Two Bengals Players Questioned After High-Grade Marijuana Shipment Arrives At Jerome Simpson's House
by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:24 PM EDT
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According to CaliforniaWatch.org, two Cincinnati Bengals players were questioned by police regarding a "high-grade marijuana" shipment arrived from Northern California to the home of Jerome Simpson.
Cincinnati Bengals teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins, both 25, were at Simpson’s home in Crestview Hills, Ky., yesterday when a package allegedly containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana arrived at the house in what authorities called a controlled delivery.
A third person, Aleen Smith, allegedly signed for the package, which was sent from Eureka, Calif., and intercepted in Sacramento, authorities said.All three were questioned at the residence, but no arrests were made at the time.
Inside the home, police allegedly found six more pounds of marijuana, other empty parcels, scales and packaging material.
“The house was set up as a potential distribution network,” said Tommy LaNier, head of the National Marijuana Initiative, a group that is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and helps coordinate marijuana enforcement operations around the United States.
“They had it all set up to receive supplies of high-grade marijuana from Northern California, and from there, it was being distributed from that residence,” he said.
According to the report, Simpson and Collins were "detained and interviewed at the residence after the package was delivered".
Local 12 Sports Directory Brad Johansen confirmed that the "California bureau of nartcations" have said that both players are "part of what is now an ongoing investigation."
This story is developing and we'll have more details as they become known.
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What up Jerome? Have fun in prison. Shaking my head.
Goodell will have a field day w/ this suspension.
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
great!
You F-ing idiot! Why are some people so dumb?
I guess that explains the dropsies
by snake19 on Sep 21, 2011 8:26 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Jerome denies it, fwiw on twitter.
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
Awesome. FML
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
not sure what is up with his twitter account, was down a few minutes ago, got a hit on it being back up, and now its showing down again.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
Just caching issues on Twitter's end.
His Twitter is gone. I’m sure he had plenty of DMs about drug sales he needs to go away. This is just ridiculous.
Jerome, you dumba$$!!!
What the hell is wrong with you? The Feds got you now. Unless you roll over on someone; see you in 3 to 5. All you had to do was perform and you would never have to worry about money. Selling weed in your situation is flat out stupid. If you aren’t any smarter than that, then you don’t deserve to play in the NFL.
by D-Day77 on Sep 21, 2011 8:31 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
I think 8lbs is worth much more than a grand.
by botkins24 on Sep 21, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
This plus the Shipley injury
Equals “yikes.”
Who would back up Whitworth? O’Donnell from the PS?
no I'm joining you
"At the very end, somebody took a dump right where I stood in the dugout every day." Dusty Baker
Nope. Jump. I'm thinking about it.
Although I know I won’t. Andre Caldwell as the #2? Brandon Tate as the #3? You gotta be freaking kidding me. Andrew Hawkins and Whalen as the #4/5?
AWESOME/fml fml fml fml
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
Somewhere, Terrell Owens sits by his phone, waiting.
I’d rather bring up Binn, or bring back Coffman.
by Big Sky Bengal on Sep 21, 2011 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
I guess we know why he can’t catch
by Toasted_Orange_Monster on Sep 21, 2011 8:39 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Things Really Have Changed
Now they have drug lords instead of druggies playing for the team.
let's all calm down
and get some more info before we call him a horrible human being and deem his career over…
RIP Slim.
I'd never call him horrible
There are members of Congress (of both parties) that do far more damage than a pot dealer ever could. Nonetheless, it’s…distressing, given current laws and NFL rules.
by Big Sky Bengal on Sep 21, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I'll never call anyone a horrible human being for some pot..
But when you’re on the verge of becoming an NFL superstar you would think it’s time to cut the kingpin shit out. That’s just stupidity.
nod.
i can make millions doing my current job
or
i can moonlight a hobby making pocket change until i go away for 10-20 years.
not a hard decision to make. neither is the next one:
I can have coeds trying to sleep with me
or
i can have mean wanting me and never able to sleep again for 10-20 years..
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
"...police allegedly found six more pounds of marijuana, other empty parcels, scales and packaging material."
Yeah, maybe he was trying to start a new USPS. ;-)
But for real… horrible person, no. Idiot, yes.
Yeah, it's HIS HOUSE. Think Mike Vick.
