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Hostile
05-04-2008, 09:31 AM
Former Longhorn arrested
09:11 AM CDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008
KVUE News Former Longhorn Cedric Benson was arrested Saturday evening by officers with the Texas Park and Wildlife and Lower Colorado River Association.
http://www.kvue.com/sports/stories/M_IMAGE.118eaf352b3.93.88.fa.d0.c8f4237e.jpg
Benson is out on a $14,500 bail.
Benson was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
The 25 year old former Longhorn running back was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2005.
This is not his first arrest.
Back in 2004 Benson spent time in the Del Valle Correctional Facility for criminal trespassing.
He was found guilty of breaking into a woman's house in search of a stolen television.
manimal
05-04-2008, 09:36 AM
Sucks for him; who doesnt drink when they are boating?
cowboyfan4life_mark
05-04-2008, 09:37 AM
Sucks for him; who doesnt drink when they are boating?
People who don't want to possibily take lives. :rolleyes:
CATCH17
05-04-2008, 09:50 AM
Was he just in the boat?
If so then thats bogus.
big dog cowboy
05-04-2008, 10:08 AM
He must have forgot to use the "don't you know who I am" line.
BTW, driving a boat and drinking = driving a car and drinking.
REDVOLUTION
05-04-2008, 10:09 AM
He is clearly on his way to becoming a Dallas Cowboy.
Dont like your situation? Break the law and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like your team because its losing? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like the team that drafted you? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
Sarge
05-04-2008, 10:11 AM
Sucks for him; who doesnt drink when they are boating?
Normal people.
Dhragon
05-04-2008, 10:18 AM
He is clearly on his way to becoming a Dallas Cowboy.
Dont like your situation? Break the law and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like your team because its losing? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like the team that drafted you? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
He doesn't have the talent to overcome his issues. He sucks in the NFL.
theogt
05-04-2008, 10:30 AM
Sucks for him; who doesnt drink when they are boating?Uhh...everyone?
CATCH17
05-04-2008, 10:33 AM
People go out and drink while boating all the time.
The question is was he drinking while driving the boat.
cowboyfan4life_mark
05-04-2008, 10:36 AM
People go out and drink while boating all the time.
The question is was he drinking while driving the boat.
Since he was arrested with that charge, I would think that the answer to that question was "yes". If he was simply "in the boat", the charge would be public intoxication and resisting arrest.
He is clearly on his way to becoming a Dallas Cowboy.
Dont like your situation? Break the law and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like your team because its losing? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
Dont like the team that drafted you? Piss them off and Dallas will sign you.
THe difference is, he has no talent and is not worth even a roster spot.
There is a method to the cowboys madness.
I'm also not understanding why people get so bent out of shape having 2 people with checkered pasts on our team?
Didn't our 90s team have a White House???????? Get over it.:bang2:
CATCH17
05-04-2008, 10:46 AM
THe difference is, he has no talent and is not worth even a roster spot.
There is a method to the cowboys madness.
I'm also not understanding why people get so bent out of shape having 2 people with checkered pasts on our team?
Didn't our 90s team have a White House???????? Get over it.:bang2:
That has to be the worst excuse for bringing in thugs out of all the excuses there is.
Although we did win in the 90's we emberassed the heck out of our franchise.
gmoney112
05-04-2008, 10:47 AM
that sucks. he must have tried to flee in the boat hahah. this is hardly a news headline
sago1
05-04-2008, 10:48 AM
So YoMick great idea. I guess now we really understand it's not that the Bengals have so many bad guys but that these players just want out of Cincy & want to play for the Cowboys. Same obviously goes for Colts WR Marvin Harrison; now it obviously he secreted has been wanting to be a Cowboy but it was deep down and just exploded.
