad.

Why did I think Santana Dotson?

[mckerney]

And I'm sure Dotson will be given the same 'let's not jump to conclusions' treatment from the media that Bryant is getting