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Cedric Benson arrested.

drewmar74

disgruntled
Per PFT's rumor mill.... They allude to boating while intoxicated.

KVUE News in Austin, Texas, is reporting that Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested early this morning by the Travis County Sheriff’s department.

The report does not give a reason for the arrest, but does say Benson is out on bond.

Benson has had previous legal trouble. In 2004 he was found guilty of criminal trespassing in connection with a break-in at a woman’s home. In 2002 he was arrested on marijuana possession charges.

The Bears’ 2005 first-round draft pick, Benson has been a disappointment in the NFL. After the Bears used their second-round draft pick on running back Matt Forte, there has been talk in Chicago that Benson won’t be around much longer.



http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/
 

Lucky

Ride, Captain, Ride!
Staff member
PFT said:
...fter the Bears used their second-round draft pick on running back Matt Forte, there has been talk in Chicago that Benson won’t be around much longer.
Which would lead to the obligatory "Should the Texans sign Cedric Benson?" threads. :brickwall:
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
A Longhorn in trouble with the law?? Can't be. They get arrested all the time but the UT Athletic Dept always comes through with a clean drug test.
 

Hardcore Texan

Magnet Man
What a maroon, I just don't get these guys, millions of dolllars in his pocket you think it would be pretty simple to have someone sober drive if you have had a couple too many. He needs to get his act together and stay out of trouble. It's really not that hard.
 

threetoedpete

Hall of Fame
Surely, surely you don't think we'll get subjected to these, do you?

Can you guys delete them as they pop up?
Well let me be the first. 200 dollar waiver wire price, why not ? the cap hit is on chicgo's books not ours. Price of a cup of cofee ? give him a sniff.
 

threetoedpete

Hall of Fame
Yes I'm Shocked !! Shocked, that people were on the lake in Austin drinking and smoking and getting...well you know the rest. It would be more of an event if there weren't people on the lake intoxicated. Kinda like the junkies on 6th street. Capistrano has it's swllows. Austin has it's junkies on 6th street.

Both will poop on you if you don't keep an eye peeled.

http://www.sanjuancapistrano.net/swallows/
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Austin
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
Yes I'm Shocked !! Shocked, that people were on the lake in Austin drinking and smoking and getting...well you know the rest. It would be more of an event if there weren't people on the lake intoxicated. Kinda like the junkies on 6th street. Capistrano has it's swllows. Austin has it's junkies on 6th street.

Both will poop on you if you don't keep an eye peeled.

http://www.sanjuancapistrano.net/swallows/
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Austin
Benson gets busted and you take the opportunity to bash Austin?? I'm a Houstonian and always will take up for my hometown especially over Austin, but that post was just misguided anger toward.............something.
 

Hervoyel

BUENO!
Which would lead to the obligatory "Should the Texans sign Cedric Benson?" threads. :brickwall:
You won't get that from me and I wanted the Texans to try and get hold of him when he came out. I was incredibly wrong about that one and I've been grateful for a couple of years that I wasn't in charge of that draft.
 

Wolf

100% Texan
good thing it wasn't williamson county or ....well you all know about the reputations of that county
 

BSofA04

Veteran
F** da bears cause they screwed us in the draft. For whatever it's worth, they should have chosen Otah who is more of the physical, big OT who fits their scheme. Albert or Williams would have slide to us, depending on whom KC picked. Nothing more would make me happy than to see the Bears (and Titans) fall head first.

I hope this screws with some Chi-town mojo.
 

Kaiser Toro

Native Mod
Yes I'm Shocked !! Shocked, that people were on the lake in Austin drinking and smoking and getting...well you know the rest. It would be more of an event if there weren't people on the lake intoxicated. Kinda like the junkies on 6th street. Capistrano has it's swllows. Austin has it's junkies on 6th street.

