Posted on 05/19/2020 3:31:53 PM PDT by tlozo
Whatever went down last week at the Miramar, Fla., house party happened in another room, and DeAndre Baker barely caught a glimpse of it.
Why?
Because he was playing “Madden.”
This is the latest defense of the Giants cornerback accused of serious crimes that, if found guilty, could detonate his NFL career...
“Far from an individual who’s going somewhere with an alleged intent to rob somebody, an armed robbery, to go there and hook up his ‘Madden’ game, play the game for over an hour and then leave it there and go home,’’ Patrick Patel, one of Baker’s attorneys, told The Post on Tuesday.
The picture increasingly portrayed by Patel and Bradford Cohen, also representing Baker, is of a 22-year-old who is being targeted because of his fame and wealth as an NFL football player.
Baker is facing four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault stemming from an alleged incident last Wednesday night. Baker could be facing a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison for each of the four armed robbery charges.
Baker, who spent Saturday night in the Broward County jail, posted bond of $200,000 and was released Sunday.
Monday afternoon, Baker entered pleas of not guilty on all eight charges against him. Cohen filed the written pleas to Broward County Circuit Court.
On Tuesday, Judge Mariya Weekes ruled Baker does not have to turn his gun over to the state, and Patel will keep it locked up. A motion was filed to allow Baker to return to New Jersey for work purposes whenever it is safe to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Patel said he expects that will be granted
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Been playing Madden for years. Not once did I rob the other guys for thousands while playing it though.
Then you’re not doing it right.
That’s his story and he’s stickin’ to it.
The coach set me up!
Play stupid Madden games, score an $18,000 Rolex.
I'll take "High as a Kite" for $500, Alex.
Just who are the victims and might they be persuaded to be shaky witnesses to just who it was that robbed them. Wonder how much cash Baker and Dunbar have to spread around to make these witnesses forget what they saw. IMHO this will all go away.
From the article, if they have time-stamped video of him passing through the security gated community, and they compare that to the 9-1-1 call time it could prove his claim.
Not sticking up for him but it does raise another question is to why didn’t the homeowner contact the security gate guard to stop them from leaving the compound?
“Maddens on the field! He wants to know if it’s real! They said yes, get your big butt outta here! He does!” (Part of Raider Announcer Bill King’s classic call of the 1978 wild and wacky ‘Holy Roller’ play.)
Doesnt playstations and x-boxes keep logs to pull on game activity?
THe whole bunch had been partying and gambling for a couple of days. Now everyone is changing their stories. Possibly it was a shakedown against the football players for their gambling losses.
I don’t know. I don’t play online but I’m sure they do
“Not sticking up for him but it does raise another question is to why didn’t the homeowner contact the security gate guard to stop them from leaving the compound?”
1. The gunmen might have objected
2. Who keeps the gate guard on speed dial
3. you would really think the gate guard would throw himself in font of three large speeding cars?
It's a new feature of franchise mode. You do that and then you have to select the city you want to spend your prison time in.
Not the actual guard but don’t gated communities actually have gates?
“Not the actual guard but don’t gated communities actually have gates?”
Not if they have a guard.
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