Assault Wife/Girlfriend - Crime Count: 24 - limited
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| Date | Team_Name | Sport | Category | Link | Points | Evidence |
| 2010-08-16 | The_Goons | Pacers | Big-Time | Crime Link | 80 | Former city high-school hoops phenom Lance Stephenson -- who just went pro in the NBA -- was busted yesterday for pushing his baby mama down the stairs of her Brooklyn home, cops said.
The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Stephenson -- who holds the state record for scoring and who led Lincoln HS in Brooklyn to four city championships -- was charged with felony assault, weapons possession and other raps after the 5:05 a.m. violence on the stairwell of gal pal Jasmine Williams’ Gravesend home, authorities said. Williams, 21, with whom Stephenson has a child, told cops that he pushed her down 10 steps and she struck her head. She was taken to Coney Island Hospital with injuries that were described as not serious. Stephenson, 19, was arrested at the scene. He was charged with two counts of assault -- one of which is a felony -- two counts of menacing and one count of harassment, authorities said. |
| 2010-08-10 | The_Criminal | Panthers | Big-Time | Crime Link | 0 | This is not a nice person. I’m using trespassing for the interfering with an educational institution, and Drunk and Disorderly for the Disorderly conduct.
... Ex-NFL Star Accused of Beating, Choking Baby Mama 8/10/2010 1:03 PM PDT by TMZ Staff TMZ has learned ... ex-NFL star Mark Fields -- who played for the Carolina Panthers -- was arrested Sunday for allegedly beating the mother of his 6-year-old child ... and then putting her in a chokehold. According to police docs -- obtained by TMZ -- witnesses say Mark confronted his ex outside a childcare facility near Phoenix, Arizona ... where he allegedly proceeded to beat her, put her in a chokehold, throw her on the ground, and then threaten to kill her. Cops claim both Mark’s baby mama and young daughter were seen by paramedics for mild injuries. According to the docs, Mark’s ex claims she was dropping off court-ordered paperwork when Mark showed up and went ballistic. Mark -- who was allegedly violating an order of protection by showing up -- told cops his ex-GF had tried to take his daughter from his arms. The former linebacker is charged with aggravated assault, endangerment, disorderly conduct, and interfering with an educational institution. He was released from jail yesterday. |
| 2010-07-20 | The_Criminal | Dolphins | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Phillip Merlin busted for beating up his pregnant girlfriend. It never ends. |
| 2010-06-12 | The_Criminal | ACC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Not good.
Hall suspended following arrest By COLEY HARVEY - charvey@macon.com ATLANTA – Georgia Tech on Friday announced the indefinite suspension of Yellow Jackets defensive lineman and Hawkinsville product Robert Hall following an arrest last weekend. According to a Georgia Tech police report obtained Friday afternoon by The Telegraph, the senior defensive end was arrested early Sunday morning for battery, stemming from an alleged argument with a female Georgia Tech athlete who, according to the report, lives with him. He was transported to the Fulton County jail. |
| 2010-05-03 | The_Goons | Patriots | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Former NFL running back Corey Dillon has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his wife during an argument at their Southern California home.
The sheriff’s office says the couple argued over a pending divorce and child custody issues and she had minor injuries. He was booked and released on $50,000 bail. He already faces a court hearing after he was arrested last month when police allege he was driving drunk near Malibu. |
| 2010-05-03 | IrvinSucks | ACC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Police said Monday that fourth-year Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely has been charged in the death of Yeardley Love of Cockeysville, Md., who was also a fourth-year student at the school. Huguely, 22, of Chevy Chase, Md., is in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, according to a statement from police.
According to police chief Tim Longo, Love was found in bed by a roommate at the apartment Love shared with two female friends about three blocks from the UVA campus. Once police found Love, "the obvious physical trauma to her" let them to start a murder investigation, Love said. Huguely was then found at his apartment, questioned and arrested by about 6 a.m., Longo said. In a statement, police also said that Love and Huguely had had a past relationship but have not released further details of the incident. "Police are treating the case as a homicide investigation at this time," the statement said. |
| 2010-04-06 | The_Criminal | SEC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | I’m glad they got this guy now before he turns into the next Lawrence Phillips. Look at this laundry list ...
