Monday, February 16, 2009

Marshawn Lynch Arrested

This is a bit late in terms of news, but reports were confirmed over the weekend.

Former Cal running back and current Buffalo Bills Pro Bowler Marshawn Lynch was arrested last week in Culver City for felony possession of a firearm.

Long story short, police discovered a loaded firearm which was determined to have belonged to Lynch. Lynch was arrested and later released on $35,000 bond.

Further details have yet to be released, which could shed a lot of light on this whole situation (like how and why the police came into contact with Lynch and his friends, why the investigation occurred after one of the three men in the car was determined to be Lynch, etc).

Regardless, it's not a good situation for Lynch, the Bills, or the NFL after Lynch's traffic incident last year in which he was involved in a hit-and-run, and the controversy surrounding NFL players and their possession concealed firearms after Plaxico Burress' accidental self-shooting. Yeah, self shooting.

More news to come. Will try and keep ya'lls posted.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

say it ain't so, Marshawn

Anonymous said...

Kind of off topic, but I see Pitt is looking to hire Cignetti away from Cal. I guess he is flying into pittsburgh today and is expected to sign. The article went out in the Pittsburgh Post-gazette. Any thoughts as to whether this is a big deal?

Bear with Fangs said...

I'll comment more on this if Cignetti does indeed sign with Pittsburgh. But yes, I would say this is a big deal. It wouldn't affect this year's recruiting class, but may hinder future ones to see this level of instability at the OC position.

It's not so much Cignetti was a huge loss, as it is losing an OC this late in the year with Spring practice just a few weeks away.

Stay tuned.

Anonymous said...

Is this news getting around Cal yet? it seems like the Pitt media is throwing out that he is the number one target. The fans all claim that It is being kept very hush hush and it is in fact pretty close to be finalized.

Bear with Fangs said...

People are murmuring about it, but again no official words. It's looking more and more likely though at this point.

Anonymous said...

Just heard the official announcement will be given at 3:45. Cignetti is gone. Signed sealed and soon to be announced to the media

Bear with Fangs said...

Thanks Bobby. I just posted on it, so one can leave more comments on the story there.