Posted on 05/27/2006 12:02:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) FORT WORTH, TEXAS Former TCU wide receiver Cory Rodgers, drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the NFL draft, faces gun charges after his arrest Friday, authorities said.
Rodgers, 23, was taken into custody along with two TCU football players after Fort Worth police broke up a brawl at a bar in the historic Stockyards early Friday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Officers heard two shots fired and found Rodgers in the back seat of his car with a .40-caliber handgun and ammunition. TCU safety Eric Buchanan and wide receiver Quentily Harmon were in the front seat of the car, police spokesman Lt. Dean Sullivan said.
Rodgers was arrested on misdemeanor charges of unlawfully carrying a weapon and discharging a firearm. He was released Friday evening on $2,000 bail, jail officials said.
Buchanan and Harmon were arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and were released from jail Friday morning, according to police.
Police say Rodgers fired into the air from the parking lot outside the club. Buchanan and Harmon told police the gun was fired to scare a group of men who were throwing beer bottles because Rodgers refused to give them an autograph.
A phone number for Rodgers couldn't immediately be found Friday.
About 50 to 60 people were involved in the brawl, which included bar patrons using pool cues and beer bottles as weapons.
Some 20 officers responded to the bar around 2 a.m. and six people were arrested, including Rodgers and the two TCU athletes. Two people were shocked with stun guns for failing to obey officers.
Initial reports said a fight broke out between TCU players and gang members, but police say they haven't found any connection between the two.
After police broke up the fight, a man told them that he and his friends had been assaulted by gang members. Two of those men were taken to the hospital but no arrests connected to their report were made, police said.
"These are seemingly two isolated, but coincidental incidents," Sullivan said.
TCU head football coach Gary Patterson said he was disappointed and that appropriate action would be taken against the two players.
Yeah I heard the flush a few years back and it's still circling. In other news, the Ravens just expressed interest in Rogers in order to meet the team's strategic goal of consistently leading the league in felonies.
Guns don't kill people, wide recievers do.
"drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round"
Not much of a player...
I was thinking it was QB from Cal....
"That flushing sound you hear is the Packers' season circling the toilet."
Indeed, and that paper swirling around with them is the Vikings. What a bunch of maroons.
I've been a Packers fan most of my life, for some wierd reason. Even since I moved to MN, I remain a Packer's fan. I guess I like to punish myself.
When I was a kid professional athletes were people we looked up to. Whatever happened to that?
So he hasn't even played yet before he gets arrested? Bad boys, what you gonna do when they come for you! Now I will have tune in my head all night.LOL!
There are a lot of good guys in the NHL.
Not much of a player...
I was thinking it was QB from Cal....
You could say the same about him....not much of a player....Aaron, except he is a really nice, decent guy.
BTW, the only time I ever laughed with a Packer fan about the outcome of a game was when the Bears choked in the playoffs. That was the best part of this Viking fan's season.
Lesson...Don't ever ask Rodgers for his autograph. :-(
"When I was a kid professional athletes were people we looked up to. Whatever happened to that?"
And if you don't believe that one give me a minute and I'll think up something else!!
Those TCU player aren't known for brain power.
LOLOL. I'm sure you don't mean notebook or copy paper.
"We have a defense now, and good wide recievers and a running game. "
We shall see. Zygi's ticked off over the failure of his stadium deal this year. I'm not convinced that the Vikings will do much this coming season.
Who knows? Maybe Zygi will take them somewhere else. Good riddance, I say.
Soon, each NFL front office is going to need their own parole officer.
> ... faces gun charges ...
OK, precisely what gun charges?
If he didn't take it into the bar (not mentioned),
left it in the car, and used it to deter the perps,
we might have a discharge-in-city-limits with
affirmative defense. I'm not up on TX law, but I
don't immediately see a violation here, just a typical
presumptive charge that will end up dismissed.
> Two people were shocked with stun guns for failing
> to obey officers.
So there were problematic bad actors about.
You're a Packer fan from Wisconsin. Of course you want them to leave.
No, I'm a Packer fan from Minnesota. I used to live in California, but moved to St. Paul two years ago. I remain a Packers fan.
Ruh-Roh TCU ping.
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