Jimmy Johns:
Crimson Tide line backer arrested on drug charges
The
Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Jimmy Johns has been arrested on
cocaine drug charges and kicked out of the program, it was
reported today. According to the West Alabama Narcotics Task
Force, Jimmy Johns was well known on campus for dealing cocaine,
but tried to hide what he did from his teammates. "He didn't
want them to know he was involved in it," Capt. Jeff Snyder
was quoted.
Capt. Snyder also said that police
caught a wind of Johns selling drugs around April and sent
undercover officers, who in turn purchased cocaine from the
Alabama football player five times in the ten days prior to his
arrest. Snyder said officers purchased drugs twice from Johns at
the player's apartment, once near campus and twice at the
university. He declined comment on whether officers obtained
drugs in the Alabama football complex. But he said there was no
indication other players were involved. Jimmy Johns was
handcuffed at a gas station near his off-campus apartment. At
press time he was held at the metro jail with bond set at
$120,000, some reports suggest that Johns had already hired an
attorney.
Published on
06/24/2008
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