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Ahmad Bradshaw to spend another 30 days in jail (1 Viewer)
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Penguin
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Report: Bradshaw faces more jail time but won't be suspended by NFL
Associated Press
Updated: August 1, 2008, 10:30 AM ET
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin was unaware Thursday of a report in a Virginia newspaper that running back Ahmad Bradshaw would have to serve another 30 days in jail after the NFL season because of an old probation violation. The second-year running back was released from the Abingdon (Va.) Regional Jail on July 13 after serving most of a 30-day sentence.
Quoting jail sources, The Bristol Herald Courier reported Thursday that the incarceration was the first of a two-part jail sentence sandwiched around the upcoming NFL season.
Bradshaw has refused to talk with the media since reporting to training camp at the University at Albany. Charles A. Stacy, his attorney, did not return a telephone call left by The Associated Press on Thursday seeking comment.
Stacy has said the underlying charge for which Bradshaw was placed on probation stems from an offense that occurred while Bradshaw was a juvenile.
A league spokesman said: "We are now confirming that based on our investigation he will not be suspended for conduct that occurred prior to his NFL career."
Coughlin said Bradshaw has worked hard since reporting to camp.
"He's been one of the most excited people to be here," Coughlin said after practice Thursday. "He's a happy guy, and no matter what you ask him to do, whether it is the scout team or special teams, whatever it might be, he's responded in a positive way to everything."
A seventh-round draft pick last season, Bradshaw played in 12 games and rushed for 190 yards on 23 carries, including an 88-yard touchdown run against the Bills in a playoff-clinching win in Buffalo. The 22-year-old was New York's leading rusher in the playoffs with 208 yards and a touchdown.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
Associated Press
Updated: August 1, 2008, 10:30 AM ET
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin was unaware Thursday of a report in a Virginia newspaper that running back Ahmad Bradshaw would have to serve another 30 days in jail after the NFL season because of an old probation violation. The second-year running back was released from the Abingdon (Va.) Regional Jail on July 13 after serving most of a 30-day sentence.
Quoting jail sources, The Bristol Herald Courier reported Thursday that the incarceration was the first of a two-part jail sentence sandwiched around the upcoming NFL season.
Bradshaw has refused to talk with the media since reporting to training camp at the University at Albany. Charles A. Stacy, his attorney, did not return a telephone call left by The Associated Press on Thursday seeking comment.
Stacy has said the underlying charge for which Bradshaw was placed on probation stems from an offense that occurred while Bradshaw was a juvenile.
A league spokesman said: "We are now confirming that based on our investigation he will not be suspended for conduct that occurred prior to his NFL career."
Coughlin said Bradshaw has worked hard since reporting to camp.
"He's been one of the most excited people to be here," Coughlin said after practice Thursday. "He's a happy guy, and no matter what you ask him to do, whether it is the scout team or special teams, whatever it might be, he's responded in a positive way to everything."
A seventh-round draft pick last season, Bradshaw played in 12 games and rushed for 190 yards on 23 carries, including an 88-yard touchdown run against the Bills in a playoff-clinching win in Buffalo. The 22-year-old was New York's leading rusher in the playoffs with 208 yards and a touchdown.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
massraider
Footballguy
Pretty nice for him that he is allowed to split up the jail time.
Mr. Peterson
Footballguy
4 games or 8?
gianmarco
Footballguy
No kidding. I'll try to reference this in case I ever go to the Big House and have stuff I need to get done. I hope they can accommodate my scheduling as well.
Zero, nada, nothing. Or "0".
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
says right the article he wont be suspended, this violation occured before he was in the league
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T Bell
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It's not unusual for jail time on minor offenses to be scheduled so as not to interfere with the defendant's employment. If this was a felony, or he had a regular, full-time job that wasn't seasonal, then this wouldn't have happened.
PranksterJD
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This happens all the time, even for those with regular, full-time jobs. People go to jail on multiple weekends to serve DUI convictions all the time.
Jimmy James
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I wouldn't say this is incredibly unusual, but it's not as commonplace as serving weekends for a DUI or a petit larceny. I'd submit this indicates Bradshaw and his counsel were very accepting of the situation and likely didn't try to jerk the court and the prosecutor around by looking for excuses to delay, delay, delay. It probably also reflects the reality that Bradshaw is a local kid made good and it just doesn't make sense to increase the pain of the punishment the court has to hand out by making him immediately serve time that has waited for years anyway.This happens all the time, even for those with regular, full-time jobs. People go to jail on multiple weekends to serve DUI convictions all the time.
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Jimmy James
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nf...-bradshaw_N.htmI think it was resisting arrest and underage consumption of alcohol, both misdemeanors. If I remember right, he got a scholarship to UVA but they kicked him off the team when these things happened. He must have been a juvenile at the time, which explains the lack of records available to the public and the probation for misdemeanor offenses.
He then got in trouble in West Virginia for stealing the video game, which must have violated his probation. Misdemeanors committed by juveniles would be punishable by up to 30 days in detention for each offense. I think that's where the 30 days on each is likely coming from.
PranksterJD
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Point well taken and I agree, but according to your next post, weren't his two violations for a drinking misdemeanor and petit larceny?I wouldn't say this is incredibly unusual, but it's not as commonplace as serving weekends for a DUI or a petit larceny. I'd submit this indicates Bradshaw and his counsel were very accepting of the situation and likely didn't try to jerk the court and the prosecutor around by looking for excuses to delay, delay, delay. It probably also reflects the reality that Bradshaw is a local kid made good and it just doesn't make sense to increase the pain of the punishment the court has to hand out by making him immediately serve time that has waited for years anyway.This happens all the time, even for those with regular, full-time jobs. People go to jail on multiple weekends to serve DUI convictions all the time.
(not important at all, I just thought the examples were funny).Certainly the probation violation makes it worse, but my point was more that he's not taking advantage of the situation any more than is available to the general public. This isn't some NFL player taking advantage of the system because he's a celebrity. Sounds like he and his lawyer did exactly what you said, and this was the most equitable solution for him and the judge. I could see a situation where he had a full-time job then he'd serve a ridiculous amount of community service with some weekend jail time.Honestly, even a 60 day total sentence seems pretty steep to me for the violations as they've been described, but I've got little experience with the probation aspect.
Jimmy James
Footballguy
My guess is that the judge maxed him out on what he thought was the most he could give him simply to end the now-adult Bradshaw's contact with the juvenile court.
I can tell you that if Bradshaw had been 18 at the time he did these things and he then violated good behavior in the jurisdiction I practice in, I'd expect that the judge would have probably given him 90 days on the underage drinking and something like another 90 on the resisting arrest. He'd get all 180 days to serve, but it would be adult misdemeanor time which would mean he'd actually serve 90. Other places in the state would handle it all differently. In Northern Virginia, I'd be shocked at much punishment at all for this sort of thing.
I can tell you that if Bradshaw had been 18 at the time he did these things and he then violated good behavior in the jurisdiction I practice in, I'd expect that the judge would have probably given him 90 days on the underage drinking and something like another 90 on the resisting arrest. He'd get all 180 days to serve, but it would be adult misdemeanor time which would mean he'd actually serve 90. Other places in the state would handle it all differently. In Northern Virginia, I'd be shocked at much punishment at all for this sort of thing.
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