I guess its all about perspective....
I don’t know what goes through the minds of some individuals, but this one had us dazed and confused at Too Old when this one came across the wire. We first read that Rodell Vereen had a problem with the horses. On first glance you might think that he has a gambling problem, but he has a different type of addiction. Its with chopping down horse backs. No, he is not killing them and cutting them up, he is sexing them up. Yes, a modern day bestiality freak. And we have the video!
You are sick. we don’t have the video and would not want to watch a dude chop down a horse.
A Longs man was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after he admitted to a Circuit Court judge he had sexual intercourse with a Conway woman’s horse.
Rodell Vereen, 50, pleaded guilty to buggery and trespassing after he was charged in July when the woman found him in her barn at Lazy B Stables in the Wampee community of Horry County, police said. The woman pointed a shotgun at him until police arrived.
Circuit Court Judge Larry Hyman also sentenced Vereen to three years in prison for violating his probation relating to another buggery charge from a 2007 incident involving the same horse at the same stable.
Rodell Vereen (right) is motionless as Ed Chrisco tries to explain Vereen’s repeated buggery charges at the Horry County Courthouse on Wednesday. What do you think that he could of said in that proceeding? Your honor, I am sorry that my client is totally out of his mind. He likes big butts and he cannot lie… (cue Sir Mix A Lot)
A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the creature.
Rodell Vereen was also ordered never to go near the stable where the horse’s owner caught him and held him for authorities at shotgun point over the summer. He apologized to the woman and to himself after admitting to buggery at the Horry County courthouse.
“I’m sorry about what I’ve done. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s my fault. I’m sorry for what I’ve done to myself,” Vereen said during Wednesday’s court hearing.
The sentences will run concurrently.
“I’m sorry about what I’ve done,” Vereen said. “I didn’t mean to do it. It’s my fault. I’m sorry for what I’ve done to myself.”
Hyman sentenced Vereen to five years in prison on the latest buggery charge, but suspended it to three years in prison and two years of probation. Vereen also was ordered to undergo mental health treatment once he is released from jail and was told not to go near Lazy B Stables.
In July 2008, Vereen, who owns a landscaping business, pleaded guilty to the same charge after he was caught Thanksgiving Day of 2007 having sex with the same horse.
“I’ve been through hell for the last year, and it’s caused a lot of hardship,” said Barbara Kenley, who owns the horse. “There’s a lot of ridicule and jokes going around about this thing. And a person can only take so much.”
The woman told police she caught Vereen having sex with a 21-year-old female horse named Sugar. She told officers she had video of Vereen “having relations” with one of her horses on July 19, according to a police report.
Before the plea, Hyman found Vereen was competent to take part in a plea.
But Vereen’s attorney, Ed Chrisco, said he had concerns about Vereen receiving the mental help he needs in prison.
“He openly talks about abnormal sexual impulses,” Chrisco said during the hearing. “A person who thinks having sex with dogs, chickens, cows and horses and talks about it in routine terms, there’s something disturbed in the mind.”
Vereen also had prior convictions of burglary from 1991 and 1995. Vereen has been registered as a sex offender since pleading to the buggery charge last year, according to the State Law Enforcement Division.
Rodell had his life somewhat together. He owned a landscaping business. Now, he will be in the mental ward in prison if he is lucky. I think that people will leave him alone, just because of the nature of the crime.
Meet Kordeza Zhelyazkova, who at 11 is married and a Mother in Bulgaria….what is the world coming to?
November 3, 2009
I really don’t have much to say about this one…actually I do and when I have to say, ” What in the hell is this world coming to?” then you know it is bad.
An 11-year-old girl became one of the world’s youngest mothers – and went into labour on the way to her wedding.
Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven in Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara as she was rushed to hospital, where she gave birth to 5lb 8oz Violeta.
Proudly displaying her baby, she told reporters: ‘I’m not going to play with toys any more – I have a new toy now.’
My new toy: Korteza Zhelyazkova, 11, shows off her baby Violeta – the 19-year-old father is facing six years in jail for having sex with a minor.This is the thing that is wrong with parenting. Now, I believe that you should have to have a license to have a kid now. You should have to pass a test and go to some parenting classes. A child is not a toy.
