Bryant McNeal Arrested...

[Angry Pope]

NFL player wanted in Florida arrested in Lexington County
July 5, 2007


CHAPIN, SC (WIS) - A news release states Lexington County authorities took a defensive end with the NFL's Oakland Raiders into custody on Thursday.
Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said Bryant Ashley McNeal, 27, of Chapin, was being held on Thursday at the Lexington County Detention while awaiting extradition to Florida.

McNeal, a former football player at Swansea High School and Clemson University, faces trial on an arrest warrant that was obtained on February 8, 2006 by the Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office after McNeal violated a Florida law governing pawn broking, Metts said.

McNeal was arrested by a Chapin police officer around 3:35am during a traffic stop.

Metts said the officer charged McNeal with driving with a suspended South Carolina driver's license and driving a vehicle without a headlight.

A supervisor with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department Fugitive Unit questioned McNeal after the arrest and obtained McNeal's consent to waive extradition to Florida, Metts said.

An arrest warrant for McNeal also had been issued by Richland County Magistrate Willie H. Womble, Jr. on March 1, 2007, alleging that McNeal wrote a fraudulent check in the amount of $1,500 to Berger Dental Group, Metts said.

McNeal was served with the Richland County arrest warrant on Thursday after he was arrested following the traffic stop in Chapin.

 

[R4Life]

Damn.
Bad things happen in threes - so we'll count this stretch over (lawsuit, Rhodes, McNeal).
ADDED: Drafted in 2002, in the 4th round by the Patsies (128th overall), he's never played a down that counted for them or the Broncos, Bucs or Raiders and was out of the league in 2005 and has spent a year on the IR. His measurables are there (6-4, 248, 4.82 40 time) but I say cut him loose. It's a cheap way to send a message (and no this isn't hypocritical or a double standard in regards to Rhodes - yes he's a bigger star, but his incident happened before he was a Raider).

 

[jatfly]

POSTED 2:33 p.m. EDT, July 5, 2007
RAIDER BUSTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Raiders defensive end Bryant McNeal has been arrested in South Carolina on multiple outstanding warrants. Pulled over at 3:35 a.m. EDT for driving on a suspended license and driving without a headlight, McNeal was taken into custody on Florida charges based on violation of pawn brokering laws.
In March 2007, a warrant was issued in Richland County, South Carolina on charges that McNeal wrote a $1,500 bad check to a dental office.
We'll tally up the Turd Watch points as more information about the charges comes in. And we'll zero out the "days without an arrest" counter.
McNeal is listed as a current member of the Raiders roster. He was signed to the team's practice squad in 2006, and appeared in no games. He dressed out for several games with the Broncos in 2003, but did not play. He was on the Bucs' roster in 2004, but was never active on game day). McNeal was out of the NFL in 2005.​

 

[RHC]

Between this and the Rhodes bullshit we may be headed for the lead in the Turd Watch.

Personally I don't much care how stupid our players act off the field. Until they start getting suspended.

 

[R4Life]

Between this and the Rhodes bullshit we may be headed for the lead in the Turd Watch.

Nah.
Some teams have a big lead on us already...
PFT TURD WATCH

LAST UPDATED: July 3, 2007
STANDINGS

Oakland 7
Miami 42
Pittsburgh 24
Cincinnati 22
Jacksonville 41
Tennessee 31
Denver 20
Tampa Bay 30

 

[R4Life]

A warrant for McNeal's arrest was issued in December 2005 on a charge of defrauding a pawn broker,

Dude wasn't even in the NFL when this happened, much less a Raider. Obviously pawning shit to keep his rock and roll lifestyle (or payments on his Celica). We shouldn't get blamed for this as I'm sure he didn't bring it up in contract negotiations, though I would imagine 'due dilligence' should include a search for active warrants. So if he didn't disclose, that should make him eligible (and hopefully destined) for immediate dismissal from the team.

Added: I realized this had more new information so here is the whole article:

Raiders reserve arrested on 2005 warrant

Oakland Raiders defensive end Bryant McNeal was arrested Thursday on an outstanding warrant following a traffic stop in South Carolina.

McNeal, a 27-year-old reserve, was wanted in Florida for selling a Land Rover to a pawn broker for $15,000 when he didn't own it, Clearwater, Fla., police officer Wayne Shelor said.

The former Clemson player will remain at the Lexington County jail until Florida authorities make arrangements for his extradition, Lexington County sheriff's spokesman Maj. John Allard said in an e-mail. Allard said McNeal told authorities he did not have an attorney.

A warrant for McNeal's arrest was issued in December 2005 on a charge of defrauding a pawn broker, Shelor said. The player also was served an arrest warrant from Richland County for writing a fraudulent $1,500 check to Berger Dental Group, the Lexington County sheriff's department said.

McNeal signed with Tampa Bay in December 2004 and was cut before the next season began. He was signed to the Raiders' practice squad last season.

"We take matters of this nature very seriously,'' Oakland spokesman Mike Taylor said Thursday. "But until we have all of the facts, it would be inappropriate to comment or otherwise react.''

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19619494/

 

[RaiderIVlife]

Hhmmm, relatively speaking, Raider players have been trouble free for a number of years. The "Bad Boy" reputation is by far more myth than reality.