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Cam Robinson, Hootie Jones arrested in Louisiana | TuscaloosaNews.com-rbr

According to the arrest report: The pair sat in a parked car in Forsythe Park in Monroe, La., after the park closed. An officer approached the vehicle and detected the strong odor of marijuana. The officer found a handgun sitting in Jones' lap in the front seat. After removing Robinson and Jones from the vehicle, the officer found a bag of marijuana in the car in plain view. He also found a stolen handgun under the seat. Possession of a stolen firearm is a felony. Robinson was arrested and charged with marijuana being found in his possession along possession of a firearm. Neither player has faced known disciplinary action during their time at Alabama. The University of Alabama has yet to comment on the arrests.
rbr opAaron Suttles updates this story somewhat. It appears to be a classic case of idiocy: Robinson, you will recall, is from West Monroe, so he's intimately familiar with the park where the offenses occurred. And, as the driver of the vehicle, he is going to get the stolen weapons felony charge for a hidden handgun. Making matters worse for both kids is that Louisiana has excruciating mandatory minimums passed in the wake of privatizing its prisons. Don't expect leniency from Ouchita County prosecutors either: according to several lawyer friends, that is a decidedly defendant-hostile venue. I suppose we'll wait for a response from the University and for facts to trickle out of Monroe. Sigh.
As for the team, Alabama should still be in good shape. Lester Cotton was always being groomed for the LT spot. He is a beast and is ready to play. The dismissal of Baldwin hurts the Tide's OL depth, but by all accounts he was being passed on the depth chart at RT anyway. That is a unit of much promise, with guys like Matt Womack and Jonah Williams already pressing for playing time. Should Hootie be dismissed, the Tide is still in good shape at the safety position. Ronnie Harrison has nailed down the SS spot for all intents and purposes, and Shawn Burgess-Becker is ready to come in and contribute immediately as well.
The sky is not falling, but this is a terrible look for the University, the program, and a terrible, readily-preventable self-inflicted wound for both players.
 

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Clemson tops my post-spring preseason college football top 25 | FOX Sports
3. Alabama For the third year in a row, the Tide enters training camp with its quarterback still a question mark. Given the success Bama has had, especially in 2015, I don't think this team will be too worried about that fact. Cooper Bateman appears to have the inside track on the job. Whoever is the QB will have a talented crop of wideouts and a play-making TE in O.J. Howard. Bo Scarbrough and Damien Harris are capable RBs, but whether they can be quite as tough as Derrick Henry remains to be seen.
rbr opFeldman makes a compelling case for his top three -- I don't think it's beyond the realm of reason that LSU is the second best team behind Clemson: favorable schedule, elite defensive talent and DC, excellent skills players, all they need is (stop me if you've heard this before) serviceable QB play. In dinging Alabama, Bruce points out the brutal slate that Alabama faces, including an A&M visit after back-to-back roadies versus Arkansas and Tennessee; a UT, Ole Miss and LSU road swing; and opening against a dangerous USC team in Dallas.
 

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“There are a lot of defenses to all of this,” Monroe-area criminal defense attorney Cameron Murray told the TimesDaily/Decatur Daily on Tuesday. “The government does still have the burden to prove that they knew it was stolen, or should have known. But if they can prove they didn’t know, then that’s an affirmative defense.” Murray also indicated that the fact that this would be a first offense for both Jones and Robinson could ultimately work in both their favors. “The district attorney office here is very good about trying to keep somebody from having a felony on their record, so it’s imminently possible this could be worked out to either a misdemeanor or possibly a dismissal depending on the circumstances of each case,” Murray explained. “Even a firearms case, as long as it doesn’t involve a violent act, generally this district attorney wants to protect the futures of our youth, and two young men like this with a bright future who made one mistake, the district attorney here generally tries to help those people either through rehabilitation or some good decision-making classes. “There are all kind of things that we could offer them to make sure this does not haunt them forever. And in these two particular young men’s case, I think a very good argument could be made, that due to the damage that this might cause to their football career, that they’ve suffered enough.”
Let's hope for the best! op

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