Kordeza – who fell pregnant within two weeks of her 11th birthday – spent the night in hospital with Violeta and then headed back to church for her wedding with 19-year-old Jeliazko Dimitrov.
Kordeza told the News of the World: ‘It feels strange to be a mum and have a baby.
‘I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy.
‘She is so beautiful, I love her. Violeta is the child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school – I am a mother now.’
See….that is the silliest and most naive thing that could have come out of her mouth. What skill set do you have that can earn money for your family? Don’t you know that you don’t have to stay at home and raise a family? You were going to school to better yourself. You have a chance to NOT be dependent on the system for your survival. Don’t become another welfare mom.
The couple met when Jeliazko rescued Kordeza from bullies in the playground.
However he now faces six years in jail for having sex with a minor, telling the paper his fears when he found out Kordeza was pregnant.
He said: ‘I was really scared.
‘We didn’t plan to have sex or a baby although I fell in love with Kordeza the moment I saw her.
Don’t worry Jeliazko, someone is going to fall in love with you at first site too.
You will be the bell of the ball....good luck to the new Ms. Jeliazko Dimitrov
Plus, what were you doing hanging out at the playground? That alone seems pretty creepy, like Herbert.
Herbert the pervert is what to think about when you think about this union...
He added: ‘I was walking past the school when I saw some boys mocking her and I told them to leave her alone.
‘Then she arranged to meet me and asked me out on our first date. I thought she was 15. She didn’t tell me she was 11.’
Kordeza added: ‘I didn’t want to say in case he wouldn’t fancy me.’
Their daughter was conceived within a week of their meeting.
Kordeza said: ‘I didn’t know I was pregnant until my grandmother saw I had put on weight. I just thought I’d eaten too many burgers.’
Her grandmother Dida, 55, said: ‘It’s normal for our girls to have babies young. It’s our tradition. But I didn’t want it for my Kordeza – I felt she was too young.’
The family planned a three-day Roma wedding for October 22 – so Kordeza and Jeliazko could be married before the baby was born.
But Kordeza went into labour a week early, on the second day of the ceremony.
She said: ‘I had been having pain in the morning and a couple of hours into the wedding it got worse.’
She was rushed to hospital and gave birth 20 minutes later.
Kordeza said: ‘It was quite easy but painful too. I was very happy when I saw her. She has a nose like me and hair like Jeliazko.’
Both grandmothers will be guardians of baby Violeta, and Kordeza and her daughter will receive £70 a month in state benefits.
The age of consent in Bulgaria is 14.
The whole story is just shocking to the mind. The fact that the parents are so blaze about it and I am up in arms has me a little worried…
Cleveland Browns find another way to look really, really bad
November 3, 2009
Doesn't this look like McGruff the Crime Dog?
Getting fired is something that most of use go through during our quest to move from having a job to having a career. While I have never been fired, I have seen the writing on the wall and quit a job or two to avoid the stigma of getting fired. Getting fired is embarrassing.
Getting fired on your day off is even worse.
The Cleveland Browns are a franchise in total disarray at the moment. I feel bad for the franchise, because they always seem to be stuck with the worst luck possible. In their long, and storied history they have championships, but once Jim Brown decided to retire early for a career in Hollywood, they have been cursed.
You have the The Drive
The Drive refers to an offensive series in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game played on January 11, 1987, between the Denver Broncos and the Cleveland Browns. Broncos quarterback John Elway, in a span of 5 minutes and 2 seconds, led his team 98 yards to tie the game with 37 seconds left in regulation. Denver won the game in overtime with a field goal, 23-20.
Then you have the Fumble, which happened the next year AND was against the same team…
The Fumble refers to a specific incident in the AFC Championship Game between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos on January 17, 1988 at Mile High Stadium. With 1:12 left in the game, running back Earnest Byner appeared to be on his way to score the game-tying touchdown, but lost a fumble at the 3-yard line.
Then Browns fans suffered, as their team was ripped away from them by greedy ownership.
On November 6, 1995, with the team sitting at 3-4, Modell announced that he had signed a deal to relocate the Browns to Baltimore, Maryland in 1996 – a move which would return the NFL to Baltimore for the first time since the Baltimore Colts relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana after the 1983 season. The very next day, on November 7, Cleveland voters overwhelmingly approved the aforementioned tax issue to remodel Cleveland Stadium.
