ESPN reports that Preston Parker (Florida State Junior Receiver) has been dismissed from the school team after being arrested for the second time in less than a year (the other charges being for weapons and drugs. In 2006, he was also arrested for the alleged theft of a DVD).
This time, Tallahassee police found 21-year-old Parker, asleep in his car with the engine running in a drive-thru McDonalds lane and arrested him for driving under the influence, once officers had banged on the window to wake him that is. Although Parker admitted to drinking and smoking earlier that evening, his blood-alcohol content was 0.054 below the Florida legal limit of 0.08. Police sources have said though that a urine sample was a “presumptive positive” for marijuana.
Parker was freed the following day from the Leon County Jail on $500 bail.
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3879281&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines ; http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3874714&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
Kris is a Senior Lecturer, and Co-Director of the Centre for International Sports Law (CISL) at Staffordshire University, UK. He originally trained and competed as an elite gymnast until a shoulder injury at university forced him to retire as an active competitor. He now spends his spare time coaching Trampolining, Gymnastics, DMT, Cheerleading, Parkour and anything that involves throwing yourself through the air with various degrees of twist and rotation!
Jon is an Associate Professor, and Co-Director of the Centre for International Sports Law (CISL) at Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia. Jon worked as a climbing guide, trained and coordinated search and rescue, managed risk and sales in the United States with a European-based manufacturer of outdoor equipment and advised recreation programmes on their exposure to legal risk. His extra-curricular background is just as diverse and includes stints playing semi-pro volleyball in Brazil, researching wolves in the Canadian Rockies, climbing and leading expeditions from Alaska to Argentina, Tajikistan to the Tetons, and many points in between. He has been married to Wendy for 15 years and together they have 2 wonderful kids – Tegan (10) and Brock (8) – whom he continues to emotionally scar as their football coach!
February 18, 2009
criminal law