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February 10, 2016Sick of hearing so much good news about the Cleveland Browns? Well, when it rains in Berea, it tends to pour as Browns linebacker Armonty Bryant has been indicted on felony drug charges stemming from his traffic stop on Christmas morning.
If you recall, Bryant and then teammate De’Ante Saunders were pulled over on Interstate 71 early Christmas morning for doing 75 in a 60-mile-per-hour zone. Bryant, who was in the passenger seat, was found to have Adderall on his person. Video obtained by Cleveland 19 shows both players being arrested. The news organization posted a two-minute segment of the dash cam video on its website. Bryant was unable to produce a prescription at the scene and, judging by the indictment, there was not one for him to produce.
According to court documents, which were obtained by NewsNet5, officers also found marijuana, oxycodone, and multiple firearms inside of the vehicle. Saunders, who was released by the team in December following the incident, was indicted on one count of improperly handling a firearm inside of a motor vehicle—also a felony.
Video obtained by Cleveland 19 shows both players being arrested.
Bryant was suspended for three games in college for selling marijuana to an undercover officer in 2012 and was arrested for a drunken driving less than a week after the Browns drafted him (and signed him to a four-year deal) in 2013. Third on the team in sacks with 5.5, Bryant was on probation at the time of the arrest. He could also face suspension by the NFL under the personal conduct policy in addition to performing-enhancing drug policy given the lack of prescription.
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It never fails to amaze and amuse how people who have a car full of illegal goods and/or who are wanted by the cops are stupid enough to speed or commit other traffic violations.
You’re begging to get caught, morons! Sheesh!
Well, you can’t fix stupid.
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Adderall, marijuana, oxycodone, and multiple firearms in the car. What, no ether? Fear and loathing in Berea…
Or people who already have millions of dollars insist on risking it all in such moronic ways.
Is there ever good news with this team?
Well, how did I get here?
What is this “good news” of which you speak?
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That inspired me to go watch my favorite Talking Heads and waste more work time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrVY540xdc
Quite possibly the most underrated ahead of their time musical act ever.
Sooooooo…you’ve got a guy who gets indicted for FELONY drug charges, yet ESPN still has the 2-day-old Manziel “drunk at team meeting” headline not just on their Top Headlines, but atop the list!!
You can’t help but feel for that kid. Even though he seems like a real jackass, ESPN just piles on.
Hmmm… i can think of a few reasons.
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I don’t remember the details, but the question is how were the cops allowed to search? 75 in a 60 is hardly probable cause. Anyone remember?
This.
Always fascinated me that people with the means to hire a personal driver for their beckon call much prefer the feeling of invincibility.
Disclaimer that I haven’t studied this stuff in about a dozen years, but the gist is popo can search a car per 4th amend if there’s a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity (i.e. smell weed). After smelling weed, they can look for weed (wherever weed is likely to be stashed). If in searching, they find other things (guns, pills, etc), it’s fair game to have been found. Other way is if they ask to search and person consents (believe it or not, that’s usually how it goes down). I don’t know the facts of the case, but that’s usually how things are found via car search.
Needs a salt shaker full of blow.
Too bad he wasn’t listening to Jay-Z at the time, then. “Well my glove compartment is locked so is the trunk and the back / And I know my rights so you gon’ need a warrant for that”
That ether on the dashboard on the drive to Vegas is one of the funniest parts of HST book.
I believe it’s still a probable cause requirement, but that threshold is pretty low, given the factors you mentioned. I think plain view is also in play. Ooh, but let’s add a “container” to the trunk, and make this a regular old law school exam!
I’m getting a pit in my stomach just re-visiting. I thought there was something about the fact that it’s a car too (flight issue). Also if a guy is arrested for DUI and car impounded, they can later search the car per procedure for inventory and find some goods. But one bad move and…fruit of the poisonous tree!
bye-bye johnny … bye-bye armonty.
Something about reduced expectation of privacy in a vehicle. I also have a fun recollection of a case wherein the cops had probable cause to believe that some bad guy was transporting something in his trunk, but did not have probable cause to believe that it was in the bag inside of his trunk, but they searched it anyway and tainted the evidence because they lacked a warrant.
But yes, now I’m feeling sick. Let’s never speak of these things again.
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For all intensive porpoises, I think it’s “beck and call.”
But, now that I got that unpleasantness out of the way, I TOTALLY agree with you. Can’t buy common sense, apparently.
“Let’s never speak of these things again.” Does that violate the Rule Against Perpetuities? ok, ok. So stipulated!
Well yeah… nobody (outside of somewhat-knowledgeable Browns fans) knows who Armonty Bryant is. I would think it would be different if Bryant committed a violent crime, but who knows for sure.
Same as it ever was.
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Continuity!
Thanks homey.
Littering and littering and littering and
Big guys who can add and oxy, little guys who can drink.
The last few years the Browns have swung for the fences a lot with red flag guys at positions of need – Manziel, Gordon, Bryant, even West and Tate. They have to stop these shortcuts, at least until the culture in Berea is one that demands and enforces seriousness of purpose. This Jailblazers 2.0 stench won’t instantly disappear because Hue Jackson signed on. If ever an org needed an over-correction it’s this one. How about big guys with brains, little guys with heart. And a draft room without casino delusions – just create a smart board and let the players come to you.
good post Harv …
Since he already got busted it is a mute point.
A+ post.
This is not my beautiful wife.
Frankly, I’m just jazzed I won’t have to specify which Bryant on the defensive side I am criticizing next season.
Life + 21 years!
Because Browns.
Obligatory Team Snark comment.
Quality Control is here for you.
What a stupid fool. He was given a second chance greater than any one of us could have had and he “blew it”. Throw the asshole in jail.
There is a blanket automobile exception to the 4th Amendment’s warrant requirement. But police still have to have reasonable suspicion to detain the driver and probable cause to search the car.
Obviously here the OSHP had probable cause to pull the vehicle over in the first place on the speeding offense. But that only gives them justification to write a ticket and run the driver’s plates and license. They have to have reasonable suspicion to detain the car for further investigation. My guess is ether they smelled marijuana or saw some contraband in plain view–which created probable cause for the search.
Nice. Thanks. You must have done better on that portion of the bar exam than I did!
Too kind, sir. 🙂 It looks like Bryant was only charged with two fifth degree felonies (max. penalty one year in prison, but he’ll probably get probation) so he should not get into too much trouble legally. What the NFL can do to him, though, who knows.