After extensive talks between the NFL, the Browns and officials of the two cities, Cleveland accepted a legal settlement that would keep the Browns legacy in Cleveland. In February 1996, the NFL announced that the Browns would be ‘deactivated’ for three years, and that a new stadium would be built for a new Browns team, as either an expansion team or a team moved from another city, that would begin play in 1999. Modell would in turn be granted a new franchise (the 31st NFL franchise), for Baltimore, retaining the current contracts of players and personnel. There would be a reactivated team for Cleveland, where the Browns’ name, colors, history, records, awards and archives would remain in Cleveland. The only other current NFL team to suspend operations without merging with another was Cleveland’s previous NFL team, the Rams, during the 1943 season.[1]
So, I feel your pain. As a raider fan, I know the feeling of having another city enjoy the fruits of your labor. Heck, you even have the Dawg Pound, similar to the Black Hole.
Not your smartest move, Ochocinco....
But, even after all that, you have to remove your GM with the Sheriff? NFL.com is reporting this story, as well as others….
According to multiple published reports, Cleveland Browns GM George Kokinis was escorted out of the team’s facility Monday.
This is Hipster J. getting escorted out by the police, not the GM, but funny nonetheless....
The Browns have yet to officially respond to any of Monday’s reports, but team director of public relations Neal Gulkis said late Monday, “I haven’t heard anything, I can’t confirm those reports.”
Even so, as news on the situation continues to surface, it is becoming apparent that Kokinis is likely on his way out in Cleveland.
NFL Network insider Michael Lombardi told NFL Total Access Monday that Kokinis will be fired, and that Kokinis is aware of the situation. According to Lombardi, Kokinis has not been involved in any of the team’s recent decisions and has been something of an outcast within the organization, with coach Eric Mangini making the front office decisions.
Browns play-by-play announcer Jim Donovan told NBC affiliate WKYC-TV3 in Cleveland that the Browns have already ”severed ties” with Kokinis.
Following Sunday’s 30-6 loss in Chicago, Browns owner Randy Lerner said he was “sick” about the state of his team, and that he would like to bring in a “strong, credible, serious leader” to help run his team, according to multiple published reports.
More on this story to follow.
Update: The team released a statement Monday night that Kokinis is “no longer actively involved” with the Browns organization.
Did you really have to have him escorted out of the building? Did you think that he was going to steal the stapler like in Office Space?
Just like my Raiders, so have to comport yourself like professional if you want people to take you seriously. That goes twice for my Raiders. Good luck Browns….it starts with firing Mangini.
Homecoming rape at Richmond High continues the negative stereotype of Richmond, California
October 30, 2009
Rosie the Riveter started in Richmond CA...
Richmond, CA is my hometown. If you like who you are, you have to embrace everything that got you there, both positive and negative. You can’t look at things in a vacuum, but you have to take everything into consideration before making your judgment. But, when you see things like this happening, it makes it terribly hard to defend any comments against Richmond after this incident.
(10-28) 19:05 PDT Richmond — Three juvenile boys arrested in the rape, beating and robbery of a 15-year-old Richmond High School student were charged as adults Wednesday and could face life in prison if convicted.
The boys, ages 15, 16 and 17, were among five suspects that had been arrested in connection with the crime as of Wednesday. Police were continuing their investigation and expect to make more arrests.
Police said they now believe that as many as 10 young men may have assaulted the girl Saturday after she left her school’s homecoming dance. They initially said that about six young men attacked the girl.
The three juveniles were each charged with rape in concert and penetration with a foreign object, authorities said. The 16-year-old also faces a robbery charge.
The first suspect arrested in the case, Manuel Ortega, 19, of Richmond, was charged Wednesday with rape in concert, rape by force, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury.
Another suspect, Salvador Rodriguez, 21, of Richmond, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of rape in concert. He remains in custody and may be formally charged later this week, authorities said.
The latest arrest happened at 11 p.m. Tuesday when the 17-year-old boy turned himself in at Richmond police headquarters, Lt. Mike Gormley said. Officers went to the boy’s Pinole home earlier but didn’t find him, police said.
The younger boys are both from San Pablo.