Unless if this story is a hoax, he’s #$%!#. Completely and totally @#$#%.
The question is whether this completely ends his football career. I say he never plays another down. If he plays this weekend, I’ll be shocked.
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
I wish they'd watched Dexter
The first rule is “Don’t get caught!”
by Big Sky Bengal on Sep 21, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i havent tried and convicted him in my mind
i am wondering how 6+ pounds of dope wound up in his house though. at the least, simpson lacks solid reasoning skills, that much i’ve decided. whether he’s friends with the wrong person or trusted the wrong person or just made a life altering decision.
that much we dont know yet.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
well this helps explain why it took him 3 years just to get on the field
and perhaps why we don’t see much of Anthony Collins
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
really?
If its at jeromes house he’s obviously guilty. And its not even like he was only smoking a bit of weed, he had 8.FREAKING POUNDS! How are NFL players this dumb? “hey you know what I should do, get pot delivered to my front door!”.
by JCompton41 on Sep 21, 2011 8:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!—Jerome Simpson
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
Well it IS a change
We went from Chad’s slightly annoying harmless antics to felonies and prison time.
When he said he has tiger blood, that should have been our first warning.
Miguel Cairo is so last week.
by sexsalad on Sep 21, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Felony, 5-10 years
I’m willing to bet he gets a less strict punishment but when the weight totals 8.5 lbs and they are obviously looking to distribute they recommend a minimum 5 years and up to a $10,000 fine.
Give pizza chants.
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Sep 21, 2011 8:50 PM EDT reply actions
hard to say, he could have been unaware of the situation and able to prove he had no knowledge of it. could all be someone mailing stuff to him to frame him, like an angry ex-lover (kinison’s woman put a loaded handgun in his luggage and sent him to the airport for infidelity).
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
if he were you or i, we’d already be arrested and waiting to see the judge. they know he can’t flee and are connecting the details as the make the case or clear him. would you really want to be known as the police department that rushed a case against a millionaire athlete and screwed up the case from bad police work..
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
he has money to hire a lawyer, not a public defender. cops won’t arrest him until they can make it stick.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
Stick?
What part of 8.5 pounds of pot doesn’t stick. By my calculations that’s a LOT of sticky icky!!
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
he never signed for it. he’s been out of town. apparently a 3rd party signed for it. who knows what is going on beyond that, admit its not normal there wasn’t an arrest. anyone on this board in that situation would have been arrested.
a high profile figure with millions of dollars to hire lawyers, cops are going to have to make sure the case is done right before they arrest someone.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
RE:
Wasn’t the delivery made to Simpson’s house while both he and Anthony Collins were there, when they found the six pounds? That’s what the story claims.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
one story claims collins and simpson were there but did not sign for it, as for the 6 other pounds, who knows when that got there, they’ve been in denver.
A third person, Aleen Smith, allegedly signed for the package, which was sent from Eureka, Calif., and intercepted in Sacramento, authorities said.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
Again
Cops show up and find that much pot, they’re not wondering how it got there. They’re saying, holy shit, you have over eight pounds of pot! And the resources to distribute it.
Even if it’s not his, do cops routinely buy into the “well, it’s not really mine” argument? If so I’m sure hundreds that have served time in jail are face palming themselves right now for not saying it convincingly enough.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
i can’t explain it, other than a few possibilities:
1) trying to tighten up a case, that the police already believe to be strong but not airtight vs solid $$ lawyers. knowing these 3 guys can’t run with their high profiles.
2) trying to get the suppliers up the chain, flipping ppl.
3) possibly, this really all was a misunderstanding, like the sam kinision incident with the loaded gun in the airport in the 80s.
not trying to prejudge here, would agree the average person would be working this out behind bars atm, while awaiting a judge. and this situation has a ton of smoke around it. we’re not talking about a dime bag mailed locally by some angry ex girlfriend.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
in other words, they have Aleen as the prearranged scapegoat in the event this happens...
even if they’re expunged of that, they still have the other 6 lbs in the house to explain
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
You can't be arrested for pot at your door.
Anyone can send someone pot and tip the cops off. It just opens an investigation where they now have to prove that you ordered the pot. The part that just makes no sense at all is the 6 pounds already at the house, complete with scales and means to divide, package, and reship the weed. If any officer sees that it’s an arrest. Obviously there are easy felony distribution charges there. So perhaps some of the details are wrong.
