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Post by elonpride on Mar 11, 2010 16:31:38 GMT -5
www2.journalnow.com/content/2...-traffic-stop/COLUMBIA, S.C. — Wide receiver CoCo Hillary of Appalachian State and his brother Aramis Hillary, a backup quarterback at South Carolina, were arrested early yesterday after a traffic stop, according to police. According to The Associated Press, authorities said that West Columbia officers pulled over a car driven by CoCo Hillary about 12:15 a.m. yesterday because he was doing 46 miles an hour in a 35-mph zone. Police said that Hillary, 22, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11 percent and was charged with driving under the influence. Aramis Hillary, 19, was charged as a minor in possession of alcohol. Mike Flynn, an assistant athletics director and the sports-information director at ASU, said that facts about the arrest are being gathered and that no decision about Hillary's status with the team will be made until Athletics Director Charlie Cobb and Coach Jerry Moore review the situation. Cobb is vacationing in Colorado, and Moore is in the Grand Caymans this week during spring break. South Carolina indefinitely suspended Aramis Hillary under team policy. CoCo Hillary, a wide receiver from Edgefield, S.C., played in eight games last season as a junior before tearing a knee ligament in practice and missing the rest of the season. He is still rehabilitating from knee surgery and is not participating in spring practice, which will resume next week after spring break. Hillary ranked seventh on ASU's all-time list for receiving yards with 1,588.
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Post by whoanellie on Mar 12, 2010 5:41:39 GMT -5
sucks to be an App fan and trying to defend this....
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Post by elonpride on Mar 12, 2010 9:12:16 GMT -5
sucks to be an App fan and trying to defend this.... After I posted this on AGS, one fan tried to trivialize the arrest with the following statement: "At least he was honest and didn't resist. That stuff matters a lot with the arresting officer as their report is the basis for the charges." |
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Post by whoanellie on Mar 12, 2010 13:39:56 GMT -5
sucks to be an App fan and trying to defend this.... After I posted this on AGS, one fan tried to trivialize the arrest with the following statement: "At least he was honest and didn't resist. That stuff matters a lot with the arresting officer as their report is the basis for the charges." yes it is sad that App had a player of Hillary's ability to have the lapse in judgement to make this decision and put himself and his younger brother in jeopardy. At first I thought it could be a SC Cop thing ala racial profiling but these guys have to realize they are taking their logo with them whereever they go. It is a different atmosphere these days. |
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Post by phoenixfc on Mar 12, 2010 17:41:23 GMT -5
I'm definitely not an App fan, and I'm definitely not defending DWI, but, he really did not do anything worse than a significant number of college kids...he got caught, and because he's an athlete, he hit the news. I know - higher standard for athletes...and that's true, but I would not classify him as a criminal or anything - could have been an isolated instance, for all anybody knows....don't disagree it was a lapse in judgement but any of us who have had a drink or two has made mistakes that we later regret.
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