Plax to surrender Monday
by Ed Valentine on Nov 30, 2008 10:11 PM EST
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From Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, here is the latest on the Plaxico Burress situation.
New York City law enforcement sources have told FOX Sports that they received word Sunday morning that Burress has agreed to turn himself in with attorneys by Monday. The sources said the police searched areas of New York and New Jersey yesterday looking to locate Burress to question him regarding the shooting at Latin Quarters nightclub early Saturday morning.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that the Giants' receiver will be charged with criminal possession of a weapon, according to Burress' agent Benjamin Brafman, who added that Burress will enter a "not guilty" plea.
Police had gone to his house, the hospital and staked out his car, which was left at the club as late as Saturday night, hoping to question Burress and check out the gun that was used in the shooting. When police went to Burress' house yesterday and attempted to locate him, his wife, through an intercom, insisted he was not home and that she was not with the star wide receiver when the incident took place.
Reports also indicate that Burress had a Florida gun permit but that the permit expired in May. New York law prohibits the possession of a concealed weapon within New York even if one is licensed in an outside state. Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2006 led the way to stiffen gun laws in New York City making it a mandatory 3½-year sentence for being busted for illegal possession of a firearm within the city.
Sunday Burress' lawyer told the Associated Press that he has been advised the Giants' receiver will be charged with criminal possession of a weapon. According to the New York Post NYPD detectives traveled to Burress' home in Totowa, NJ Sunday evening to seize the handgun and transfer back to the 17th Precinct stationhouse on the East Side, where Burress is to turn himself in Monday.
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three and a half year mandatory - wow
Interesting to see if he can plead his way down
by NYERinSF on Nov 30, 2008 11:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Plea
Collinsworth made a point that NYC might want to make an example of him to prove that their showing favoritism to stars over the common folk.
by DoctorK16 on Nov 30, 2008 11:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and I would think it is a difficult case
to defend. If carrying a gun in NYC is illegal, pretty difficult to deny.
OTOH – if there is one dedicated Giants fan in the jury…
by NYERinSF on Nov 30, 2008 11:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I just had a bad thought
AP might be in more trouble than Plax himself. He carried the gun accross state lines, after a felony was committed. I’m pretty sure that’s a serious federal crime. Oy Vey.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 12:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I am no legal expert, but
I think intention might come into this
Plax knew what he was doing, or at least should have. AP acted out of panic at a situation he didn’t anticipate. Under the circumstances, is it even possible to prove that AP had the gun?
The gunshot wound proves that Plax had the gun on him, but I don’t know if you can prove (short of AP admitting it) that AP had the gun, or exactly what he did with it.
The fact that charges have not been filed is a good sign, but anything could still happen
by NYERinSF on Dec 1, 2008 12:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
there will be charges…..These laws are not written for the regular folk of society. They are written for criminal people, like crack heads or anyone who doesn’t fit. Just like any working folk they will probably fine him, why put tax dollars behind bars.
by johnd134 on Dec 1, 2008 1:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He will be charged
with criminal possession of a gun. That is pretty certain. And he will enter a not guilty plea, and be released.
After that a lot could happen. The charges could be reduced, or dropped. He could plead guilty to a lesser charge, or the case could go to trial.
by NYERinSF on Dec 1, 2008 1:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wonder
if they take the key to the city away lol. He’ll be fine. And there is 0 evidence Pierce did anything but scold him for being fucking stupid. Plax already turned the gun in, so AP should be cleared, for now. If NY wants to make an example of something, get to the bottom of Bloomberg’s people coping a suite at the new Yankee Stadium w/, free food for a bunch of parking spaces.
by ProudYankee on Dec 1, 2008 1:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Bradshaw
was the third amigo according to the Times that other outlets have been alluding too.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 2:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
oy
that’s not good, considering he was on a shot leash coming out of college
by cjmulrain on Dec 1, 2008 2:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hang on.....