I got a better idea. Based on your idea, the Commish should establish a ruling that only 1 player in each division in the NFL can be considered by the Cowboys to play on their team. Hooray. We've just got rid of the criminal element & cut it down to 8. Now that's a big WOW. Now let's see. Who did we want from the NFL East (excluding our Cowboys of course), from the NFC South, West & North. Oh what about the AFC East, West, South & North. Hey, we don't have to even think about Amondola cause we can get the real Wes Welker. Or we just wait a little while & one of the better WRs will get in trouble and, following the Commish's new rule, we can sign him for nothing.
REDVOLUTION
05-04-2008, 11:19 AM
THe difference is, he has no talent and is not worth even a roster spot.
There is a method to the cowboys madness.
I'm also not understanding why people get so bent out of shape having 2 people with checkered pasts on our team?
Didn't our 90s team have a White House???????? Get over it.:bang2:
So YoMick great idea. I guess now we really understand it's not that the Bengals have so many bad guys but that these players just want out of Cincy & want to play for the Cowboys. Same obviously goes for Colts WR Marvin Harrison; now it obviously he secreted has been wanting to be a Cowboy but it was deep down and just exploded.
I got a better idea. Based on your idea, the Commish should establish a ruling that only 1 player in each division in the NFL can be considered by the Cowboys to play on their team. Hooray. We've just got rid of the criminal element & cut it down to 8. Now that's a big WOW. Now let's see. Who did we want from the NFL East (excluding our Cowboys of course), from the NFC South, West & North. Oh what about the AFC East, West, South & North. Hey, we don't have to even think about Amondola cause we can get the real Wes Welker. Or we just wait a little while & one of the better WRs will get in trouble and, following the Commish's new rule, we can sign him for nothing.
People need to relax.... I was partially kidding.... I am not going to put a fracken smiley everytime something is obviously a joke of sorts...
TheCount
05-04-2008, 01:08 PM
Since he was arrested with that charge, I would think that the answer to that question was "yes". If he was simply "in the boat", the charge would be public intoxication and resisting arrest.
Yeah, cause the cops never give the wrong charges.
Could be that the boat was registered to him but he wasn't driving it and was drinking, but they arrested him anyway because the boat was in his name. Could be the resisting charge came when he insisted he wasn't the one driving the boat, so didn't understand why they were arresting him.
Maybe we should wait for the facts before making assumptions.
Boyzmamacita
05-04-2008, 01:19 PM
Normal people.
Classy sig, Sarge. And thank you.
Eskimo
05-04-2008, 01:20 PM
That has to be the worst excuse for bringing in thugs out of all the excuses there is.
Although we did win in the 90's we emberassed the heck out of our franchise.
Exactly, let's not let the inmates run the asylum.
It is okay to give people second chances if they truly want to change their lives.
CrazyCowboy
05-04-2008, 01:27 PM
guess he needs to schedule a meeting with the commish--pro active
Everlastingxxx
05-04-2008, 02:05 PM
Yeah, cause the cops never give the wrong charges.
Could be that the boat was registered to him but he wasn't driving it and was drinking, but they arrested him anyway because the boat was in his name. Could be the resisting charge came when he insisted he wasn't the one driving the boat, so didn't understand why they were arresting him.
Maybe we should wait for the facts before making assumptions.
Watch TrueTV sometime and you will see many examples of how these things go down. The cops were probably doing a random check which they do often, they noticed he was intoxicated. He failed the sobriety test, they tried to handcuff him and he put up a struggle. Benson’s fault for putting himself in that situation and not understanding the laws.
theogt
05-04-2008, 02:08 PM
Watch TrueTV sometime and you will see many examples of how these things go down. The cops were probably doing a random check which they do often, they noticed he was intoxicated. He failed the sobriety test, they tried to handcuff him and he put up a struggle. Benson’s fault for putting himself in that situation and not understanding the laws.He's downright stupid. You don't drink and boat at the same time in Texas. TP&W will get you every time. They're very proactive in just about every lake I've ever been in.