Although the juveniles are being charged as adults, their names were withheld by authorities because of their ages. The three boys are being held without bail at Juvenile Hall.
Ortega is being held in lieu of $1.2 million bail at Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez. Rodriguez was in the process of being booked.
Police say the assailants, ranging in age from 15 to their early 20s, committed a “slew of crimes” against the girl, including raping her, beating her and stealing her jewelry.
The young men laughed and shot photos as they took turns assaulting the girl, police said.
Authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of any of the assailants.
The girl knew at least one of the assailants, the 15-year-old boy, investigators said.
About 200 students, teachers and community leaders rallied outside the campus after school Wednesday to condemn the rape and to say they wanted people to know the crime was not representative of their campus, despite the negative reputation of the crime-plagued city.
“I am devastated,” said senior Norma Bautista, her voice cracking with emotion. “I’m here because I want everybody in Arizona, in New York, everywhere they are, (to know) that we are not criminals. We are the future leaders. I see people call us animals. Why don’t you look at those of us who are trying to make a change?”
Most speakers blamed the rape at least in part on degrading, dehumanizing societal attitudes toward women.
Biology teacher Lorna McClellan said the problem of rape is not just confined to low-income cities with high crime rates, such as Richmond, and that she hoped community revulsion over the weekend attack will help spark societal change in the way some men view women.
“Women are portrayed on TV and in music as pieces of meat,” she said. “When are we going to take the challenge and step up and change this?”
This is where I will diverge with the tenor of the article. When will people take personal responsibility for their actions and not blame it on outside stimuli? I love rap music, violent video games, I watch copious amounts of porn, but I am not out there trying to take box. I loved my mother (r.i.p. ma dukes) and have normal relationships with women everywhere. So, why didn’t I fall down that path? I lived in Richmond, and went to school there and graduated from the K house, Kennedy HS.
How to help
Richmond High School is accepting cards and donations for the victim and her family. They can be mailed to the school at 1250 23rd St., Richmond, CA 94804-1011. Make checks out to the Richmond High Student Fund.
It’s clear that if you can, helping would be a good thing. As the norm, they like all that jingles, but they prefer the kind that folds….
You know we went over the reasons why this is true here. First, we brought you news of the death. During the reporting of his death, we speculated correctly. (This is something that you never want to be right on) With his death, we tried to look towards something positive. We told you that you can prevent his from happening by not buying your side pieces things, because they become accustomed to getting things. When you pull back, they will be upset. Now, if you are like Loso, then you can just throw it in the bag and not care.
But, it remains worth saying, due to the release of the cell phone records of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi.
One message that I hope doesn’t get lost is that the things that you say are not really protected once you die. So all the dirt that you texted about, there are records of all that. So, don’t think that you are getting away with something, because if you commit a crime, they are going to subpoena these records. USA Today reports the mayhem….
Nashville police have released more details about the murder-suicide of former Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, including some of their final text messages.
In the early morning of July 3, one day before their bodies were found, Kazemi sent a text message to McNair asking if he loved her.
“I’m gonna have all of u soon,” she said.
“Yes u will,” McNair replied.
See, here is the first mistake. Don’t promise something that you have no intention of following through with. Playing with someone’s emotions can have dangerous consequences.
The deaths have been ruled a murder-suicide, but the case file was withheld pending outcome of a related federal case involving the sale of the weapon used in the killings.
Click here to read the police summary report.
McNair and Kazemi were found July 4 at a downtown Nashville condo McNair rented.The former Titan quarterback was shot four times, and Kazemi died from a single gunshot to the head. Neither had any defensive wounds, and police believe McNair was asleep.
Investigators concluded that Kazemi was drowning in debt and despondent over realizations that McNair was dating other women and wasn’t going to leave his wife for her, The Tennessean reports.
If you had kept it real in the first place, then the other women might not have been so stressful. But, when you tell her that she is about to be elevated to QB#1 and in reality, you keep her on the practice squad, that can tear at a woman.
Early in the morning on July 3, she texted McNair, saying she might have a breakdown because she was so stressed. He responded, telling her everything was going to be fine.
“Baby I need to pay the cell phone bills n the hospital. can you transfer 2000 to my acc (sic)”, the text message said.
Then, nine minutes later, she said she might need to go to the hospital because she could hardly breathe.
