Posted on 05/29/2024 10:32:43 AM PDT by FLNittany
Criminal charges have been dropped against Scottie Scheffler, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville, Kentucky, as he drove to the PGA Championship.
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell said during a court hearing Wednesday that prosecutors could not move forward with a case stemming from Scheffler's May 17 arrest.
"Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office can not move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler," O'Connell said. "Mr. Scheffler's characterization that this was a 'big misunderstanding' is corroborated by the evidence. The evidence we reviewed supports the conclusion that Detective [Brian] Gillis was concerned for public safety at the scene when he initiated contact with Mr. Scheffler. However, Mr. Scheffler's actions and the evidence surrounding their exchange during this misunderstanding do not satisfy the elements of any criminal offenses."
Scheffler was not required to be in the courtroom for the hearing.
Scheffler, 27, had been arrested prior to the second round of the PGA Championship after he allegedly dragged a police officer with his car. Scheffler had been trying to drive around traffic outside Valhalla Golf Club that had been stopped after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus earlier that morning.
He had faced multiple charges, including felony second-degree assault of a police officer.
Det. Bryan Gillis, the officer who arrested Scheffler, was subjected to "corrective action" for violating Louisville Metro Police Department procedures by not having his bodycam video recorder during the incident.
Scheffler's attorney, Steve Romines, had previously said that Scheffler would plead not guilty and would not accept a plea deal.
After being released from jail, Scheffler returned to the PGA Championship and shot a second-round 5-under 66. A third-round 73 marred his tournament, and he finished tied for eighth at 13-under par.
Information from ESPN's Mark Schlabach, The Associated Press and Field Level Media was used in this report.
Good.
Was he an open Trump supporter, the damage was done?...
This is a clear cut case of an overzealous officer needing to be disciplined. Nothing he said and based his arrest on turned out to be even remotely true. He basically lied. Scottie can probably sue the Louisville Metro Police for a lot of money ifmhe so chooses.
So you’ll stop calling “Entitled Golf Boy” now?
Maybe now they can concentrate on illegal aliens assaulting regular citizens, instead of ignoring them.
The officers nice pants were damaged beyond repair. Nevermind the damage to Valhalla/Louisville.
Louisville needs to fire the “hot headed” cop. The public doesn’t want or need such cops on the force.
NEXT....DJT
“ So you’ll stop calling “Entitled Golf Boy” now?”
Quote please
I am glad the charges were dropped. It turns out the cop was way wrong
“This is a clear cut case of an overzealous officer needing to be disciplined. Nothing he said and based his arrest on turned out to be even remotely true. He basically lied. Scottie can probably sue the Louisville Metro Police for a lot of money ifmhe so chooses.”
Gillis, the thug with a badge LIED. The SOB should be fired.
Thankfully this idiot cop wasn’t so far gone that he tried to kill Scheffler. That could have happened too.
Good cops. Bad cops. I’ve known both. Most are good.
I just went back and read the posts. At one point you called him “she”. Then you said he barreled into, and over the median - dragging the cop with him.
You wrote all that garbage. At least own it.
You can pretty much tell the bad cops by their attitude.
As stated I got the information from Fox reports
Again. I am glad the charges were dropped seeing that tge original info was incorrect
How long do you plan on going on and on with this?
Glad bogus charges were dropped. But Scottie’s game has suffered, I think from the ruckus. Hasn’t won since then.
There is no universe where this cop should still be employed. You can’t get rid of all the bad cops, but you can get rid of the obvious ones like this.
Didn’t see THAT coming....
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4238350/posts?page=51#51
I’d say under two weeks is “goes away pretty quick”...
Imagine being 13 under par and only 8th—that was some golfing by the 1st thru 7th.
And Scottie might have scored higher had he not been hassled on the way to the game.
What type of person would want to be a cop?
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