Posted on 07/09/2002 6:00:37 AM PDT by Rodney King
Packers fullback Davenport arrested
Player accused of breaking into dorm, defecating in closet
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI, July 8 — Green Bay Packers fullback Najeh Davenport was arrested Monday, accused of breaking into a university dormitory and defecating in a woman’s closet.
DAVENPORT, 23, SURRENDERED TO POLICE Monday and was charged with a second-degree felony count of burglary and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief, said Richard Master, a Miami Shores police spokesman.
The former University of Miami player was wanted on a warrant issued in April. He was released Monday from a Miami-Dade County jail after posting a $6,500 bond. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. “This whole thing is a misunderstanding. Najeh had nothing to do with the situation,” said Richard Sharpstein, Davenport’s attorney. According to police, Davenport crept into a dorm room at Barry University around 6 a.m. on April 1. A woman sleeping in the room, Mary McCarthy, told police she was startled by a strange sound and saw Davenport squatting in her closet. Davenport then allegedly defecated in a laundry basket, McCarthy told detectives. McCarthy told police she didn’t know Davenport. Campus security identified the football player from a picture in the University of Miami yearbook.
Sharpstein said he was confident authorities would drop the charges against his client. The Packers released a statement Monday saying team officials have spoken to Davenport about the allegations. “It would be inappropriate for us to comment further on this matter, however, until the legal system has run its course,” the statement read. The 6-foot-2, 248-pound Davenport was selected by the Packers in the fourth round of the NFL draft.
It does sound more like drunken behavior. But I wouldn't limit "stoned" to just pot...
Who was it that said "I don't do drugs anymore. I get the same sensation from standing up really fast"?
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