A few hours later, she told McNair she wanted to pay some bills before she went to work because they were stressing her out.
He assured her he had someone transferring the money, the report says.
it really isnt that serious....just file for bankruptcy...or have someone steal the Caddy and get the insurance money...
This is when it fully becomes a problem. When she is equating her fiscal problems with the causes of health problems, then you have a situation that you need to deal with. The sad fact of the matter is that the 10K or 20 that she owed was a drop in the bucket for McNair. But, for normal people, that can seem like a drowning amount of money.
The American Dream....to be drowning in debt and owning a bunch of crap....
But, for those of use living large, here is how to live larger
ESPN reports the level of despair that she was feeling…
Kazemi later texted McNair three times asking to be with him that night. He said he was having trouble getting his sons to sleep. But at that time, McNair was seen at a restaurant with friends. Kazemi texted she was going to his condo. He texted back at 12:38 a.m. that he was on his way and asked her to open the front door at 12:52 a.m. Kazemi told him at 1:14 a.m. it was open.
Don’t play with people emotions is the sad tale that this story tells. That and not to have a side pivce or jump-off
A Lesson in Parenting:Wade Edwards SHOOTS man having sex with his 16 year old daughter
October 19, 2009
Multipurpose, just like the hotwheels tracks.....
There is not really a great manual on having kids and raising good children. Oh yeah, there are books written, but those suck. The people who usually write those books have wild children and the book is the way for them to live out their fantasy.
We are called Dadds for a reason…
We know there are dudes out there like us!
We know what they want and that they are predators. Just because we turned out okay, doesn’t mean that they will. We are there only to protect you from evil. That is why we agreed to house you for at least 18 years…
An Apopka man accused of shooting his stepdaughter’s boyfriend will remain in the Orange County Jail without bond.
Wade Edwards, 41, is charged with attempted murder.
He appeared in court at the jail this morning. He informed authorities that he intended to hire a private attorney.
Edwards is accused of shooting the 18-year-old boy several times in his rear after he caught the boy in bed with his 16-year-old step daughter.
He has a previous arrest in 1992 for assaut and weapons charges in St.Croix. The outcome of the case is not available, Orange County Judge Heather Higbee said in court.
I don’t know what the deal is. He shot him in the ass. He got off lucky. What if he shot him in the groin? That might be a lasting lesson and I bet that it wouldn’t happen again for that dude. Plus, what happened to a romantic parking place, or the park for sex?
This is determination to reach for the gold!
These kids today have it so easy that they are just getting lazy and having sex at home.
The rules are so easy about dating my daughter if I had one, they made a T-shirt.
Right on....this goes for nieces and god daughters.....
Just get this book and you should not have anymore trouble…
plus, I even give you a website to get the book!
Teachers gone WILD! is a favorite section of mine, notably because I teach. I look around at my fellow colleagues and wonder who could commit an act like this or this and look at themselves in the mirror and feel good with what has become of their life.
With Annette O’Leary and Linda Nef, they have made decisions that will affect the rest of their lifes. But, in their cases, they might be able to escape the spotlight of shame when it comes to their actions. they will never be teachers again, but they can move on with their life and still find and achieve happiness. For Carla, life as she knew it is over and the hope or possibility of redemption and rebirth are slim to none.
CANTON, Mississippi (In Session/CNN) — A Mississippi middle school teacher could face the death penalty after she was found guilty Tuesday of fatally shooting and stabbing her lover’s pregnant fiancé in 2006.
Carla Hughes taught at the same middle school as the victim’s fiancé, Keyon Pittman.
Keyon, DONT HAVE A SIDE PIECE! How many times do we need to say this before people start to listen?(but more importantly FOLLOW the advice?) You were planning a marriage with one woman, while secretly banging the other out on the side?
But, I will big up you, because the magic stick you must have been giving her had to be so good, it caused her to be able to shoot AND stab another living person, who was not attacking her.
Carla Hughes, 28, sobbed loudly as a judge read the verdicts on two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Avis Banks and her unborn child. The jury also found the slayings occurred during the commission of a burglary, making Hughes eligible for the death penalty.
A jury of nine women and three men are due to return to Madison County Circuit Court Wednesday morning to decide if Hughes should be executed for killing Banks, who was five months pregnant. Their verdict must be unanimous or Hughes will receive a life sentence.