The first arrest stemmed from an Oct. 20 altercation in which Robinson grabbed the woman and threw her to the ground, putting her in "fear of the safety of her life, limb and health," according to the arrest warrant. In an agreement with prosecutors, Robinson pleaded guilty to a charge of simple battery and prosecutors dismissed a disorderly conduct charge. A judge sentenced Robinson as a first offender, and ordered him to serve 12 months on probation, perform 40 hours of community service, abstain from alcohol and receive substance abuse counseling. Police arrested Robinson again Nov. 30, after police say he smashed the taillights of the same woman’s car at the East Campus parking deck. Prosecutors dismissed a criminal trespass to property charge, and Robinson pleaded guilty to underage possession of alcohol. A judge sentenced Robinson to an additional six months of probation, ordered him to serve another 30 hours of community service and told him to have no contact with the woman. Richt suspended Robinson for the first two games of the upcoming football season. On Friday, Robinson threw the woman off his bed in UGA’s McWhorter Hall, picked her up and slammed her on the floor, according to the arrest warrant. He surrendered Sunday afternoon at the Clarke County Jail on a simple battery charge, and is held without bail until his bond hearing today. |
| 2010-02-17 | The_Criminal | Pac 10 | Big-Time | Crime Link | 80 | This Oregon RB was the Pac-10 player of the year. I think we all remember the other Oregon RB from there first game. I’m the a punch to the face on the field is nothing compared this creep. The two counts for Assault are for the Strangulation and Assault-4.
It must be college football’s offseason because the arrest stories are heating up. The most recent involves scintillating Pac-10 offensive freshman of the year LaMichael James, a tailback on the Oregon football team. James was arrested and booked on domestic violence charges Wednesday morning. Via KEZI.com, the Lane County Sherriff’s Office website shows James has been charged with strangulation, assault-4 and menacing. |
| 2010-02-15 | The_Criminal | SEC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 80 | This is something like the 27th arrest for Meyers Gators this year. |
| 2010-01-28 | The_Goons | Rams | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | CBSSports.com has obtained a police report in which a former girlfriend accuses St. Louis running back Steven Jackson of assaulting her while she was nine months pregnant.
Jackson's girlfriend at the time, Supriya Harris, said in a complaint filed with the Las Vegas Police Department that an argument in March of 2009 became physical and according to the complaint Jackson pushed her to the ground repeatedly. According to the report, Harris says she was bleeding from wounds as a result of the argument. The report states that Harris gave birth to her son soon after the alleged incident. |
| 2010-01-21 | The_Criminal | SEC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Another Gator busted. This guy is a real peach.
Football player expected to surrender By Nathan Crabbe Staff Writer Published: Monday, January 18, 2010 at 8:20 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 18, 2010 at 8:20 p.m. Former University of Florida football player Wondy Pierre-Louis is expected to appear this morning in a Gainesville courtroom on domestic violence charges. Pierre-Louis is accused kicking in the door of his ex-girlfriend's apartment and choking her early Sunday. A warrant had been issued for his arrest Sunday and while he hadn't yet surrendered to authorities by Monday night, State Attorney Bill Cervone said he expected him to do so in time to appear today on the 9 a.m. first appearance docket. |
| 2009-10-06 | The_Goons | Dolphins | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | A player on the Miami Dolphins practice squad has been arrested after a domestic incident in South Florida.
Twenty-five-year-old Wilfred "Will" Billingsley was released from Broward County jail on $4,000 bond Tuesday. He faces charges of battery and resisting an officer without violence. According to a Wilton Manors police report, Billingsley’s girlfriend told investigators on Monday that Billingsley tried to throw her out the couple’s front door after they argued and she put his shoes outside. The woman had scratches on her arm and neck. |
| 2009-09-30 | IrvinSucks | Yankees | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Former Yankee second baseman Chuck Knoblauch surrendered to authorities in Harris County, Tex., Tuesday after he was charged with assaulting his common-law wife.
Knoblauch - named in the Mitchell Report as a player who used performance-enhancing drugs - took the anti-anxiety medication Xanax and had been drinking heavily Friday night when he hit and choked Stacey Stelmach, according to prosecutors. Knoblauch was charged with assault of a family member. A change in Texas law that took effect Sept.1 makes it a felony to choke a family member, and the former All-Star faces up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Donna Hawkins said. An emergency protective order barring Knoblauch from contacting his wife was also issued. |
| 2009-09-07 | The_Goons | Broncos | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Denver Broncos rookie tight end Richard Quinn has been arrested on harassment and domestic violence charges.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department says Quinn was arrested early Monday afternoon after a woman called 911. The woman told deputies her live-in boyfriend, Quinn, grabbed and shook her to the ground during an argument and grabbed the phone from her while she was trying to dial 911. |
| 2009-09-06 | The_Criminal | Chargers | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Wow ... I hope this isn’t true ... Not making lite when I wonder if Merriman Tweeted about this.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Authorities say San Diego Chargers star linebacker Shawne Merriman has been arrested on suspicion of choking and restraining his girlfriend, a reality TV star, as she tried to leave his Southern California home. San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Gary Steadman says 27-year-old Tila Tequila signed a citizen’s arrest warrant early Sunday, charging Merriman with battery and false imprisonment. Tequila was taken to a hospital. Her condition was not immediately available. Merriman, 25, was taken into custody by deputies who responded to a distress call at his home in Poway, north of San Diego. Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, is best known for her MTV dating reality show, "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila." The Chargers released a statement from general manager A.J. Smith: "It’s disappointing to hear about the issue involving Shawne Merriman. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course." |
| 2009-08-21 | The_Criminal | SEC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Naturally Saban won’t suspending Upshaw. I guess beating your girlfriend up isn’t a big deal in Alabama football.