Bradshaw didn’t do anything wrong, that we know of. If there was some sort of a curfew in place and he violated it; than fine – I understand that he is at fault. But all that Bradshaw is guilty of now is getting a few drinks with some friends. I know that he’s definitely on a short leash – but let’s cut the kid a break. After all, he wasn’t the one holding a gun.
by Cody K on Dec 1, 2008 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oh, I agree
I didn’t realize he wasn’t involved at all, other than being there. When DoctorK said he was the 3rd amigo, I thought that meant he was involved in the hiding of the gun, which could have been big trouble.
by cjmulrain on Dec 2, 2008 12:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait
so for CARRYING a gun, Burress could face more time in jail than Michael Vick? What kind of backward-ass reasoning can come to that conclusion?
Burress has put himself beyond my need to ever defend him, but if he gets hit for 3 1/2 years for this, that’s obscene compared to what other (coughpacmancough) stars are getting hit with for their illegal nonsense.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 1, 2008 3:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think that carrying firearms and assorted violations of the law
is a bigger deal than dog fighting. People lives > dogs lives IMO. As big an idiot as PacMan is he hasn’t fired a gun, although he is friends did.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 4:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not as simple as dogs vs. people's lives
because you’re comparing the potential danger created by one, vs. the actual malice practiced, and REPEATEDLY carried out by another.
Not only was one individual only creating potential, while the other was actually causing the danger, but one individual intended (and intent is a HUGE part of legal proceedings) to harm and maliciously brutalize living creatures on a repeated basis…the other, outside of his idiocy, had no malice aforethought, and no intention of (nor execution of) any ill will.
Apples and oranges. It’s obscene that Burress could be in worse position than Vick, by ANY stretch of the legal imagination.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 1, 2008 6:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
what if that gun
gets flipped the other way and hits and hurts some one. Yes I agree that Plax wasn’t malicious on purpose, but Vick was being malicious to the doggies, But Plax was being more reckless with people. I’ve been defending Plax a bit but I’m not dismissing gun play as worse than dog fighting.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 7:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What ifs aren't what we try people on in court.
what people do, or conspire to do, is.
Yes, his behavior deserves punishment. But any legal system that would more severely punish a stupid, dangerous act that harmed no innocent person than a person who savagely beat, shot, strangled, drowned, hanged, and electrocuted dogs…well, let’s say I greatly disagree with the principles and priorities of such a system. It’s a matter of malicious and carried out intent vs. potential arising out of zero intent. No way they’re equal.
And if Plax does a minute of time while people like Pacman are still walking around free….that’s another B.S. matter entirely. And this from a guy who doesn’t even particularly care if Plax ever plays another game in a Giants uniform.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 1, 2008 8:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
no.. we actually do try people on what they conspire to do… ever hear of “consipracy to commit [fill in the blank]”.
World F*ckin' Champions, indeed...
by foos05 on Dec 1, 2008 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh
read what i said:
“what people do, or conspire to do, is.”
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 1, 2008 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this a million percent
especially after the Supreme Court ruled just a few months ago that the 2nd Amendment does, in fact, guarantee an individual right to bear arms.
by cjmulrain on Dec 2, 2008 12:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
at the end if the day I'm more worried about pierce.
Big blue has depth at receiver and not enough at linebacker. Add to that the fact that pierce was just trying to protect his friend and manage a situation that had gotten way out if hand.., yuck. It will be interesting to see how this plays out… I still love this team and I still love our chances of a repeat. GO BIG BLUE!!!!
by NYcON on Dec 1, 2008 3:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ok this is getting over the top now
Can we get busted doing and running coke, with a straight whorehouse before we get compared to the Cowgirls of the 90s, which has to be the biggest set of sports criminals ever to walk the face other earth.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 7:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Daily News
makes better toilet paper than reading material. They have to find a way to sell somehow.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 1, 2008 8:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Case in point: Giants wideout Steve Smith was held up at gunpoint in front of his home last week, former Giant Tiki Barber said on NBC’s pregame show last night. The Giants confirmed Barber’s report, but said they had no details on the incident.
by DoctorK16 on Dec 1, 2008 7:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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