Spring Break
NFL offseason kicks off with a shank
Jeff Ellis
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Sports
Each and every year NFL players make the mistakes of having their names printed in the local police logs. A telltale sign of the NFL offseason's start, bored players not knowing what to do with all of their free-time kick their vacations off with a bang by committing a crime.
So far, Kansas City Chiefs player Michael Merritt has been arrested for possession of marijuana, Denver Broncos star receiver Brandon Marshall has been arrested for pulling a Chris Brown or, simply put, disorderly conduct. Jaguars receiver Matt Jones was taken in by police for the second NFL offseason in a row, this time for violating terms of probation related to a July 2008 arrest for cocaine possession.
With all of these charges involving drugs and disorderly conduct, you may be thinking that things could only get worse with player involvements in shootouts, stabbings, murder charges, or inhumane dog abuse indictments.
Things got pretty bad recently for Tampa Bay Buccaneer Geno Hayes. Nothing screams "I love you" more than a pair of scissors and carving knife to the neck and face by an angry girlfriend. Hayes was the victim of the ordeal after he was stabbed in the head this last Saturday after an argument with his 19-year-old girlfriend, Shevelle Bagley.
Apparently the argument reached a boiling point and drove this crazed teenage jersey-chaser to go straight for the jugular of her NFL linebacker boyfriend - literally. After Hayes knocked the scissors out of her hand, Bagley ran straight for the knife drawer where she grabbed the first knife she could get her hands on and proceeded to stab Hayes in the neck.
The former Florida State Seminole was treated and later released. As for the girlfriend, she was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to jail records, Bagley was released on Sunday on $25,000 bail. Either Hayes really loves his girlfriend and couldn't handle the thought of his puppy-love lover sitting in a cell block, or Bagley and her family have $25,000 to blow on bail charges during this economic crisis. Can't everyone just get along?
Jeff Ellis, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
So far, Kansas City Chiefs player Michael Merritt has been arrested for possession of marijuana, Denver Broncos star receiver Brandon Marshall has been arrested for pulling a Chris Brown or, simply put, disorderly conduct. Jaguars receiver Matt Jones was taken in by police for the second NFL offseason in a row, this time for violating terms of probation related to a July 2008 arrest for cocaine possession.
With all of these charges involving drugs and disorderly conduct, you may be thinking that things could only get worse with player involvements in shootouts, stabbings, murder charges, or inhumane dog abuse indictments.
Things got pretty bad recently for Tampa Bay Buccaneer Geno Hayes. Nothing screams "I love you" more than a pair of scissors and carving knife to the neck and face by an angry girlfriend. Hayes was the victim of the ordeal after he was stabbed in the head this last Saturday after an argument with his 19-year-old girlfriend, Shevelle Bagley.
Apparently the argument reached a boiling point and drove this crazed teenage jersey-chaser to go straight for the jugular of her NFL linebacker boyfriend - literally. After Hayes knocked the scissors out of her hand, Bagley ran straight for the knife drawer where she grabbed the first knife she could get her hands on and proceeded to stab Hayes in the neck.
The former Florida State Seminole was treated and later released. As for the girlfriend, she was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to jail records, Bagley was released on Sunday on $25,000 bail. Either Hayes really loves his girlfriend and couldn't handle the thought of his puppy-love lover sitting in a cell block, or Bagley and her family have $25,000 to blow on bail charges during this economic crisis. Can't everyone just get along?
Jeff Ellis, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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