Vintage
05-04-2008, 02:13 PM
I thought the whole point of owning a boat was so you could drink and boat?
;)
bbgun
05-04-2008, 02:16 PM
Vick
Pacman
Benson
Chris Henry
They're one elite pass rusher away from a formidable prison team. One more Jared Allen DUI should do it.
Angus
05-04-2008, 02:40 PM
BENSON WAS PEPPER SPRAYED DURING ARREST
Posted by Michael David Smith on May 4, 2008, 12:29 p.m.
Following up on the reports this morning that Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested in Texas, more details have now emerged.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Benson failed a sobriety “float test,” which is similar to a field sobriety test that drivers take. Benson also reportedly argued about taking a follow-up test on land and refused to put on a life jacket. The report says that when police attempted to arrest Benson, he refused to cooperate and was pepper sprayed.
Benson was charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, both Class B misdemeanors.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Benson, who was on his 30-foot boat with 12 to 15 others, is out on $14,500 bail.
The incident took place near Austin, Texas, where Benson played at the University of Texas. The Tribune reports that a sergeant from the Travis County Sheriff’s office says the Lower Colorado River Authority made the arrest.
After off-field trouble at Texas, including a marijuana arrest, led some to compare him to fellow former Longhorns running back Ricky Williams, Benson appeared on the cover of ESPN the Magazine declaring “I’m Not Ricky!“
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/05/04/benson-was-pepper-sprayed-during-arrest/
CATCH17
05-04-2008, 02:44 PM
If "boating" means driving a boat then he got what he asked for.
If he was just chilling on the boat and had a sober driver then this is just another case of cops harassing people.
Public intox is just another way a cop can technically take someone to jail.
I've had friends who have had sober drivers and cops have asked the drunk person to step out of the car and they have got taken to jail.
theogt
05-04-2008, 02:48 PM
If "boating" means driving a boat then he got what he asked for.
If he was just chilling on the boat and had a sober driver then this is just another case of cops harassing people.
Public intox is just another way a cop can technically take someone to jail.
I've had friends who have had sober drivers and cops have asked the drunk person to step out of the car and they have got taken to jail.To be arrested for PI you have to be an "endangerment" to yourself or others. Either they were acting stupid in some way or the cop was just being an ***. If he was just being an ***, they should be able to get out of it no problem in court.
Chief
05-04-2008, 03:00 PM
Benson got into trouble during his college years, too.
Aside from all this, he was a vastly overrated football player. I could see that he was nothing special -- I don't know what the Bears were looking at. One of the worst first-round picks in this decade.
CATCH17
05-04-2008, 03:05 PM
Benson got into trouble during his college years, too.
Aside from all this, he was a vastly overrated football player. I could see that he was nothing special -- I don't know what the Bears were looking at. One of the worst first-round picks in this decade.
I thought he was a validated first round talent but how on earth he got in the top 5 is beyond me.
All the hype was around Cadillac, Ronnie Brown, and Cedric Benson.
Our scouting department ended up landing us the best one of the bunch in Marion Barber.
Sarge
05-04-2008, 04:01 PM
Benson = another one of those guys who just doesn't "get it."
to be fair to Cedric, the "river authority" has a lot of napoleonic A-holes that like to harass people. It is early in the season, and they do a lot of random checks. They probably saw that there was quite a party going on this boat, and a lot of people, so they felt like stopping them. I imagine harrasment is a strong possibility.
btw, they were giving him crap for not wearing a life jacket? are you freaking kidding me? Adults dont wear life jackets on lake Travis.
Biggems
05-04-2008, 04:19 PM
Benson is a potentially great RB based on talent, measurables and ability.....but he has gotten in the way of himself and his ability. He cant keep his head on straight and his heart in the game. He has allowed outside distractions and his own personal demons to screw up what could have been a very fruitful NFL career thus far.