Both will poop on you if you don't keep an eye peeled.

http://www.sanjuancapistrano.net/swallows/
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Austin
I get the feeling that you are communicating through some type of wormhole, transmitting from 1923. Once again proving that your surreality is most likely fueled with moonshine and your quasi-inebriated rants served up by a shouldered parrot bought at Pirates R Us.

There are many lakes around Austin. 6th street is not a haven for junkies, but rather a haven for tourists and college kids.
 

dc_txtech

All Pro
Yes I'm Shocked !! Shocked, that people were on the lake in Austin drinking and smoking and getting...well you know the rest. It would be more of an event if there weren't people on the lake intoxicated. Kinda like the junkies on 6th street. Capistrano has it's swllows. Austin has it's junkies on 6th street.

Both will poop on you if you don't keep an eye peeled.

http://www.sanjuancapistrano.net/swallows/
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Austin
I just read through some of the Austin link. Being from Round Rock I thought a couple of the comments were kinda funny. Then I read this under "attractions in Austin":


The Yogurt Shop: Here four stuck-up high school cheerleader bimbos got raped, maimed, pillaged and burned by four l0zer slakker punks because they wouldn't put out or give them free yogurt. All four punks either got acquitted because they did the gene pool a favor, or are awaiting new trials because they ratted out on each other and lied about who did what


That has got to be the sickest thing I have ever read. For anyone not familiar with the yogurt shop murders, 4 young girls from 13-17 years old, were bound and gagged, raped, and murdered execution style. Then their bodies were doused in gasoline and burned to chars.

I have no problem with people poking fun at Austin, but if anyone ever said anything like that to my face, I can assure you they would never say it again.

Thanks for the link but I don't think I will ever be going back to that site.
 
F** da bears cause they screwed us in the draft. For whatever it's worth, they should have chosen Otah who is more of the physical, big OT who fits their scheme. Albert or Williams would have slide to us, depending on whom KC picked. Nothing more would make me happy than to see the Bears (and Titans) fall head first.

I hope this screws with some Chi-town mojo.
What combination would you rather have?
A. Duane Brown, Steve Slaton, Xavier Adibi and Dominique Barber
B. Chris Williams (or Brandon Albert) and Tashard Choice

I'm listing it this way because I doubt the Texans would have taken Adibi in the fourth round if they did not already have an RB. Choice was the next RB taken after Adibi and a guy that's been on our radar.

And that's assuming that Williams or Albert fell to us. Detroit took an OT at 17 (Cherilus); I'm guessing they'd have been all over whichever of Albert/Williams made it past the Chiefs. And even if they did not, who's to say that someone else would not have swooped ahead of us to get them? Carolina gladly paid a king's ransom to draft Otah at 19. The Falcons gave up alot to get Sam Baker at 21. I wonder what someone would have paid to the Lions or Cardinals if Williams/Albert was hanging out there at picks 16/17.

Clearly, Smithiak had their fingers crossed for Williams/Albert, but with the way things fell in rounds 3 and 4, they got a far better basket of goodies (IMHO) than they would have if the original best-case scenario actually transpired.
 

Hardcore Texan

Magnet Man
good thing it wasn't williamson county or ....well you all know about the reputations of that county
You ain't kidding. I live in Williamson county and that is no joke bro, they would throw the book at him in a heartbeat regardless of stature.
 

NitroGSXR

Super Sic #58
I just read through some of the Austin link. Being from Round Rock I thought a couple of the comments were kinda funny. Then I read this under "attractions in Austin":


The Yogurt Shop: Here four stuck-up high school cheerleader bimbos got raped, maimed, pillaged and burned by four l0zer slakker punks because they wouldn't put out or give them free yogurt. All four punks either got acquitted because they did the gene pool a favor, or are awaiting new trials because they ratted out on each other and lied about who did what


That has got to be the sickest thing I have ever read. For anyone not familiar with the yogurt shop murders, 4 young girls from 13-17 years old, were bound and gagged, raped, and murdered execution style. Then their bodies were doused in gasoline and burned to chars.

