UT running back arrested for marijuana possesion.

Austin (un)American Statesman ^ | 05-16-06 | Laura Skelding

[evets]

The owner of a pecan farm near where Ramonce Taylor was arrested on a drug charge said Monday that the University of Texas running back and his friends crashed an outdoor college graduation party for his daughter.

At about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Stewart said, his son and several party guests complained to him that about seven uninvited guests were trying to sell drugs and he asked them to leave, he said.

A short time later, Bell County sheriff's deputies arrested Taylor, 20, at a nearby convenience store and accused him of possessing five pounds of marijuana.

Taylor called Bell County sheriff's deputies at about 1:30 a.m. reporting a fight involving as many as 100 people at the farm, according to the affidavit. He complained that the window of his vehicle was broken at the pecan farm. When deputies responded to Taylor's call, he told them that people at the party "provoked a fight and demanded that he leave," the affidavit says.

While deputies were talking to Taylor, they learned from fellow deputies — who were by that time at the pecan farm — that Taylor was being accused of threatening to return with a gun, the affidavit said. When Taylor consented to a search of his vehicle — a 2004 Chevy Tahoe — deputies found 5.3 pounds of marijuana in a bag stitched with "Big 12 Conference."

Taylor's lawyer, Robert "Buck" Harris of Killeen, said that if his client knew there were drugs in the car, he would not have called Bell County sheriff's deputies or allowed them to search his vehicle.

"He's not playing hide the ball. If he's carrying five pounds of marijuana, either he's the stupidest person alive or thinks he's bulletproof," Harris said after the brief arraignment hearing in Belton.

[evets]

Probably got the drugs from an illegal alien. Bush's fault!
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[P-40]

I guess it is possible he was set up...but I'm voting for either stupid or assumed bulletproofness.

[rhombus]

5.3 pounds is a lot of fun-time weed.

[AppyPappy]

Medicinal. It's for his glaucoma

[HEY4QDEMS]

Following in Rickie's footsteps.

[PAR35]

That should move him up to a first round draft pick. Looks like he will have a long career in the NFL.

[af_vet_rr]

That should read "former UT running back".

He wasn't allowed to attend the White House function for the National Championship team, he wasn't given a National Championship ring, and he didn't workout this spring with the team.

From what I understand, he was headed towards a jr. college as a result of "academic" problems, although it sounds more like he had problems with responsibility, i.e., pissing away a future career.

[af_vet_rr]

I guess it is possible he was set up...but I'm voting for either stupid or assumed bulletproofness.

I don't think he was setup, I think he made some poor decisions, and that was why he was booted off the team long before now.

I'm just waiting to hear somebody on TV say "he turned to drugs because UT kicked him out or Mack Brown kicked him off the team and wouldn't give him a National Championship ring". Anybody but Taylor will get blamed for this.

[don'tbedenied]

personal use defense

[digger48]

Gotta be a full time gig

[evets]

Parents to blame for naming son "Ramonce".

"My name is Sue, how do you do!"

[benjamin032]

How long ago was he kicked out? Did he play in the title game?

[SittinYonder]

He should be put to death.

If we want to win the War on Drugs we are going to have to make possession and especially trafficking a crime punishable by death.

[P-40]

personal use defense

I wonder if Willie Nelson will testify in his defense? :)

[demkicker]

No, he wasn't set up. He's a stupid guy who is emulating Ricky Williams and throwing away a potential lucrative career in football. The guy would rather get doped up and waste his talent, flushing his free college education down the drain. He's a bum and I don't feel one bit sorry for him. Good riddance, Texas!

[RexBeach]

Dat chile is oft dah muscle!

[P-40]

I thought that was a picture of Moussaoui...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_Moussaoui

[af_vet_rr]

How long ago was he kicked out? Did he play in the title game?

He scored a touchdown in the second quarter.

When he was "excused" from spring training to focus on his academic career, I figured at the time that he had flunked out.

The fact that he was booted before the spring semester and not before spring training like I thought (I just saw Brown's statement) would lead me to believe that he had some personal problems. The White House trip/Ring presentation was in February I believe, well after the spring semester had started, and the fact that he wasn't allowed to participate in either of those by Mack Brown would lead me to lean towards non-academic problems.

This is Mack Brown's official statement from a few days ago:

“Ramonce was excused from the team prior to the spring semester to focus on his academics and has not participated in any team functions since that time. We are aware of this recent situation and will follow it as the legal system runs its course. At this time, we will not consider reinstating him to the team.”

You can read that a lot of ways, but either he failed or he caused problems and the academic thing was a "thank you for your time here, don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you".

[SuzyQue]

Yes, he did play THE game:

Brown excuses Taylor from spring practice
Texas coach Mack Brown has excused running back Ramonce Taylor from spring football so he can focus on academics...Taylor scored 15 touchdowns last season, including a 30-yard scoring run in the Rose Bowl against Southern Cal, which Texas won 41-38. The win gave Texas its first outright national championship since 1969.
From Dallas Morning News, March 5, 2006