Yeah I agree the whole story sounds fishy
No way they found six pounds in a house and the guys are at practice today.
by Avenger SevN on Sep 21, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially when you consider how KY cops treat Bengals..
They have no reservations about arresting them. They have never shown bias or favoritism. If there were concrete charges I fully believe they would be more than happy to make the arrest.
Its Tuesday. Off day
I'm ready to face any challenges that may be foolish enough to face me
It's wednesday. LOL
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
This all happened yesterday folks lets get current.
He addressed the rumors yesterday before this report.
I'm ready to face any challenges that may be foolish enough to face me
Also Reedy addressed that neghbors confirmed
police were at his residence for multiple hours… Do any you look up things on your own?
I'm ready to face any challenges that may be foolish enough to face me
Can you not read?
Post you responded to:
Yeah I agree the whole story sounds fishy
No way they found six pounds in a house and the guys are at practice today.
They then PRACTICED ON WEDNESDAY AFTER 8.5 pounds of MJ were supposedly found in his house.
READING COMPREHENSION.
Change gone come mane! Trust me! Cause i Bleed tigerblood!--Jerome Simpson
doesnt make one bit of sense to me either
8.5 pounds and they don’t get arrested with all assets tagged for forfeiture within a day. something’s off here, for now, rationalizing it as police working out the case while a potential defendant has access to real lawyers.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
it's not police, its the Feds as far as I understand it
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It sounds like these details are off.
6 lbs already at the house with scales and packaging is clearly grounds to arrest and charge on the spot.
Sounds like something a rival would do.
Either in dealing or football. Yes, I’m a conspiracy theorist. “Hey, these guys have stayed under the radar so far, but if we did this…”
by Big Sky Bengal on Sep 21, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The chargers did it
mad the bengals knocked out of the playoffs last year
by Avenger SevN on Sep 21, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hummm... I think you're onto something
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
i posted on the 49ers game thread
blaming the 49ers since they loaded up wilson all those years back before the superbowl
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
RE:
Blaming the 49ers is fine by me. They’ve got a lot to answer for.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe a stretch, but I could see it!!!
I remembr thinking the 49ers had something to do with Stanley Wilson getting stoned the night prior to the Superbowl. But how do you let a fomer addict loose in the “Mecca of drugs” that was Miami at the time the night before the most important game in your history?? Shame on you Sam W!
"I represent the Bengals of Cincinati "with" passion and prejudice"
Way to many people dropping the hammer on them to quick on here.
Wait out the details a bit
by Avenger SevN on Sep 21, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
thats the MO of majority of Bengals fans
we spend too much time waiting for the other shoe to drop, then it does and its condemnation and overreacting way too soon.
This clearly sucks and makes us/them look TERRIBLE, but i’m holding back judgement until we have all the facts and charges have been made. Only fair.
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It's two guys who have coauthored the story.
It’s only been published on their website, CaliforniaWatch and syndicated on 10News San Diego. I emailed them for clarification and they have yet to get back to me.
RE:
Yep. It’s been confirmed. As for their involvement, that’s the mystery right now. My only misunderstanding, and admittedly it’s probably more nativeness than anything, is if there’s that much pot and police believe they have the tools for distribution, at what point is there grounds for an arrest if they were present in the house.
I honestly think that there’s way more to this story — which is always the case — that might not make Simpson appear so demonic.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
RE:
Maybe I over-simplified the word. Heh.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
also appears simpson took down his twitter account in the last 3 hours
seen the cache on it with last time stamp from 3 hrs back. hard to say if thats permanent or just down for tonight.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
RE:
I caught the last few tweets and he did have one response to someone that read, “it’s 100% false.”
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
FWIW the account is still registered
I tried to be a smart ass and register the username but it’s still taken.
RE:
Doesn’t show responses to individuals.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
"Ongoing Investigation" is the most vague statement you could make.
Obviously something went on at Jerome’s house. I just want to know if they can verify the part where they claim there was already pounds of weed there along with scales. I just can’t envision a scenario where police find that and make no arrests.
RE:
Me neither.
That’s why I’m sticking to the “its fishy” point of view for now.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
....
Seriously what the hell. I hope there is more to this than what it seems.
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RE:
Like just three pounds? :-D
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
How long before the Carson Palmer connection?
