Texans FB Arrested for Possession & Driving w/ Suspended License

[Hostile]

Fort Bend deputies: Texans player had marijuana in car

By KEVIN MORAN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

Aug. 21, 2008, 1:42PM

Houston Texans

Houston Texans fullback Jameel Cook was arrested Wednesday night after a Fort Bend County sheriff's deputy reported finding marijuana in his Mercedes sedan.

Houston Texans fullback Jameel Cook is free on a $500 personal recognizance bond after being arrested by a Fort Bend County sheriff's deputy who reported finding marijuana in Cook's 2007 Mercedes sedan.

The deputy stopped Cook in the 14700 block of Voss Road at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after seeing that the Mercedes bore no front license plate or registration sticker, sheriff's spokeswoman Terriann Carlson said today.

Cook had no valid Texas driver's license and no proof of liability insurance.

"He gave the deputy a Florida driver's license that had been suspended in May 2008," Carlson said.

The car's Texas registration expired in July 2007, she added.

The 29-year-old football player was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after the deputy searched the car and found a plastic bag containing two grams of marijuana, Carlson said.

She said she did not know where in the car the marijuana was found.

Calls seeking comment from the Texans were not immediately returned today.

Cook, who lives in Missouri City, joined the Texans in March 2006 and played in all of the team's games last season, according to the team's Internet site.

He previously had played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who picked him in the 2001 NFL draft.

kevin.moran@chron.com

 

[stealth]

misdemeanor possession is no big deal

I am curious as to how roger will react.

also why in the hell did the guy give the cop permission to search him on a traffic stop? More ever why on earth would the cop even ask?

 

[dargonking999]

Down goes another

 

[YosemiteSam]

Quick, sign him. Cricket needs a backup now that Cruz is hurt!

 

[NextGenBoys]

misdemeanor possession is no big deal

I am curious as to how roger will react.

also why in the hell did the guy give the cop permission to search him on a traffic stop? More ever why on earth would the cop even ask?

Not having insurance or license could be grounds for the vehicle to be towed.

That or he's an idiot and threw his bag in the glove box, then opened it up to give registration and the cop saw it, or some sort of visual evidence.

 

[speedkilz88]

misdemeanor possession is no big deal

I am curious as to how roger will react.

also why in the hell did the guy give the cop permission to search him on a traffic stop? More ever why on earth would the cop even ask?

No Texas id, suspended Fla id, no valid registration and no insurance; the cop had all kinds of grounds to take him in and get a warrant to search the car anyway.

 

[Signals]

Guess he didn't get the memo from the state requiring to pay a monthly surcharge for three years to keep his divers license.

 

[stealth]

No Texas id, suspended Fla id, no valid registration and no insurance; the cop had all kinds of grounds to take him in and get a warrant to search the car anyway.

no warrant just standard procedure to search the car when it is impounded.
But they don't search em that much, I worked on an impound yard years back, ridiculous some of the stuff in those cars that no one noticed.

I just thought all the other charges were just tickets and no big deal

 

[Bungarian]

The cops can always find an excuse to search your car. They could just say you were acting suspicious.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

misdemeanor possession is no big deal

No big deal? I guess if you've got more interesting things on your rap sheet it would diminish the possession of drugs ,,, but if you're an NFL player, getting busted for possession is a huge deal!

 

[stealth]

No big deal? I guess if you've got more interesting things on your rap sheet it would diminish the possession of drugs ,,, but if you're an NFL player, getting busted for possession is a huge deal!

its freaking 2 grams of pot, look at your finger, that weighs way more than 2 grams, get off your high horse. You don't bond out for 500 bux on an actual drug charge.

 

[Seven]

The cops can always find an excuse to search your car. They could just say you were acting suspicious.

.....and if you decline the requesst they just get a K-9 out there and he'll sniff outside the car and still alert to something inside.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

its freaking 2 grams of pot, look at your finger, that weighs more than 2 grams, get off your high horse.

you're rationalizing,,, as for Mr. "just-busted-with-dope", he's got a bazillion drug tests to look forward to AND his value just took a huge "hit", lol. It's a big deal, no other way to look at it.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

Not sure, but I do not believe this will look good on him.

 

[Big Country]

what do suspended license mean??

 

[Doomsday101]

its freaking 2 grams of pot, look at your finger, that weighs way more than 2 grams, get off your high horse. You don't bond out for 500 bux on an actual drug charge.

You know how much the NFL allows? 0 grams so I guess you could say he is 2 grams over the limit. :laugh2:

 

[stealth]

You know how much the NFL allows? 0 grams so I guess you could say he is 2 grams over the limit. :laugh2:

I bet he didn't even know it was in the car.

 

[Hostile]

I bet he didn't even know it was in the car.

If he was high enough he might not have known he was in the car.

 

[the big 88]

its only weed... there's been worse should blow over

 

[dargonking999]

If he was high enough he might not have known he was in the car.

Game Over

Hos with the zing

my hero