Posted on 11/19/2004 7:27:26 PM PST by Rakkasan1
The man who once wore No. 88 for the Minnesota Vikings will now have a six-digit offender identification number after being sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for a 2003 robbery in which he stole a car.
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now he can call himself George "Busted" Rhymes
He was spoiled rotten as an adolescent and was never emotionally prepared for adult responsibility.
This is why excerpting sucks.
Your excerpt defames every former Viking who has worn number 88. How am I to know this is not about Alan Page without clicking on the link?
I wonder if any cartoonist will draw him with big lips and difficult hair? What's sauce for the Condi is sauce for the Buster.
I thought #88 was a judge?
he is - a liberal judge.
""He did that recognizing that if Buster can get out of prison fairly quickly and he can start dealing with these personal demons that he has, he has a lot of life in front of him, and he can be a highly successful contributing citizen," Cascarano said."
Yeah, "If".
But on the other hand, if he gets out of prison fairly quickly and he doesn't deal with these personal demons then he has a lot of life in front of him to continue to perpetrate crimes on innocent citizens.
sad...a Sooner takes a wrong turn
Former Viking Sentenced To Two Years For Carjacking
Nov 19, 2004 11:39 am US/Central
St. Paul (AP) Former Minnesota Viking George "Buster" Rhymes was sentenced to two years in prison for a strange 2003 carjacking.
Ramsey County District Judge George Stephenson on Thursday also revoked Rhymes' probation stemming from another carjacking in 2001.
The 42-year-old former receiver, who most recently worked as a heavy-equipment operator, has had run-ins with the police involving drugs as well.
"All in all, it's a tragic situation," said Rhymes' attorney, Craig Cascarano. "However, I believe it's important to note that Judge Stephenson was highly sympathetic to this guy's plight. The sentence that he imposed today was extraordinarily fair."
In September 2003, Rhymes swerved at a school bus, jumped out of his vehicle and tried to get into another car. He then forced his way into a third car, sat on the driver and commandeered the vehicle. It crashed minutes later.
Rhymes pleaded guilty to felony robbery in May.
Stephenson could have sentenced him to nearly three years in prison, but instead ordered him to serve two years consecutively with prison time for his revoked probation.
"He did that recognizing that if Buster can get out of prison fairly quickly and he can start dealing with these personal demons that he has, he has a lot of life in front of him, and he can be a highly successful contributing citizen," Cascarano said.
Rhymes, who played at Oklahoma, was a fourth-round draft pick by the Vikings in 1985. In his first pro season, he had 1,345 yards in kickoff returns, a figure that stands as the Vikings' single-season record; at the time, it was also the NFL record for a rookie. He averaged 25.4 yards per return that year. He was sidelined most of the 1986 season with a dislocated wrist, and a sprained ankle kept him out of the first four games of the next season. The Vikings cut him in November 1987.
"Clearly, he has a chemical dependency problem," Cascarano said. "He has a variety of psychological problems that were not dealt with in the past, and those problems still persist. I think it's safe to say that no one has gotten to the root of his personal demons."
How are the kitties taking it?
He was known as Buster Rhymes long before the no-talent rapper took the name. Was quite a good player at OU in his day--not that that changes anything.
That makes him just the right age to have played for Barry Switzer. That explains a lot.
That makes him just the right age to have played for Barry Switzer. That explains a lot.
What is it with the Vikings and their propensity for signing criminals and probable criminals (Read R. Moss)? The Vikings are losers, and their fan's are losers, for putting up with this crap.
Rhymes with Crimes.
Later reply, busy morning today...
Busy weekend around here. Anyway, I was going to reply with something like "The life and times of George "Buster" Rhymes", but now I think not. Just suffice it to say that Buster was always the guy who couldn't stay out of trouble, who you wanted to see overcome it. Oh well, he'll be in his early 40's when he gets out of the pen. Maybe it won't be too late for him. It would be a tragedy to see him go the way of his teammate Stanley Wilson.
Boomer Sooner!
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