I have no problem with people poking fun at Austin, but if anyone ever said anything like that to my face, I can assure you they would never say it again.

Thanks for the link but I don't think I will ever be going back to that site.
I remember when that happened. I was in high school at the Texas School for the Deaf at the time and went to the crime scene the day or two after it happened. It was gruesome and a heartbreaking experience. I've made sure to remember their names after all these years. I believe it happened in December of 1991.

Amy Ayers.
Sarah Harbison.
Jennifer Harbison.
Eliza Thomas.

We must never forget. I never went into another 'I Can't Believe It's Not Yogurt' shop again. In fact, has that franchise collapsed now? It's been a long time since I've seen one.
 

dc_txtech

All Pro
Growing up in Williamson County I was pulled over and searched approximately 25 times from the ages of 16-18. Drug dogs came out about 6 times. Usually 3-4 cop cars called in for backup. When I moved to Lubbock I expected the same but I have yet to be pulled over in 7 years. People tend to give me skeptical looks when I tell them about some of the stories. The older I get the more I realize just how bad it was.

Cedric would be seeing jail time if he was 20 miles North of where he was arrested.
 

dc_txtech

All Pro
I remember when that happened. I was in high school at the Texas School for the Deaf at the time and went to the crime scene the day or two after it happened. It was gruesome and a heartbreaking experience. I've made sure to remember their names after all these years. I believe it happened in December of 1991.

Amy Ayers.
Sarah Harbison.
Jennifer Harbison.
Eliza Thomas.

We must never forget. I never went into another 'I Can't Believe It's Not Yogurt' shop again. In fact, has that franchise collapsed now? It's been a long time since I've seen one.
My mom has followed the case pretty closely. Well, as closely as someone can who is not in law enforcement. There is not a year that goes by that we don't have a long conversation about the case. But I don't think anybody who lived in the area at the time will ever forget. I am pretty sure the restaurant is still running in other states but I doubt they will reopen in Texas for a long time.

Thanks for posting, I'm glad I am not the only one who feels this way.
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
I just read through some of the Austin link. Being from Round Rock I thought a couple of the comments were kinda funny. Then I read this under "attractions in Austin":


The Yogurt Shop: Here four stuck-up high school cheerleader bimbos got raped, maimed, pillaged and burned by four l0zer slakker punks because they wouldn't put out or give them free yogurt. All four punks either got acquitted because they did the gene pool a favor, or are awaiting new trials because they ratted out on each other and lied about who did what


That has got to be the sickest thing I have ever read. For anyone not familiar with the yogurt shop murders, 4 young girls from 13-17 years old, were bound and gagged, raped, and murdered execution style. Then their bodies were doused in gasoline and burned to chars.

I have no problem with people poking fun at Austin, but if anyone ever said anything like that to my face, I can assure you they would never say it again.

Thanks for the link but I don't think I will ever be going back to that site.
Wow. I didn't look very closely at the site. I was here when that happened and even today that story can straighten me up out of uncontrolled laughter to a somber stare. I can't believe that was on that stupid site.

[insert 10,000 word rant here]

End of post.
 

dc_txtech

All Pro
Wow. I didn't look very closely at the site. I was here when that happened and even today that story can straighten me up out of uncontrolled laughter to a somber stare. I can't believe that was on that stupid site.

[insert 10,000 word rant here]

End of post.
That is exactly how I felt. Ha Ha hippies are funny.....WTF??? I have written the site but I doubt they give a damn.
 

HoustonFrog

Dallas Frog
Benson's side of thing. I'm never a person who just assumes things because I am not a fan of cops. So I can see this story being a cross between two things. I definitely don't think he was innocent of all but I think the cops probably kept things escalated.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3380764

AUSTIN, Texas -- Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was charged with boating while intoxicated after failing a sobriety test and resisting arrest that required officers to use pepper spray before dragging him ashore Saturday night, according to police.
If found guilty, Benson faces up to six months in jail and $2,000 for each class B misdemeanor. No court date has been set. In Texas, a BWI charge carries the same weight as a DWI.