Mississippi is among the states that consider murdering a pregnant woman to be taking two lives.
Madison County district attorneys alleged Hughes killed Banks so she could be with Keyon Pittman, her lover and colleague at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi.
Watch the jury find Carla Hughes guilty »
Banks, 27, was found lying in a pool of blood on November 29, 2006, in the garage of the Ridgeland home she shared with Pittman, the father of her unborn child.
She had been shot four times in the leg, chest and head, and then stabbed multiple times in the face and neck as she lay dying, according to medical testimony.
This is why you deserve the death penalty. Even after shooting someone, you would be able to hover over this quivering body and stab them multiple times.
Suspicion initially fell on Pittman, who admitted to having an affair with Hughes, a language arts teacher. Pittman, a key prosecution witness, told the jury he began seeing Hughes one month after finding out his girlfriend was pregnant. He testified that the two met frequently in Hughes’ home and even went out of town together, but he insisted the relationship was based solely on sex.
See Keyon, that is what Steve McNair thought. The booty call was good and you were happy. But, what you failed to realize is that you were playing with someones emotions.
Throughout the trial, defense lawyers maintained her innocence and attempted to cast blame on Pittman, portraying him as a womanizer seeking to avoid the burden of fatherhood.
But prosecutors said they could not link the crime to Pittman, who testified that he invoked his right against self-incrimination during a preliminary hearing when asked where he was the afternoon his fiancée was killed.
This was the smartest thing that you did. For once, someone understood that the things that they said CAN AND WILL be used against you in a court of law. Also, you suppressed the natural response of lying.
Instead, prosecutors alleged that the murder weapons connected Hughes to the crime. The defendant’s cousin testified that he lent her a knife and a loaded .38 caliber revolver the weekend before Hughes’ death. Ballistics tests matched the bullets from Hughes’ body to the gun, which Hughes returned unloaded to her cousin after her first interview with police.
Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest said Banks’ relatives plan to deliver victim impact statements at the sentencing. He said medical testimony will be presented to support the prosecution’s claim that the murders were gruesome and heinous, and warrant the death penalty.
Hughes’ lawyer, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., a Mississippi state senator, said her relatives will testify in a bid to spare her life.
Damn….V.I.S. or Victim Imapct Statements are the nail in the coffin. They will be very emotional and it will sway people with stories about how great this person was. I think that you are going to be visiting this here…
Lots of belts and straps here....I guess they dont want me to fall....
and I think that you are going to visit this bar. There are not drinks for the patrons, since you are not going to be staying long….
The Hotshot of Death...
JaMarcus Russell is a bust and that stench is starting to carry over to Darren McFadden and others….
October 8, 2009
JRuss doesn't know up from down...
This is really the s*#$ that got me mad….
You should not take this as “The Too Old Crew has give up on the Raiders…” Far from that. I am just tired of the losing. The Raiders have lost 11 or more games for the last6 years and it is wearing on me personally. Not enough to give them up, but enough to be mad and call for change. (Note, I am typing this while drinking out of my Black Raiders Aluminum Water Bottle, because I care about the Raiders and the environment.)
Keeps the water cold that I need to cool my emtions down about the Raiders...
Here is the Raiders record over the last six years. It’s not pretty and things have to change.
2003 2003 NFL AFC West 3rd 4 12 0 2004 2004 NFL AFC West 4th 5 11 0 2005 2005 NFL AFC West 4th 4 12 0 2006 2006 NFL AFC West 4th 2 14 0 2007 2007 NFL AFC West 4th 4 12 0 2008 2008 NFL AFC West 3rd 5 11 0 2009 2009 NFL AFC West TBD 1 3 0
Having some of the top picks were designed to get us out of this rut. Instead, the drafting of JaMarcus Russell has seemingly set the franchise back another five years from being relevant. This is not the comments of a spurned fan. This is what I said during the draft. My hopes were pinned on either taking Calvin Johnson or trading the pick and getting some proven talent. Instead, we drafted a QB that wasn’t ready for prime time. Yahoo explains the mistake that we made. Read the rest of this entry »
Steve McNair and side pieces are still in the news…Damn, can’t you let a dead dude rest?