We’ll find one, you know we will. ;-)
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:08 PM EDT reply actions
Palmer and Housh are tossing the pigskin around laughing right now
by Avenger SevN on Sep 21, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Even the feds intercept Palmer!
It was a tipped package!
by cabech984 on Sep 21, 2011 11:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Said it on Twitter...
But Carson is in California, same state that the shipment came from. We’ve known for some time that he wants out. Yea?
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 9:13 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe the entire Bengals organization is a front for Mike Brown's marijuana business
It would actually explain a lot.
I'm with Katt Williams when it comes to weed.
“It’s just a plant, and should you so happen to set it on fire, there are some effects.”
So yeah, Rome probably just ruined his life by possessing a plant.
Miguel Cairo is so last week.
im.with him to on pot
Should probably be legal and isn’t a big deal, and I don’t even smoke so this isnt me just wanting to get high haha. But as of now it is illegal, and having 8 pounds in your house is very illegal. When you have a chance to make millions of dollars over 10 years or so, leave it alone, you can smoke all you want afterwards.
by JCompton41 on Sep 21, 2011 9:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm pretty much with you.
I don’t smoke and I’ve never really had the desire to, but I think it should be legal. But correct, Rome broke the law and broke it badly. Plus it’s not like they just found a couple joints in his drawer; 8.5 freaking POUNDS of marijuana? I actually hope he’s running some sort of operation, because if he planned on smoking 8.5 pounds by himself any time soon he would have really screwed himself up.
Miguel Cairo is so last week.
He'd obviously cause problems on the team and wouldn't be worth it in the long run...
But man, Green and Moss would make an imposing 1-2 punch. Also, all sorts of name puns there.
Miguel Cairo is so last week.
ughhh, that's what we need
Randy Moss griping to Andy Dalton on the sidelines and distracting him with harassments to throw the ball his way
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
hindsight being 20/20
Maybe a 5th and 6th weren’t worth ocho. Haha
by JCompton41 on Sep 21, 2011 10:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
sure the pats would trade ocho back for
a 2nd..
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
Like I said, it would be bad in the long haul and it's not a move that should be made.
All I’m saying is that Green and Moss lined up on the field together would be insane. Let’s put it this way; I would probably do it in Madden.
Miguel Cairo is so last week.
almost as good as ocho and t.o!
by JCompton41 on Sep 21, 2011 10:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
to just went to south korea
to get stem cell treatment on his knee. hard to know what that means on TO’s physical state.
" I for one, welcome our new Buffalo overlords. " - Whokebe
probably had the same luck Manning had - or lack there of
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
I don't think so....
How could ANYONE be stupid enough to have that stuff to be a dealer when they are making NFL money? I mean NO ONE NO ONE NO ONE could possibly be that stupid right? Either the story is completely blown out of proportion/false or the roommate was doing some shady stuff that they didn’t know about. They COULDN’T be so dumb to let it continue in their house knowing about it. Right? Esp BOTH of them being that dumb. I can’t see it.
I thought that was the funniest part of the story ’Sure officers, feel free to search my home" knowing all of that was in there LOL
RE:
…unless he genuinely didn’t know. We have to keep that possibility open.
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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 21, 2011 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
If they Intercepted the shipment before it arrived
They likely already had a search warrant and didn’t need his permission to search the property. Of course, these are just more details that we need before we have an idea of what’s going on. So far it doesn’t look good, but more info should become available in the next day that should shed more light on this.
Just read another report
That said they did ask for permission to search.
Is anyone really this dumb? Especially with the Bengals past history?
the police probably had a pending warrant so the search was inevitable
Simpson may have offered consent (possibly advised by the lawyer) to appear in better light and help a possible plausible deniability defense.
Moisture is the essense of wetness, and wetness is the essense of beauty.
"friends"
I’d wager that this Aleen cat is a freind of Jrome and staying with him. He is the one selling the smoke. kinda reminds me of the Chris Henry thing when after Katrina he let a ton of family and “friends” stay with him it seems that they kept him in trouble. Everyone has shady characters from their past these guys need to be smart enuff to saty away from them.
by StillmissinOdell on Sep 21, 2011 11:27 PM EDT reply actions
Espn will have a field day
Jerome its wheaties, not weedies!!!!
Well.
We won’t have to complain about ESPN not talking about us today now, will we?
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