The former Texas Longhorn, however, said he was not drunk and did not resist arrest.

"I was not intoxicated," Benson told the Chicago Sun-Times. "There was alcohol on the boat and others were enjoying themselves, but I wasn't drunk."

"They gave me a field sobriety test, told me to say my ABCs and told me to count from 1 to 4 up and down," Benson told the Chicago Tribune. "I'm thinking, I passed all the tests, did everything right. Then the officer told me we needed to go to land to take more tests. I politely asked him why we needed to go to land to take more tests when I took every test. Then he sprayed me with mace, on his boat.

"I'm not handcuffed. I'm not under arrest. I'm not threatening him. I'm not pushing him. I'm not touching him. And he sprays me right in my eye."

Benson was released from jail early Sunday on a $14,500 bond. He said in the year he has owned the boat, he has been questioned by lake police six times, according to the Tribune.


Benson was operating the boat with 15 passengers aboard when he was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. He failed a field sobriety test on the officer's boat and was uncooperative when the officer tried to take him ashore, the authority said.

"When Benson did not pass the test, he presented himself as a threat to the officer and argued about whether or not he would be taken to land to have a follow-up field sobriety test performed on land and refused to put on a life jacket," the authority said in a statement. The officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson, a move the running back doesn't understand.
"Even after they pepper-sprayed me, I have no idea why they did that. I was cooperative," Benson told the Sun-Times. "I asked them several times why they did that and they didn't give me an answer."

Benson then refused to leave the officer's boat and authorities had to drag him to a car to be taken to the Travis County jail, the authority said.

Benson's account differs. He told the Tribune that he was not near his family when the police restrained him.

"Nobody saw what he did to me," Benson told the newspaper. "I started screaming for my mother to come. That's when they put me under arrest. And the officer threw a life jacket over my head.

"Once we got to land, the Travis County police grabbed me and kicked my feet from under me. So I landed on my back while I was handcuffed. They held me down and held the water hose over my face. I couldn't breathe, I'm choking, I'm begging the cops, 'Please stop. Please stop.' Then they picked me up and dragged me backward toward their car. And I'm still being polite, asking them, 'Sir, could you please allow me to walk like a man to your cop car?' They just kept dragging me on."
 

drewmar74

disgruntled
"Once we got to land, the Travis County police grabbed me and kicked my feet from under me. So I landed on my back while I was handcuffed. They held me down and held the water hose over my face. I couldn't breathe, I'm choking, I'm begging the cops, 'Please stop. Please stop.' Then they picked me up and dragged me backward toward their car. And I'm still being polite, asking them, 'Sir, could you please allow me to walk like a man to your cop car?' They just kept dragging me on."

So they waterboarded him?
 

bah007

Hall of Fame
I've met a few of the officers on Lake Travis. Benson' version of events could likely be true.
 

michaelm

vox nihili
Evidently, Specnatz hasn't been on the boards in the last 23 hours. I can't imagine him missing out on a thread about a Longhorn in trouble with the law. :)


Where ya at, Spec???
 

bah007

Hall of Fame
Evidently, Specnatz hasn't been on the boards in the last 23 hours. I can't imagine him missing out on a thread about a Longhorn in trouble with the law. :)


Where ya at, Spec???
He better stay away from this one.

I don't wanna have to dig up those Brady Quinn pictures....
 

Specnatz

Hall of Fame
Evidently, Specnatz hasn't been on the boards in the last 23 hours. I can't imagine him missing out on a thread about a Longhorn in trouble with the law. :)


Where ya at, Spec???
He better stay away from this one.

I don't wanna have to dig up those Brady Quinn pictures....
I really do not have to call anyone out here grown man calling for mommy, that in of itself is down right hilarious. Knowing as many cops as I have in my life this sounds odd from all accounts and the truth lies in the middle.

