Chris Henry's legal issues (1 Viewer)

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Saw some people asking in the indy game thread and thought it deserved its own. From espn: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2506806

In what could be his first of several court dates in coming months, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, arrested in mid-June for the fourth time since December, will stand trial on Sept. 26 on three counts of unlawful transaction with a minor.

The trial date, which comes just two days after the Bengals face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third game of the 2006 season for the bitter AFC North rivals, was set by Kenton County (Ky.) District Court Judge Douglas Grothaus, who had presided over the earlier hearings in the latest legal entanglement involving the troubled wide receiver.

Henry, 23, is free on $2,500 bond. As part of his release, Henry was ordered last month to avoid alcohol and to have no contact with minors. If he violates those conditions, his bond would be revoked and Henry would be jailed. He faces up to a year in jail, and a $500 fine, if convicted of the charges.

The arrest warrant in the Kenton County case claims that Henry provided alcohol to three women all under the age of 21. One of the women is identified as Monica Beamon, 18, and the others are cited as unnamed 15- and 16-year-olds. The criminal affidavit charges all three women were in Henry's car when he provided them alcohol, with the knowledge that all were under the Kentucky legal drinking age of 21. The alleged incident occurred in Covington, Ken., just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on April 29.

After a productive rookie year, Henry has been unable to avoid off-field problems in the offseason.

On June 3, Henry was arrested and charged with speeding and operating a vehicle under the influence (OVI), and registered a blood alcohol reading of .092 in a breathalyzer test. The legal limit in Ohio is .08. The speeding charge is a minor misdemeanor and the OVI charge is a first-degree misdemeanor.

Henry faces a felony gun charge in Florida stemming from a Jan. 29 incident in which he allegedly possessed a firearm outside an Orlando nightclub. Henry is charged with possession of a concealed firearm in that incident, a third-degree felony in Florida, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Two other charges from that incident, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and improper exhibition of a weapon, were dropped.

In December, the former West Virginia University standout was arrested in Covington and charged with possession of marijuana. Henry pled guilty to the charge to avoid jail time, paid a fine of $250 and agreed to spend 28 days in a drug rehabilitation program, a stipulation which he has already completed.

Each of the incidents was enough to subject Henry to NFL scrutiny and he could face league sanctions, including possible fines or a suspension, under terms of the personal conduct policy.

So we get that this guy is a seriously talented dumb ###. With multiple trials & a possible nfl suspension, I'm having a hard time keeping him on my roster. Any chance he gets this all pushed to the off season ala Droughns? The wr3 in cinci should have some value. Should I be looking at Tab Perry or Kelley Washington instead?

 

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I didn't see this update posted anywhere. This is from CBS:

Bengals WR Chris Henry avoided jail time by pleading guilty Tuesday to a concealed weapon charge. In exchange for the plea, Henry will be on probation for two years, serve 100 hours of community service, attend a firearms safety class and forfeit the 9 mm gun he pulled during a skirmish in downtown Orlando.

 

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I didn't see this update posted anywhere. This is from CBS:

Bengals WR Chris Henry avoided jail time by pleading guilty Tuesday to a concealed weapon charge. In exchange for the plea, Henry will be on probation for two years, serve 100 hours of community service, attend a firearms safety class and forfeit the 9 mm gun he pulled during a skirmish in downtown Orlando.

more detailshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13327292/

ORLANDO, Fla. - Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry avoided jail time by pleading guilty Tuesday to a concealed weapon charge.

In exchange for the plea, Henry will be on probation for two years, serve 100 hours of community service, attend a firearms safety class and forfeit the 9 mm gun he pulled during a skirmish in downtown Orlando.

Circuit Judge John Kest agreed to withhold adjudication on the felony count because Henry had no prior convictions, despite his guilty plea to a marijuana possession charge in March in Kentucky. Neither Kest nor prosecutors mentioned that in court.

Henry has been arrested four times in the past 10 months, and had a reputation as a potential problem even before the Bengals drafted him two years ago.

“I’d like to say I know I made a mistake, but I’m just trying to, you know what I’m saying, turn all of this into a positive,” he said outside the courthouse. “I just want to get back to playing football. It’s what I do.”

Henry was arrested Jan. 28 in Orlando after a police officer saw him raise a handgun during a fight. The officer pulled his weapon and ordered Henry to drop the gun, loaded with eight hollow-point bullets and one “snake shot” round, which produces a spread of pellets similar to a shotgun, according to prosecutors. The gun had also been listed as stolen by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.

Henry was originally charged with felony possession of a concealed firearm, improper exhibition of a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm, but prosecutors dropped all but the concealed possession count.

Henry pleaded guilty to the marijuana charge in Kentucky, avoiding jail time after completing a drug rehabilitation program.

He was arrested in June and charged with speeding and drunken driving in suburban Cincinnati, and that month pleaded not guilty in Covington, Ky., to charges that he provided alcohol to three underage females.

The misdemeanor DUI charges in Clermont County, Ohio, are still pending, with the next hearing set for Oct. 19.

It wasn’t clear how or if Henry may be disciplined by the league. NFL spokesman Steve Alic said he couldn’t comment specifically on the case.

Under NFL rules, anyone convicted of or admitting to a criminal violation, including a plea to a lesser offense, is subject to discipline determined by the league commissioner.

Usually Cincinnati’s third-string receiver, Henry filled in for injured wideout T.J. Houshmandzadeh against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. He had one reception for minus-5 yards.