Updated: August 20, 2009, 8:39 PM ET Upshaw, girlfriend face charges Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw and a female student identified as his girlfriend were free on bond Thursday after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence and third-degree harassment. University police charged Upshaw and Kendall Lynn Gryzb, both 19, after an altercation at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the campus recreation center, according to documents filed at Tuscaloosa County district court. |
| 2008-10-02 | IrvinSucks | Mets | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Mets reliever Ambiorix Burgos killed two women with his Hummer on Tuesday night and then fled the scene. He later turned himself in to police.
The article also mentions that Burgos was charged with both illegal gun possession and beating his girlfriend in the past month, which incidents I had not previously busted. This guy sounds like a winner. |
| 2008-06-24 | IrvinSucks | ACC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 40 | Clemson LB DeAndre McDaniel was arrested and charged with "assault and battery of a high and aggrivated nature" (punishable by 10 years in prison) for punching his girlfriend in the face, attempting to suffocate her with a bed comforter, and then throwing her down a staircase. |
| 2008-05-01 | The_Goons | Dennis Rodman | Big-Time | Crime Link | 7 | Dennis Rodman has been arrested for allegedly hitting a woman at a hotel in the Century City area of Los Angeles.
Rodman manager Darren Prince told TMZ.com that Rodman and his girlfriend had too much to drink, argued, and Rodman grabbed her arm and left a bruise. Prince told TMZ that Rodman’s drinking has escalated because of a nasty divorce and he plans to enter rehab. Rodman was jailed for investigation of felony domestic violence and freed on $50,000 bail early Thursday. |
| 2008-04-22 | Gold_Tooth | Seahawks | Big-Time | Crime Link | 7 | Seahawks defensive lineman Rocky Bernard was arrested Monday after a woman reported he hit her at a downtown nightclub.
A Seattle police report said the woman reported that she and a friend were at a downtown club when they saw her ex-boyfriend Bernard arguing with another woman. The victim said Bernard then approached her and hit her in the forehead with his closed fist, causing her head to hit a glass divider. |
| 2008-03-26 | Gold_Tooth | WAC | Big-Time | Crime Link | 14 | Hawaii cornerback Keenan Jones has been suspended from the team and was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday on two felony charges.
Jones, 22, was charged with unauthorized entry into a car and second-degree assault in separate incidents involving his girlfriend. She said two of her toes were fractured when Jones slammed her right foot in the door during an argument over a cable bill. The restraining order bust is for the unauthorized entry into a car. |
| 2008-03-20 | Gold_Tooth | Steelers | Big-Time | Crime Link | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Cedrick Wilson was charged with assaulting his estranged girlfriend at a suburban Pittsburgh restaurant Wednesday night. Paulat told police Wilson pushed her on the shoulder and, when she turned around, punched her in the left side of her face before leaving the eatery promptly, according to the complaint.
Wilson was charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct and was taken to the Allegheny County Jail to await arraignment. Harassment and disorderly conduct are listed as obstruction of justice. |
| 2008-03-10 | Gold_Tooth | Steelers | Big-Time | Crime Link | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend.
Harrison was arrested Saturday after hitting 29-year-old Beth Tibbott at her home in Ohio Township, according to a police affidavit. Harrison, of Franklin Park, was arraigned on charges of simple assault and criminal mischief. |
| 2008-02-27 | Gold_Tooth | Missouri Valley | Big-Time | Crime Link | 7 | Bradley Senior Guard Daniel Ruffin has been suspended for tonight’s game after being arrested early Saturday Morning for domestic battery. A police report says Ruffin was arrested for use of hands and feet. Police say the 20 year old female victim was taken to OSF St. Francis Medical Center. |