Bal'mer Ravens RB Lewis's drug charges (11 POUNDS of cocaine)

[underpants]

That's WEIGHT!



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/amfoot_nfl_ravens

ATLANTA, United States (AFP) - Jamal Lewis, who last season had the second-best single-season rushing total in National Football League history, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug conspiracy charges

The Pro Bowl running back of the Baltimore Ravens (news) is accused of conspiring to distribute cocaine in June and July 2000 and will surrender to authorities here Thursday, US attorney William S. Duffey announced.

The indictment charges Lewis with one count of conspiracy to intentionally possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. A second count charges Lewis with using a cell phone to carry out the conspiracy.

"This involved at least 5 kilograms of a mixture of a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine," Duffey said after announcing the indictment.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_all.htm

[packerssuck]

1. No wonder he ran so fast last year.

[underpants]

2. This goes back to before his rookie year

In the summer time between playing at Tennessee and training camp.

[GOPisEvil]

Now, now...he's still innocent until proven guilty...

...but ELEVEN FREAKING POUNDS OF BLOW?! Damn.

[underpants]

5. Nate Newton

What did he get busted with hundreds of pounds...twice in like a month, right? Nate!?!??! what the hell are you doing???

I haven't heard what became of old Nate.

[GOPisEvil]

8. I believe Ol' Nate is locked down...

http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/index.asp?story_id=33693

Five years in the pokey...

[underpants]

9. NATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn 213 pounds.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Most definitely not for personal use.

Unless you just light a bale on fire and put it in your fireplace.

[underpants]

12. Hey Nate is a big guy

No no one is that big.

[GOPisEvil]

13. Can you imagine his funyun bills?

I bet he just had the Funyun truck back up to his house.

[mobuto]

14. 213 pounds?

I had a roommate in college who could go through 213 pounds of marijuana in an afternoon.

At least it seemed that way.

Cough.

[frylock]

15. nate was busted for sitting on 350 lbs. of crack..

pun intended!!

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Damn! That's like a cartel's worth!

He could keep a village in Peru economically afloat for three years with the proceeds from selling that shit...

What I wonder is this: don't pro sports guys make heaps of moolah? Like more than they'll ever need? So why get into some stupid deal like selling blow on the side? I mean, I BET you could feed your family on what you make as a proballer....

Sounds like Lewis is infected with Arbusto Syndrome: the uncontrollable need to have both cocaine and scads of ill-gotten money around him at all times..

[underpants]

7. Two things hit my mind when I heard this on the radio

1.Nothing is promised to rookies (I doubt that he had a guaranteed contract as a RB) so maybe with his signing bonus he wanted to make one big score and be set up regardless of what happened on the field.

2.Gangs-I have read where many guys who came from "the hood" or often approached (nice way of putting it) by the gang that they either were in (if only to NOT be without cover) or were given a pass because of their chance to make the bigs and the gang wants them to do something for them and they suddenly have all this money.

I dunno of course he is innocent until proven guilty but the wording of this story strikes me as odd. "Detectable amounts" sounds like it might be so cut that it technically isn't really considered cocaine by the law anymore. Like I said I dunno.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

4. But that 11 pounds of cocaine

was for his personal use only

[madrchsod]

6. looks like the ravens

will need a running back...got his signing bonus and bought 5ks of coke- party time!!!

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. maybe he just wanted to practice running in the snow?

:shrug:

Could happen

[Bertha Venation]

16. He is ACCUSED.

Innocent until proven guilty.

edit: just saw your # 7, underpants.

[Dees]

17. Wasn't he suspended in 2001 for NFL substance and

alcohol abuse violations?

[underpants]

19. Yes he was

He could face a longer suspension but that really isn't the worst of his troubles right now.

[LynneSin]

18. that's my cat's weight

damn that's alot of coke

:shrug: