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McCray: Arrest an 'embarrassment' (Jacksonville & NFL)
Florida Times Union of Jacksonville ^ | October 2, 2006 | VITO STELLINO

Posted on 10/24/2006 3:03:13 AM PDT by mcg2000

In what he described as an "unfortunate incident'' and a "big embarrassment,'' Jaguars defensive end Bobby McCray was arrested Sunday night after a traffic stop on State Road 9A for possession of a controlled substance and reckless driving.

McCray said the controlled substance was a painkilling pill that he was given by the Jaguars' medical personnel on the plane ride back from Houston, and he planned to take it when he arrived home. He was charged because he didn't have a prescription and the hydrocodone pill was in his pocket.

Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio backed McCray's description of the pill incident, saying: "We're very confident that this will not be an issue. It was prescribed by the doctors and either given to the trainer or directly to the player. I'm not sure which. But that was on the up-and-up. We're confident of that.''

McCray, who was handcuffed and taken to the police station for a couple of hours, said the officer, "wanted them [pills] in a prescription bottle."

Del Rio said the players are usually administered the pills in envelopes, but McCray said he just put them in his pocket.

"I never thought anything would happen, but it did,'' McCray said. "I was 100 percent cooperative.''

McCray was also cited in the arrest report for driving 92 mph in a 65-mph zone and disputed some of the details in the report filed by the arresting officer, D.B. Edmonds.

The incident occurred after the officer said he spotted McCray's vehicle and two others in the rear-view mirror. According to Edmonds' report, McCray said after he was arrested that he saw one of his teammates in another vehicle while driving and they were "just playing around."

(Excerpt) Read more at jacksonville.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: jags; jaguars; jax; nfl
At one point, according to the report, the vehicles almost struck each other when the suspect and the SUV with the flashing white lights began a lane change. McCray was driving a 2005 back Dodge Magnum.

"He probably saw other cars driving fast behind me and assumed we were racing,'' McCray said.

1 posted on 10/24/2006 3:03:14 AM PDT by mcg2000
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To: mcg2000

Incorrect date ... October 23, 2006 news story ...


2 posted on 10/24/2006 3:03:56 AM PDT by mcg2000 (New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)
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To: mcg2000

Shouldn't the cops be looking at how a trainer obtained hydrocodone in the first place as well as him supplying it it to third person?


3 posted on 10/24/2006 4:22:21 AM PDT by Northern Alliance
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To: Northern Alliance

From the article:

"We're very confident that this will not be an issue. It was prescribed by the doctors and either given to the trainer or directly to the player. I'm not sure which. But that was on the up-and-up. We're confident of that.''


4 posted on 10/24/2006 4:26:29 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos

Change the name to the Hip-Hop Football and Piss-Poor Behaviour League. I can no longer watch what passes for a time-honored tradition bespoiled by a bunch of thugs, cretins, and social misfits.


5 posted on 10/24/2006 4:39:27 AM PDT by thelastvirgil (Lest ye put all your faith in the government to provide for you, check their track record.)
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To: Labyrinthos

Thanks - I shouldn't have been so lazy.


6 posted on 10/24/2006 4:40:44 AM PDT by Northern Alliance
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