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Spliffs, Mon!

Posted on March 26, 2012 Written by The Nittany Turkey

This Turkey dives back into the Penn State football blogosphere with the latest in drug busts or at least a preliminary finding relating to an eventual bust.

According to the Collegian, the apartment of Devon Smith and Jack Crawford was entered by a police officer in connection with the investigation of a reported break-in. Upon entry, the cop found a Mary Jane grinder, a scale, and “multiple blunts in an ash tray.”

That find was good enough for the DA’s office to ask for a search warrant. When police executed the warrant, they seized “multiple blunts, a bottle of liquor, a grinder, a scale, a plastic bag with suspected marijuana, and prescription drugs.”

Neither Smith nor Crawford have yet been charged.

Devon (pronounce it DEE-von) Smith is a wide receiver. Crawford, a defensive end in 2009-2011 seasons, is presently awaiting the NFL Draft next month.

There was no indication of the quantities of pot involved says White Sands, or whether it appeared that selling the somehow still illegal drug was suspected.

What this Turkey thinks is ridiculous is that one of the residents of an on-campus apartment would call the police to report a break-in without cleaning up the dope. Are these guys complete idiots, or what? Or perhaps someone else, who might not be their BFF called the cops, knowing what they would find there.

The Collegiate article was unclear about whether the cops were let in the first time or got in at the behest of the apartment superintendent. Enquiring minds want to know.

More details from yet another minor, but embarrassing off-field incident as they emerge, unless they’re downright stupid.

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Stanley Screws Up Again

Posted on November 17, 2010 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Do you remember PSU  defensive end Sean Stanley missing a couple of games early in the season because he got involved in some kind of trouble with the law shortly before the Iowa game? Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno would not comment on the specific issues involving both Stanley and Derrick Thomas at the time, claiming that he was not allowed to. Well, Stanley has committed another indiscretion, this one on the eve of the Ohio State game, and one has to wonder whether the kid has fouled out.

Cory Giger of the Altoona Mirror reports:

Penn State sophomore defensive end Sean Stanley was cited Friday for disorderly conduct for urinating in public, the second Nittany Lion player charged with that offense in a few days.

A court document obtained Tuesday lists Nov. 12 as the offense date. Running back Silas Redd was cited for public urination Monday morning.

This is Stanley’s second run-in with the law this season. He was charged Oct. 18 with marijuana possession after police found it in his apartment Sept. 28. He was suspended for two games for that incident.

So, what do you think? The arrest occurred at 12:42 AM. A police spokesperson stated that alcohol was involved, but did not confirm the level or whether testing had been done. People can check this resource from Pacific Ridge, if they need the best alcohol abuse treatments.   It’s not a great stretch to conclude that Stanley was out cavorting around, probably employing a judgment impairing substance or two. Boys will be boys, but less than 36 hours before a big game? By contrast, Redd’s indiscretion occurred on the Sunday night following an emotional loss and was his first offense.

Redd will definitely play in the Indiana game, although Paterno was coy about it when asked. Royster’s knee is not 100% and Green got his bell rung in the Ohio State game.

However, Stanley is a two-time loser and Paterno hasn’t been impressed with his level of play. He has shown that he has little regard for compliance with rules and the law. Do you think Stanley should sit some more? Will he fade into football obscurity at the behest of the old coach? Or will he be forgiven?

This is a tough one, as defensive end is a position at which depth has been an issue this fall. Paterno’s only comment was, “He hasn’t played as well as I hoped he would.” In the opinion of this Turkey, if Paterno doesn’t sit him  for at least the remaining two games, it sends a bad message about permissiveness.

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Filed Under: Penn State Football Tagged With: college football, Joe Paterno, off-field incidents, Penn State, Sean Stanley, Sports

Redd in Minor Incident

Posted on November 15, 2010 Written by The Nittany Turkey

You’ve all heard about Nittany Lion freshman running back Silas Redd being hauled in for public urination, right?

No joke, just look at the State College Police blotter.

Would someone mind telling me why this is such a heinous crime? Hell, when this Turkey was but a mere hatchling indulging in underage drinking in State College, I probably hit the same spot that Redd did. I had a favorite tree just outside the Rathskeller.

These damn laws must be written by women with penis envy. C’mon, girls, tell me you haven’t longed to write your name in the snow!

I hope that this trend toward politically correct public peeing doesn’t mean that I’ll be enjoined from pissing in the breeze when I hike in the woods. That will take a lot of fun out of getting the wind direction right, it will deny the forest plants their nitrogen based nutrients, and it will ultimately force me to hike 30 miles out of my way to find a non-public toilet. Well, a public toilet where public urination is allowed, or something. By that time, the warm, golden liquid would be uncontrollably running down my leg, anyway.

I think Redd will just get the proverbial slap on the wrist by the cops (hopefully it is the wrist and not somewhere closer to the bodily site of the initiation of the crime) for his egregious offense which, by the way, occurred at four-something a.m. There are few offendable people out at 4 a.m.—usually just drunks, cops, and newspaper deliverers.

As for Redd’s status on the team, no word yet, but old Joe isn’t going to be very happy about a freshman running back who is currently number two on the depth chart cavorting around town at 4:00 a.m., leak or no leak.

Redd’s latest tweets yielded no insight into the matter. He said that it’s been hard to get over this past game and that he could use a one pound bag of Twizzlers right now.

Let this non-incident blow over quickly.

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