Go ahead and bring up the Quinn picks if you want, you seem to enjoy them more than anyone else here, not that is a bad thing, it is just not my thing.

Oh and I could easily bring up the arrest report for the 2007 season of the UT football program, I am still not sure if the arrest out weighed the wins, I would have to double check on that.
 

Texan_Bill

Hall of Fame
I really do not have to call anyone out here grown man calling for mommy, that in of itself is down right hilarious. Knowing as many cops as I have in my life this sounds odd from all accounts and the truth lies in the middle.

Go ahead and bring up the Quinn picks if you want, you seem to enjoy them more than anyone else here, not that is a bad thing, it is just not my thing.

Oh and I could easily bring up the arrest report for the 2007 season of the UT football program, I am still not sure if the arrest out weighed the wins, I would have to double check on that.
If Bah007 -OR- anyone else posts those dang pictures of Quinn, I am holding YOU personally responsible...

*Scratches head and thinks "if I ever see those pics again - it will be too soon"*

Step away from the Chalupa man....
 

Specnatz

Hall of Fame
If Bah007 -OR- anyone else posts those dang pictures of Quinn, I am holding YOU personally responsible...

*Scratches head and thinks "if I ever see those pics again - it will be too soon"*

Step away from the Chalupa man....
How the hell is it my fault, I am not wanting to see them and I am not the one posting them? I did not start any crap with anyone, I was not where to be seen all weekend and I come back to two people calling me out for no reason. I am sorry they love a school that has more players arrested in a year than the team I like does in about half a century.
 

Texan_Bill

Hall of Fame
How the hell is it my fault, I am not wanting to see them and I am not the one posting them? I did not start any crap with anyone, I was not where to be seen all weekend and I come back to two people calling me out for no reason. I am sorry they love a school that has more players arrested in a year than the team I like does in about half a century.
Anything gay and Notre Dame will be your fault.... Man-Law!!!!!
 

cuppacoffee

Resident Grouch
A Longhorn in trouble with the law?? Can't be. They get arrested all the time but always comes through with a clean drug test.

Like the 2002 misdemeanor drug and alcohol charges against him that were dropped?

He spent eight days in jail in 2003 for trespassing, guess the UT Athletic Dept couldn't get that one dropped.

You ain't kidding. I live in Williamson county and that is no joke bro, they would throw the book at him in a heartbeat regardless of stature.
This is a good thing, right?

:coffee:
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
Like the 2002 misdemeanor drug and alcohol charges against him that were dropped?

He spent eight days in jail in 2003 for trespassing, guess the UT Athletic Dept couldn't get that one dropped.



This is a good thing, right?

:coffee:
You are leaving out a ton of stuff. Remember before the Ohio State game?? Kid gets busted in a car on 183 at three in the morning with pot and a gun on his person and it all goes away after UT says a drug test was clean. What about the pot? What was he doing a 3:00 in the morning on a night when he should be studying? What about the handgun? That is just one of many, many examples. Don't give me "he didn't get to play in the game" either.
 

bah007

Hall of Fame
How the hell is it my fault, I am not wanting to see them and I am not the one posting them? I did not start any crap with anyone, I was not where to be seen all weekend and I come back to two people calling me out for no reason. I am sorry they love a school that has more players arrested in a year than the team I like does in about half a century.
Dude. Relax, seriously.

Nobody is calling you out. I have no intention of searching for those ridiculous pictures.

I intended for you to take it as a joke. I guess I should have used a smiley.

I could really care less what anyone says about the UT program. The fact is: the kids that are proven guilty get kicked off the team.
 

bah007

Hall of Fame
You are leaving out a ton of stuff. Remember before the Ohio State game?? Kid gets busted in a car on 183 at three in the morning with pot and a gun on his person and it all goes away after UT says a drug test was clean. What about the pot? What was he doing a 3:00 in the morning on a night when he should be studying? What about the handgun? That is just one of many, many examples. Don't give me "he didn't get to play in the game" either.
Don't try to throw this stuff over on us if you don't know what happened.