October 6, 2009
Don’t people know that it’s wrong to speak ill of the dead?
By Kate Howard, The Tennessean
A property management company has filed a claim against former Titan Steve McNair’s estate for back rent on a West End apartment he began leasing in October.
McNair was the co-signer for a condo on Parthenon Avenue near Centennial Park, with his cousin, Raymond White, as the primary renter. But once the 12-month lease was finalized, the electricity was turned on in the name of a young woman, according to public records from Nashville Electric Service.
Mail and utility bills for the condo had been going to 26-year-old Adrianne Hobbs. Gianikas Property Management has asked McNair’s estate for $1,750 in rent, late fees and pet damages for the condo, which was vacated last month.
Rent was late in June and was never paid in July, according to court filings.
McNair was shot and killed July 4 in a condo off Second Avenue. Police have ruled that McNair was murdered by 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi, who then killed herself. The two had been dating, and police said Kazemi was distraught over catching McNair, who was married, with another woman.
Side piece Sahel Kazemi, who murdered McNair and took her own life...obviously during happier times...
Steve, Steve, Steve…if other people learn from this horrible tragedy, then while we would have lost a great leader (and not so great husband) but gained something from his death. DON’T BUY YOUR SIDE PIECES ANYTHING! This is where it started (that and keeping it in his pants) to go sideways for him. had he just been clear that this was some late-night smash time, then she would not have gotten so clingy. It is a lot easier to separate from that, then it is to make a commitment to someone by buying them things…
She told friends she had seen another woman leave the condo off Second Avenue and followed her home. That woman was not Hobbs, Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said.
“The person who I am aware of, who believes that she was followed by (Kazemi’s) Escalade, is a different individual and lives elsewhere,” Aaron said.
This sounds like it could have gotten worse. If Sahel “Shooter” Kazemi KNEW OF this other person, I am glad that she didn’t shoot her up too. Suicide after killing someone else is such the cowards way out…
A former employee at the property management company says McNair had been coming to the office each month and paying the $1,000-a-month rent personally for the Parthenon Avenue residence.
The electricity in Hobbs’ name was disconnected Aug. 7, according to records from the Nashville Electric Service. It is unclear how she knew McNair.
Before we go jumping to conclusions, what if the woman was the side piece of the cousin (or even better yet, what if she was the girlfriend?) yeah, she would have come forward, but maybe all the notoriety scared her off. Now, they have your name too…
“As far as we knew, McNair gave (White) the keys, and we thought (White) moved in,” said Stephanie Burch-McMahan, who managed the apartments until earlier this year. “It wasn’t until a couple months later, we discovered there’s no male person living in the apartment.”
Phone numbers for White have been disconnected, and he could not be reached for comment. A call to his attorney was not returned Tuesday.
‘We let it go’
Someone saw a woman walking a puppy in the pet-free condo, and the manager said she sent a letter to White. There appeared to be only women’s items in the apartment, Burch-McMahan said, and other residents of the apartment complex told management they’d seen only McNair and a blonde woman coming and going.
“If there had not been for (McNair’s) celebrity status, we would have called and said, ‘Who is this person living here?’ ” she said. “We knew if we confronted him about it, it would create a lot of awkwardness, so we let it go.”
That is what being famous gets you…a lot less questions. Steve and others need to know that handling your business out in the open will get you caught up, even if some people are willing to hide it. All these people thought that they were bulletproof….
Burch-McMahan, a fan of McNair, said she was at first disheartened at the circumstances of McNair’s death, but she considers him a kind and generous person and doesn’t want to judge him now.
“Maybe losing an icon like Steve means we are being asked to re-evaluate what we will accept and expect from relationships, and be conscious of the pain and destructiveness that infidelity causes,” she said.
Sound a lot like Joey, doesn’t it?
The smile seems forced, but i bet he loves his job!
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Hobbs could not be reached Tuesday. A reporter spoke with her in July at the West End condo, but she said she didn’t know McNair and she had no comment.
Her friend Valerie Skelton identified herself as White’s girlfriend and said she herself lived in the condo. She said she had moved in a few months before McNair’s death. Skelton also did not return a phone call or e-mail Tuesday.