At least Ricky had a nice start to his career before he let the green sticky ruin it.....Benson let the green sticky ruin his NFL career before it even got started. He has also played with zero heart while entering the league.
But such is the life of Cedric "The Entertainer" Benson
DanTanna
05-04-2008, 04:21 PM
It is more likely that Benson had a party going on like the Minnesota Viking party boat. And when the cops came to check it out Benson slugged the cop in the face and yelled "It ain't me weed" and then said "you be comin fo my tv".
The cops PROBABLY let him off easy because he's been arrested at every level already (high school, college, and now in the pros). Then he cried like he did on TV during the draft while his idol Rikki Williams consoled him tenderly.
Brandon
05-04-2008, 05:26 PM
Were Daunte Culpepper and Mike Tice on the boat?
the kid 05
05-04-2008, 05:34 PM
THe difference is, he has no talent and is not worth even a roster spot.
There is a method to the cowboys madness.
I'm also not understanding why people get so bent out of shape having 2 people with checkered pasts on our team?
Didn't our 90s team have a White House???????? Get over it.:bang2:
3 people...Tank, Pac, Terrell
The30YardSlant
05-04-2008, 05:44 PM
Can't say I'm surprised. Hey, at least he did steal anything this time...
http://www.aggies9496.com/Images/tuStuff/Benson.bmp
http://www.aggies9496.com/Images/tuStuff/Benson2.jpg
http://www.aggies9496.com/Images/tuStuff/BensonWFan.jpg
http://www.aggies9496.com/Images/tuStuff/ced.jpg
http://www.aggies9496.com/Images/tuStuff/BensonGotHisTV.jpg
FWIW I heard Mack Brown plans on suspending him for the first posession of Texas' season opener this year
Cochese
05-04-2008, 06:58 PM
The Bears just drafted his replacement and he goes and does this?
Wow, dude sucks.
I dont know how Angelo still has a job after flushing first rounders away on Skirt Benson and Grossman.
Beast_from_East
05-04-2008, 07:13 PM
Former Longhorn arrested
09:11 AM CDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008
KVUE News Former Longhorn Cedric Benson was arrested Saturday evening by officers with the Texas Park and Wildlife and Lower Colorado River Association.
http://www.kvue.com/sports/stories/M_IMAGE.118eaf352b3.93.88.fa.d0.c8f4237e.jpg
Benson is out on a $14,500 bail.
Benson was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
The 25 year old former Longhorn running back was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2005.
This is not his first arrest.
Back in 2004 Benson spent time in the Del Valle Correctional Facility for criminal trespassing.
He was found guilty of breaking into a woman's house in search of a stolen television.
FREAKING BUST!!!
dogberry
05-04-2008, 08:17 PM
Field sobriety test on a boat? Give the suspect a life jacket and see if they can swim a straight line. Maybe the life jacket is optional.
sacase
05-04-2008, 09:35 PM
So when does he get the indefinate susension?
UVAwahoos
05-04-2008, 11:37 PM
I'm kinda glad that we didn't take Jamaal Charles now. These Texas RB's seem to have bust written all over them...for all the wrong reasons.
JaeYoung
05-05-2008, 12:31 AM
i wonder what happened 2 him. he ran over everyone in college and hasnt done anything in the pros
VietCowboy
05-05-2008, 12:41 AM
List of NFL players arrested since 2000 (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/arrests.html?appSession=784876341431089&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=)
6 Cowboys, 3 in 2000, one 1 2003, 1 in 2005 (TG for urinating in front of Jack in the Box), and 1 in 2006
not bad!
DallasEast
05-05-2008, 12:48 AM
List of NFL players arrested since 2000 (http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nfl/arrests.html?appSession=784876341431089&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=&cpipage=1&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=)
6 Cowboys, 3 in 2000, one 1 2003, 1 in 2005 (TG for urinating in front of Jack in the Box), and 1 in 2006
not bad!Great link to throw back at any non-Cowboys fan commenting how "all the criminals play for Dallas". It lists seven Cowboys, though. :)
Sarge
05-05-2008, 06:32 AM
i wonder what happened 2 him. he ran over everyone in college and hasnt done anything in the pros
"Walletfullacash" syndrome.
