Post by scorpion42 on Feb 17, 2009 18:09:30 GMT -7
Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw serving second 30-day jail term
BY Ralph Vacchiano
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 1:01 PM
Jacobsohn/Getty
Ahmad Bradshaw has been in a Virginia prison since Sunday, serving the second half of a 60-day sentence for an undisclosed probation violation.
Ahmad Bradshaw is back in jail.
The Giants' running back has been in a Virginia prison since Sunday, when he surrendered himself to authorities so he could begin serving the final 30 days of a jail sentence that he began serving last June. The 60-day sentence was for an undisclosed probation violation, stemming from an incident that occurred when he was a juvenile.
Records from that juvenile offense have been sealed by the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, so the details of both the incident and the probation violation are not known.
The 23-year-old Bradshaw cut a deal with the Tazewell County (Va.) courts to serve his time during the NFL offseason, serving his first 30 days (29, actually) at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon, Va., from June 15 to July 14 last year.
When he was released, his attorney, Charles Stacy, told the Daily News there was a chance that Bradshaw wouldn't have to serve the final 30 days. However, Stacy confirmed Tuesday that Bradshaw is currently serving the final part of his sentence at an undisclosed location in the Virginia prison system. He is due to be released on March 17.
Stacy also said that once Bradshaw is released in March, his sentence from the probation violation will be completed.
"The Juvenile Court had allowed Mr. Bradshaw to serve this sentence in two separate intervals to allow him to maintain his current employment capacity with the New York Giants," Stacy said in a statement released through the Giants. "Upon completion of this sentence Mr. Bradshaw will have satisfied all of his obligations to the Juvenile Court of Tazewell County as it relates to his prior misdemeanor conviction as a juvenile.
"Mr. Bradshaw is grateful for the cooperation of the Tazewell County Juvenile Court System and the New York Giants organization in the disposition of this matter and is looking forward to resuming his training for the 2009 season."
The Giants had no comment on Bradshaw's return to jail.
Though the details of Bradshaw's crime haven't become public - despite a lawsuit by the Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier that attempted to get them unsealed - a source familiar with the situation suggested the original violation may have occurred in 2006 when Bradshaw was at Marshall University and was convicted of petty larceny for stealing a video game from a fellow student. He received two years' probation from that incident, but that may have also been a violation of the probation from the sealed juvenile crime.
One source suggested that fact may have simply slipped through the legal cracks, until someone began reading stories about Bradshaw during the Giants' Super Bowl run in January and February, 2008. Another source familiar with the case said he believed that Bradshaw's attorneys were simply able to delay his sentencing for that probation violation so he wouldn't lose his scholarship while he was in college and so it wouldn't harm his potential NFL career.
The circumstances surrounding Bradshaw's case have been such a mystery that after he was released from his first 30-day sentence last July, Tom Coughlin admitted the Giants had no idea that Bradshaw still had another 30 days to serve. The NFL had been investigating whether his actions were in violation of the league's Personal Conduct Policy, however Bradshaw was never punished by the league.
Bradshaw was also the third Giant present at The Latin Quarter club in Manhattan on the infamous night when Plaxico Burress shot himself in the thigh. Sources have said that Bradshaw was not near Burress when the shooting occurred and he's never been accused of playing any part in the incident. His lawyer insisted that Bradshaw's presence at the club was not a violation of any previous probation he might be on.
Bradshaw, meanwhile, has been mostly mum on his entire legal situation, though in training camp last summer he did insist that he has been clean since he was drafted by the Giants.
Bradshaw has been the Giants' third running back for the last two seasons, and he rushed for 355 yards on 67 carries in very limited duty last season. His role is expected to increase next season, especially if the Giants choose not to re-sign free agent running back Derrick Ward. The 5-9, 198-pound Bradshaw could step out of jail and into the No. 2 running back job on the defending NFC East champ
BY Ralph Vacchiano
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 1:01 PM
Jacobsohn/Getty
Ahmad Bradshaw has been in a Virginia prison since Sunday, serving the second half of a 60-day sentence for an undisclosed probation violation.
Ahmad Bradshaw is back in jail.
The Giants' running back has been in a Virginia prison since Sunday, when he surrendered himself to authorities so he could begin serving the final 30 days of a jail sentence that he began serving last June. The 60-day sentence was for an undisclosed probation violation, stemming from an incident that occurred when he was a juvenile.
Records from that juvenile offense have been sealed by the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, so the details of both the incident and the probation violation are not known.
The 23-year-old Bradshaw cut a deal with the Tazewell County (Va.) courts to serve his time during the NFL offseason, serving his first 30 days (29, actually) at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon, Va., from June 15 to July 14 last year.
When he was released, his attorney, Charles Stacy, told the Daily News there was a chance that Bradshaw wouldn't have to serve the final 30 days. However, Stacy confirmed Tuesday that Bradshaw is currently serving the final part of his sentence at an undisclosed location in the Virginia prison system. He is due to be released on March 17.
Stacy also said that once Bradshaw is released in March, his sentence from the probation violation will be completed.
"The Juvenile Court had allowed Mr. Bradshaw to serve this sentence in two separate intervals to allow him to maintain his current employment capacity with the New York Giants," Stacy said in a statement released through the Giants. "Upon completion of this sentence Mr. Bradshaw will have satisfied all of his obligations to the Juvenile Court of Tazewell County as it relates to his prior misdemeanor conviction as a juvenile.
"Mr. Bradshaw is grateful for the cooperation of the Tazewell County Juvenile Court System and the New York Giants organization in the disposition of this matter and is looking forward to resuming his training for the 2009 season."
The Giants had no comment on Bradshaw's return to jail.
Though the details of Bradshaw's crime haven't become public - despite a lawsuit by the Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier that attempted to get them unsealed - a source familiar with the situation suggested the original violation may have occurred in 2006 when Bradshaw was at Marshall University and was convicted of petty larceny for stealing a video game from a fellow student. He received two years' probation from that incident, but that may have also been a violation of the probation from the sealed juvenile crime.
One source suggested that fact may have simply slipped through the legal cracks, until someone began reading stories about Bradshaw during the Giants' Super Bowl run in January and February, 2008. Another source familiar with the case said he believed that Bradshaw's attorneys were simply able to delay his sentencing for that probation violation so he wouldn't lose his scholarship while he was in college and so it wouldn't harm his potential NFL career.
The circumstances surrounding Bradshaw's case have been such a mystery that after he was released from his first 30-day sentence last July, Tom Coughlin admitted the Giants had no idea that Bradshaw still had another 30 days to serve. The NFL had been investigating whether his actions were in violation of the league's Personal Conduct Policy, however Bradshaw was never punished by the league.
Bradshaw was also the third Giant present at The Latin Quarter club in Manhattan on the infamous night when Plaxico Burress shot himself in the thigh. Sources have said that Bradshaw was not near Burress when the shooting occurred and he's never been accused of playing any part in the incident. His lawyer insisted that Bradshaw's presence at the club was not a violation of any previous probation he might be on.
Bradshaw, meanwhile, has been mostly mum on his entire legal situation, though in training camp last summer he did insist that he has been clean since he was drafted by the Giants.
Bradshaw has been the Giants' third running back for the last two seasons, and he rushed for 355 yards on 67 carries in very limited duty last season. His role is expected to increase next season, especially if the Giants choose not to re-sign free agent running back Derrick Ward. The 5-9, 198-pound Bradshaw could step out of jail and into the No. 2 running back job on the defending NFC East champ