Aaron Harris (former player) was the owner & driver of the car.

Tarell Brown & Tyrell Gatewood (current players at the time) were asleep in the backseat of Harris' vehicle, and the gun was sitting in Brown's lap (it belonged to Gatewood, purchased legally).

Brown was charged with a weapons misdemeanor & all three were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

The pot charges against Brown & Gatewood were dropped when they both passed a drug test & Harris admitted that the pot was his.

Brown & Gatewood were both suspended for the Ohio St game, & Gatewood was later suspended for the entire season when he was caught in possession of some pills while driving.

Brown & Gatewood were unnecessarily tasered during the event (while they were still asleep in the backseat).

I cannot find an official article on the outcome of the gun charges, but they were in the process of being dropped because Gatewood's claims of only using the gun at a shooting range was proven true. And the only reason Brown had the gun in his lap was because Gatewood had left it in the car & Brown was going to put it in Tyrell's room when they dropped him off (they were roomates).
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
Don't try to throw this stuff over on us if you don't know what happened.

Aaron Harris (former player) was the owner & driver of the car.

Tarell Brown & Tyrell Gatewood (current players at the time) were asleep in the backseat of Harris' vehicle, and the gun was sitting in Brown's lap (it belonged to Gatewood, purchased legally).

Brown was charged with a weapons misdemeanor & all three were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

The pot charges against Brown & Gatewood were dropped when they both passed a drug test & Harris admitted that the pot was his.

Brown & Gatewood were both suspended for the Ohio St game, & Gatewood was later suspended for the entire season when he was caught in possession of some pills while driving.

Brown & Gatewood were unnecessarily tasered during the event (while they were still asleep in the backseat).

I cannot find an official article on the outcome of the gun charges, but they were in the process of being dropped because Gatewood's claims of only using the gun at a shooting range was proven true. And the only reason Brown had the gun in his lap was because Gatewood had left it in the car & Brown was going to put it in Tyrell's room when they dropped him off (they were roomates).
I still want to know how they got out of it. If you don't think UT wasn't involved you are kidding yourself. BTW, aren't they still considered on the team, but suspended indefinitely?? As in UT will use them if the need arises but until then it wouldn't be right?

What do you mean "if I don't know what happened"? You don't know anymore than I do. Moreover, if it is my opinion I'll say whatever I feel like saying. Where is accountability to Mack Brown in all of this??

You still seem to think it's OK to be caught with thugs at 3:00am with guns and drugs during a football season where they are getting an education in return for football. You don't get it, they shouldn't have been there, and if it were me or you charges would not have been dismissed. Go ahead and throw a comeback, I've stated how I feel and anymore would be a long exchange I can already see will go nowhere. We will simply disagree on this.
 

bah007

Hall of Fame
I still want to know how they got out of it. If you don't think UT wasn't involved you are kidding yourself. BTW, aren't they still considered on the team, but suspended indefinitely?? As in UT will use them if the need arises but until then it wouldn't be right?

What do you mean "if I don't know what happened"? You don't know anymore than I do. Moreover, if it is my opinion I'll say whatever I feel like saying. Where is accountability to Mack Brown in all of this??

You still seem to think it's OK to be caught with thugs at 3:00am with guns and drugs during a football season where they are getting an education in return for football. You don't get it, they shouldn't have been there, and if it were me or you charges would not have been dismissed. Go ahead and throw a comeback, I've stated how I feel and anymore would be a long exchange I can already see will go nowhere. We will simply disagree on this.
Well don't let the facts I presented get in your way.

We're obiously done here. Agree to disagree. I presented the facts of the case, I have no intention of arguing with you about them.
 

Showtime100

Got JJ?
Well don't let the facts I presented get in your way.

We're obiously done here. Agree to disagree. I presented the facts of the case, I have no intention of arguing with you about them.
Fact, they were in possession. Drug tests have nothing to do with possession and you know it.

(Facts, lol)
 
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