Valerie on the left, Adrienne on the right
Steve, please tell me (through a dream or however the dead contact the living) that you were not smashing either of these two women. I am hoping that it really was your cousin, his girl and her friend…
Gary Rubenstein, the attorney representing Gianikas Property Management, said mail had been coming in Hobbs’ name, and Skelton applied to be added to the lease nine days after McNair’s death. Rubenstein wasn’t sure who was living there.
Because White was the primary lessee, the company intends to pursue payment from him. But they still filed a claim against McNair’s estate because there is only a limited amount of time to do so, Rubenstein said.
Sharks smell blood in the water. You are going after the dead for your money? Let the man rest.
He said he has been in touch with White’s attorney and any payment they get from White will be deducted from their claim against McNair.
Rose Palermo, who represents Mechelle McNair in the probate case, said she has no information about the claim and can’t comment. Steve McNair did not leave a will.
American Express also has filed a claim against his estate for $44,000, and Magee General Hospital in Mississippi has filed for about $287.
Crime case officially isn’t closed
Though Metro investigators ruled the deaths of McNair and Kazemi a murder-suicide on July 8, they have not officially closed the case or made the case file public. It’s unlikely they will do so until the conclusion of the federal case against the man who sold Kazemi the gun, Aaron said.
Adrian Gilliam Jr. has been charged with being a felon in possession of a handgun after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms traced the gun that killed the pair back to him. He told Metro police he sold Kazemi the gun for $100.
“The Metro Police Department’s investigation is parallel with the investigation by the federal authorities,” Aaron said. “In fact our officers have been very much involved in the federal case as well as the murder-suicide investigation. As far as the very thick case file, I suspect that is going to be not made public until the federal matter is resolved.”
I still feel sorry for the poor sap who thought he was doing some woman a favor by getting here a gun for protection and not he is caught up too…
Maybe this is the way to bring a championship to CLE....
When you have nothing to say, sometimes you grab for anything. In being interviewed, LeBron called Braylon Edwards childish for allegedly hitting a friend of his.
BEREA, Ohio (AP)—LeBron James called Browns receiver Braylon Edwards(notes) “childish” for allegedly punching James’ friend early Monday morning outside of a Cleveland night club.
James said Edwards punched Edward Givens, a friend of James’ and a promoter with a Cleveland marketing firm who was working outside the club around 2:30 a.m. EDT.
The world does not revolve around you Lebron. In fact a lot of people just don't care and are not jealous of you.
“I’ve never crossed paths with Braylon before, but it seems like there’s a little jealousy going on with Braylon and me and my friends. I have no idea why,” James said. “I’ve never said anything to Braylon at all. But for him to do that is very childish. My friend is 130 pounds. Seriously. It’s like hitting one of my kids. It doesn’t make sense.”
James says he was home when the fight occurred, but got a call from Givens telling him about it at 7 a.m. Monday.
LeBron, it sounds like this dude is one of your kids. Why is he calling you that early in the morning to talk about what happened at the club? Did he stay out past his curfew? It makes sense if dude was talking slick. He is old enough to be responsible for what he says.
This reminds me of what happened to Erik when he went to the CAL game this weekend. (To make a long story short, this old dude thought that he could check Erik with repercussions. He was wrong … E almost had to beat an old dude down in front of his father.) Bottom line, if someone puts his hands on you, or says something slick, then all bets are off.
maybe less time on the sidekick and more time watching where you are going would have prevented you from getting smacked up....this is a promotional picture of the firm that LBJ's friend works at. Not sure which he is, but he got bruised up!
Browns coach Eric Mangini said he has spoken with Braylon Edwards about the alleged fight.
I wonder what Coach said….I would have said something like, “Where was that fight during the game, since we lost and you didn’t catch a single pass, even though Anderson threw for 269 yards?”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that a 28-year-old man accused Edwards of punching him in the face following an argument. The man said Edwards hit him with a closed fist. He said he suffered a black eye and cut and was treated at a hospital.
Why is this part news? Did he expect to be hit with an open fist in a slapping motion?
he does look pretty satisfied.....
Mangini said he was aware of the incident. He added his players’ personal conduct is important and that he was still gathering information on the incident.
Edwards did not catch a pass in Sunday’s 23-20 overtime loss to Cincinnati. It was the first time in 62 career games Edwards did not have at least one reception.
