OU Arrest record

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:14 pm

17 OU Players Arrest This Year

Ohio To Review Policy

POSTED: 12:00 am EDT October 1, 2006

ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio University will review its football team's policies
after a newspaper reported that 17 players have been arrested this year on
charges including drug abuse and assault, the chairman of the board of
trustees said.

None of the players has missed game time, The Columbus Dispatch reported
Saturday. Ten have been convicted of misdemeanors in Athens Municipal Court.

"Not good news," board chairman Greg Browning said when the newspaper told
him about the arrests.

"I can promise you I will be following up on this immediately. It obviously
raises concerns. We'll make sure it's dealt with in the right way."

Six days of studying in the football office is the standard punishment for
first-time offenders. Coach Frank Solich said a felony, a weapons charge or
a second offense could get a player suspended or kicked off the team. Two
players were dismissed last year.

Solich defended his discipline system.

"We think it's not only fair, but pretty tough," he said.

Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said he was bothered by the number of arrests
but didn't think further punishments were necessary.

University President Roderick McDavis wouldn't talk about the football
program. He is at the helm of a new effort to curb underage and high-risk
drinking at the university, which was sixth on the Princeton Review's most
recent list of top party schools. Several of the 17 players were charged
with alcohol-related offenses.

After Solich was convicted of drunken driving in November, McDavis put him
on probation and required him to take part in alcohol education initiatives
at the school. The coach pleaded no contest but later tried unsuccessfully
to withdraw the plea.

Junior offensive lineman Paul Johnson, 22, was convicted Sept. 21 of assault
after he and another player knocked down and beat a bar owner who had kicked
them out, court records show. Athens Municipal Court Judge William Grim
sentenced Johnson to 10 days in jail, which he'll start serving Nov. 27,
after the regular season ends. Prosecutors said it's common for the judge to
delay students' sentencing until school vacations so they don't miss class.

Former football player Chris Kraus said he was the victim of the assault. He
has contacted university officials about players misbehaving in the bar he
manages, The Pub.

"The university, the athletic department is blowing this off like nothing,
when I was being kicked in the head," Kraus said. He said he was caught with
beer as an 18-year-old football player in 1998 and suspended for a game by
then-coach Jim Grobe.

Solich said he tells his players to stay out of The Pub. Two other players
were arrested outside the bar in April, and in May a player was charged with
threatening an employee.

Four Ohio State football players have been charged in Franklin County
Municipal Court since Jan. 1. Coach Jim Tressel disciplines players on a
case-by-case basis and won't talk about the penalties he issues, said Steve
Snapp, an Ohio State spokesman.

Solich is in his second year at Ohio after six seasons at Nebraska, where he
often suspended and sometimes dismissed convicted players. He said most of
those players were found guilty of second offenses.
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BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:48 pm

We may have a new Fulmer Cup leader....

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:32 pm

um... there was another arrest last night...

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:31 pm

AP just sent a story saying four players have been suspended, but didn't give much in the line of details other than three FB players and a basketball player suspended "indefinitely".

Interesting timing after the Dispatch column...

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:35 pm

I find it funny...well not really funny, that the Dispatch is able to do investigative pieces about Ohio University yet they don't do them about the school in its own back yard.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:12 pm

Tricky_Falcon wrote:I find it funny...well not really funny, that the Dispatch is able to do investigative pieces about Ohio University yet they don't do them about the school in its own back yard.

Good point

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:57 am

Tricky_Falcon wrote:I find it funny...well not really funny, that the Dispatch is able to do investigative pieces about Ohio University yet they don't do them about the school in its own back yard.

That would be bad for business...

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:13 am

Bleeding Orange wrote:
Tricky_Falcon wrote:I find it funny...well not really funny, that the Dispatch is able to do investigative pieces about Ohio University yet they don't do them about the school in its own back yard.
That would be bad for business...

Exactly.

cbjhack · Post by **cbjhack** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:44 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:
Tricky_Falcon wrote:I find it funny...well not really funny, that the Dispatch is able to do investigative pieces about Ohio University yet they don't do them about the school in its own back yard.
That would be bad for business...

They do. Police records are public knowledge. Besides the Dispatch, the AP, numerous websites, small papers, and more access them on a regular basis.

I am sure the Dispatch wouldn't have investigated if not for a few tips. A number of the scribes for the Dispatch are OU grads, and the editor is a BG grad. In all honesty, there are probably more non-OSU grads that work for the Dispatch than OSU grads. OSU's journalism program sucks. BG and OU are far better.

Th Big D isn't as bad as it used to be. If you are corrupt, they will expose you. Doesn't matter who you are and who you work for.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:32 pm

OU's asst. wrestling coach has been suspended indefinitely for drunken driving.

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio University athletics director says
an assistant wrestling coach has been placed on paid administrative
leave after being charged with drunken driving
Court records show 27-year-old Kyle Hansen was arrested in
August. He has since pleaded NOT guilty.
Athletics director Kirby Hocutt says Hansen is prohibited from
participating in team functions until the case is resolved.
Head football coach Frank Solich was charged last year with
drunken driving but was not suspended. He was placed on probation
by the university and ordered to participate in alcohol education
initiatives at the school after his conviction.
The school also has announced that football player Paul Johnson
has been suspended from the team for the rest of the school year
after being convicted of misdemeanor assault.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press.)

bgsuman · Post by **bgsuman** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:59 pm

TG1996 wrote:OU's asst. wrestling coach has been suspended indefinitely for drunken driving.

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio University athletics director says
an assistant wrestling coach has been placed on paid administrative
leave after being charged with drunken driving
Court records show 27-year-old Kyle Hansen was arrested in
August. He has since pleaded NOT guilty.
Athletics director Kirby Hocutt says Hansen is prohibited from
participating in team functions until the case is resolved.
Head football coach Frank Solich was charged last year with
drunken driving but was not suspended. He was placed on probation
by the university and ordered to participate in alcohol education
initiatives at the school after his conviction.
The school also has announced that football player Paul Johnson
has been suspended from the team for the rest of the school year
after being convicted of misdemeanor assault.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press.)

lol @ not guilty

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:08 pm

If I were OU's AD, I'd be taking out stock in antacid companies...