Former Penn State DL convicted of murder in stabbing death (NAACP to be contacted)

AP/CBSSports.com wire reports ^ | September 29, 2007

[ConservativeStatement]

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A former Penn State player was convicted of murder for stabbing a student to death in what prosecutors said was a crime driven by a desperate need for money.

LaVon Chisley Jr., 23, was found guilty by a jury Friday of first- and third-degree murder and immediately sentenced to life in prison.

Centre County prosecutors said Chisley stabbed 26-year-old Penn State senior Langston Carraway 93 times in June 2006. A bloody rubber glove found at the murder scene had Chisley's DNA as well as the victim's, authorities said.

Multiple witnesses testified that Chisley knew Carraway was a marijuana dealer who always had large amounts of cash inside his Patton Township apartment. Chisley had racked up tens of thousands of dollars in debt to a tattoo artist, a dog breeder and two sports agents in a failed bid to play professional football, authorities said.

Chisley, a former defensive lineman from Waldorf, Md., was kicked off the Penn State team before the 2005 season because of poor grades. He is a father of two.

[pillut48]

Racial profiling!! Racial profiling!!

/sarc

[fella]

How do tattoos and dogs get you a spot in the NFL?

[blam]

"Chisley's father, LaVon Chisley Sr., vowed to contact the NAACP to help with appeals. Chisley is black and the jury was all white."

"It was biased, it was racist. All of it. The trial never gave my son a chance," LaVon Chisley Sr. said. "I'm not going to let my son do life for something he didn't do."

White people did it again.

[vladimir998]

“A bloody rubber glove found at the murder scene had Chisley’s DNA as well as the victim’s, authorities said.”

Mark Fuhrman gets around, huh?

[rabidralph]

Good golly! When I saw the last name Chisley, I wondered whether he was from my old hometown, Waldorf or maybe nearby La Plata (I went to HS with several kids named Chesley and Chisley). What an idiot. I guess kids these days think you only need tattoos and a mean dog to make it in pro sports. They forgot that it requires talent.

[jblair]

How about the Proctors. They are everywhere in So. Md. Some SMIBs, some not.

[Dadofmany]

Well, thats one less drug dealer, cold but true.

[rabidralph]

LOL! Yes, no SMIB discussion would be complete without mentioning the Proctors!

[uncbob]

stabbed 26-year-old Penn State senior Langston Carraway 93 times in June 2006.

93 times??????

More than $$$$ had to be involved

[Dadofmany]

Yeah,its called drugs

[Leisler]

Chillin' with LaVon Chisley “That's Tamba Hali, see how he just walks right in my crib?”

By Jenny Vrentas Collegian Staff Writer

Editor's note: This is first episode of a series taking a look inside the apartments of Penn State football players. So sit down and follow along -- you're reading "Collegian Cribs."

Follow the sound of the hip-hop music, and it will take you where you need to go -- something has to liven up the otherwise quiet Graduate Circle community, after all. Then, ascend a half-flight of stairs, knock on a weathered wooden door and you'll have summoned the man behind the music, senior defensive end LaVon Chisley.Chillin' with LaVon Chisley..................................

[Leisler]

""But I don't really be playing Madden; I'm not good at it. I like mission games, where you gotta go through things, like real life stuff.""

[torchthemummy]

From your linked article:

Before exiting the living room to the kitchen, it's important that one specific item not escape notice: the framed Scarface display above the couch. Chisley laments that he doesn't yet have the specific display he wants -- the one with the replica of the machine gun from the final scene -- but props have been given to Tony Montana, and that's key for any installment of Cribs.

[ConservativeStatement]

Pathologist: 37 stab wounds occurred after death

http://www.centredaily.com/news/breaking_news/story/216377.html

[pnh102]

... Chisley stabbed 26-year-old Penn State senior Langston Carraway ...

26 years old and a senior? Wow!

[Eagles6]

http://www.marclamonthill.com/mlhblog/?p=439

This would be funny if it weren't so sad.