Makes one instantly stupid, which explains precisely why I'm a genius.
To be arrested for PI you have to be an "endangerment" to yourself or others. Either they were acting stupid in some way or the cop was just being an ***. If he was just being an ***, they should be able to get out of it no problem in court.
Your required to wear a life jacket. He wasnt. And he failed a field sobriety test. Thats P.I right there. Your endangering your self by being intoxicated and not weaing a life jacket.
They watch and observe the occupants of a boat from a distance before coming over. I have been stopped and talked to so many times out fishing that its not funny. And often they hit every boat in a cove and do not try and just pick and choose the party boats etc. Consider it like a late night road block on the streets looking for DWI's except on a boat at 3:00 PM . The number of boating accidents where alcohol is involved is pretty high.
I am not picking on Cedric here. I drink when out fishing and I have been checked when I had a life jacket in a small boat not 40 feet from the bank.
If Benson was drinking, without a life jacket, and driving that boat its a DWI or DUI in the state of Texas anyway. If he is lucky he can get it reduced to P.I. if he was not driving the boat.
TEX
CATCH17
05-05-2008, 07:52 AM
They said on Mike and Mike this morning that his mom was on the boat as well so I dont know how crazy he'd be getting under those circumstances.
The question still remains was he driving the boat?
TheCount
05-05-2008, 08:20 AM
Benson has a totaly different story (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3380764) of what happened:
"I was not intoxicated," Benson told the Chicago Sun-Times. "There was alcohol on the boat and others were enjoying themselves, but I wasn't drunk."
"They gave me a field sobriety test, told me to say my ABCs and told me to count from 1 to 4 up and down," Benson told the Chicago Tribune. "I'm thinking, I passed all the tests, did everything right. Then the officer told me we needed to go to land to take more tests. I politely asked him why we needed to go to land to take more tests when I took every test. Then he sprayed me with mace, on his boat.
"When Benson did not pass the test, he presented himself as a threat to the officer and argued about whether or not he would be taken to land to have a follow-up field sobriety test performed on land and refused to put on a life jacket," the authority said in a statement. The officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson, a move the running back doesn't understand.
Doomsday101
05-05-2008, 08:25 AM
Benson has a totaly different story (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3380764) of what happened:
And according to the inmates at Harris County Jail none of them broke the law. :lmao2:
gmoney112
05-05-2008, 09:13 AM
Benson has a totaly different story (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3380764) of what happened:
benson's account is probably a lot more accurate than the news account. cops in texas are country bumpkins that really have it in for you unless you're a good ol boy like them.
Doomsday101
05-05-2008, 09:14 AM
benson's account is probably a lot more accurate than the news account. cops in texas are country bumpkins that really have it in for you unless you're a good ol boy like them.
That is a load of BS.
jchap
05-05-2008, 12:04 PM
He reportedly ran for 2 yards from the officers but was caught from behind.
Benson has a totaly different story (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3380764) of what happened:
What about this part of his story...?
"Nobody saw what he did to me," Benson told the newspaper. "I started screaming for my mother to come. That's when they put me under arrest. And the officer threw a life jacket over my head.
"Once we got to land, the Travis County police grabbed me and kicked my feet from under me. So I landed on my back while I was handcuffed. They held me down and held the water hose over my face. I couldn't breathe, I'm choking, I'm begging the cops, 'Please stop. Please stop.' Then they picked me up and dragged me backward toward their car. And I'm still being polite, asking them, 'Sir, could you please allow me to walk like a man to your cop car?' They just kept dragging me on."
That's more than just his side. That is accusing the authorities of much more than being arrested not being intoxicated.
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