Posted on 12/12/2002 9:39:47 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
What a rising star in the NFL! Love the guy.
Margaret Zack
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Star Tribune
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Published Dec. 12, 2002
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Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss pleaded guilty to two traffic charges this morning, while two other traffic counts and a marijuana charge were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Moss was arrested in downtown Minneapolis Sept. 24 after a traffic officer stepped in front of his car to stop him from making an illegal turn. He allegedly bumped her with his car, and she was slightly injured when she fell off it. Police later found a marijuana cigarette in his car. Moss spent the night in jail.
Today, Moss's lawyer entered a plea of guilty to a misdemeanor count of careless driving and a petty misdemeanor count of obstructing traffic with a vehicle. The other two traffic charges and a petty misdemeanor count of possessing a small amount of marijuana were dismissed.
Hennepin County District Judge Mark Wernick ordered Moss to pay $1,200 in fines. He also sentenced Moss to 30 days in jail but gave him two days credit for the time he already served and stayed the rest as long as Moss doesn't commit any similar careless driving offenses.
``As long as Mr. Moss does these things he will not have to serve 28 days,'' the judge said.
Moss was not in court, nor was he required to be. His attorney entered the pleas on the player's behalf.
The dismissed traffic counts were failure to obey a traffic officer and making an improper turn at an intersection in a hazardous manner, which were both misdemeanors. Each misdemeanor count carried a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
The marijuana count had a maximum $200 fine, making it legally the least serious charge, but potentially the most troublesome one for the NFL. The maximum on the obstructing traffic count was $300. Neither petty misdemeanor count carried jail time.
Moss said earlier that the marijuana did not belong to him and that he had allowed other people to use his car in the days before his arrest.
Moss was in the NFL's substance abuse program after testing positive for marijuana last year. The league also tested Moss after the arrest but never announced any result. Moss has not missed any games since his arrest.
--The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Football is a socialist sport, anyway. [couldn't resist]
I am a Vikings fan, and any cheapshot on the gangster Moss is ok in my book, too. Its time to purge the NFL of the criminal thugs. Which, I realize, might not leave too many...
What? Antuan? Heh. Parents should be wary
of naming their kids in languages other than ther own.
Antoinne is what they were looking for. I went to
high school with a girl named Yvonne Cagle. She
pronounced it 'wye-vahn.'
Signed,
a Raider fan
By itself the number can't be appropriately evaluated. Do you want to have it where there must be a 5 minute conference after every play that's run?
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