Posted on 02/27/2005 8:21:44 AM PST by Rakkasan1
ATLANTA — Vikings wide receiver Kelly Campbell was arrested on weapons and drug charges Thursday near the Georgia Dome.
Campbell, 24, is charged with possession of marijuana and theft by receiving stolen property involving a Smith & Wesson handgun, police records show.
An Atlanta police officer stopped Campbell at 2:15 p.m. EST after watching the SUV he was driving cross the center line on Fair Street to pass three or four cars, and drive in the wrong lane for 500 feet, the police report said. When the officer walked over to Campbell's driver's side window, he said, he smelled a strong odor of marijuana.
The officer searched Campbell's 2003 GMC Denali and found the handgun, reported stolen in Florida, and 16 grams of marijuana under the center console, the incident report said. The SUV was impounded, and police confiscated Campbell's diamond earrings, which the athlete said are worth $18,000, and a $12,000 Geneva Elite watch.
"Obviously, we are disappointed that this incident did occur," Vikings coach Mike Tice told the Pioneer Press. "We have no other comment until the legal system does its part."
Campbell, a restricted free agent, started three games last season, his third in the NFL.
Campbell was arrested in Cobb County, Ga., in 1999 on a charge of misdemeanor marijuana possession. The solicitor's office dropped the charge in June 2000.
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The line between gangsta rap and professional sports gets even more blurred.
Can I open you a cold Coors, Randy ? Mind if I have one too ?
I mean ... I mean ... it isn't like he did a mock "moon" in the end zone, or sumpin. ;)
The most common form of the trifecta is where the gun doesn't go off, it's merely found where it shouldn't be, the drug quantity is small and the woman takes him back.
Amazing how so many of these guys, who make a ton of money doing things guys like me would do for fun, just can't seem to behave themselves!
I'm rather curious as to why they felt it necessary to steal the man's jewelry. What do $18,000 earings and a $12,000 watch have to do with smoking pot and a stolen handgun? That isn't "confiscation", it's theft.
The War on Some Drugs is very profitable to the "warriors".
I'm curious how some news account say he had 18 grams
and some say he had 18 ounces - BIG DIFFERENCE.
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