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Former NFL offensive line- man, Cosey Coleman, was arrested Monday on charges from an incident that occurred January 11th.
According to Tampa police, Coleman, 37, was inside of Ducky’s Bar, 1719 West Kennedy Boulevard, when he got into an altercation with a patron identified as Rico Sim- mons, 40.
Police said Coleman inten- tionally struck Simmons in the face with his fist, knocking him to the ground. The inci- dent was captured on video.
Police said after Coleman was escorted outside, he stopped his vehicle in the park- ing lot when he saw Simmons leaving. Coleman then report- edly retrieved a gun from his vehicle, cocked it, and began to raise it in the direction of Sim-
COSEY COLEMAN mons when security grabbed
his arm to prevent him from pointing, discharging the firearm towards Simmons.
Police said Simmons was 15 feet away from Coleman when the incident occurred in the parking lot.
Coleman reportedly left the bar after the incident, and was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and battery. He was released after posting $15,000 bond.
Coleman played colle- giately at the University of Ten- nessee where they won a BCS National Championship in 1998. In 2000, he was selected in the second round of the draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and was an anchor on their Super Bowl 37 championship team.
Coleman left the Bucs in 2004, and played for the Cleve- land Browns until his career ended in 2006 because of bad knees.
According to a website, Cole- man is an assistant coach at Middleton High School.
Former NFL Lineman Charged In Altercation
Pistons Trade Brandon Jennings, For Magic's Tobias Harris
The Detroit Pistons ac- quired Tobias Harris from the Orlando Magic in ex- change for Brandon Jen- nings and Ersan Ilyasova.
Both teams are currently out of playoff position and have been looking to get back in. With Harris, who is averag- ing 13.7 points and 7.0 re- bounds this season, the Pistons get a young power for- ward with shooting range, but the team will also take on the rest of the four-year, $64 mil-
BRANDON JENNINGS And TOBIAS HARRIS
lion deal he signed last year. Harris, 23, is excited about the move.
Nike Cuts Ties With Manny Pacquiao After Derogatory Comments
Nike terminated its endorse- ment contract with boxer Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday after he made derogatory remarks about same-sex couples.
"We find Manny Pac- quiao's comments abhor- rent," the company said in a statement. "Nike strongly op- poses discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community."
Based on Pacquiao's com- ments, a spokesman con- firmed that he is no longer on the company's endorsement roster. Pacquiao, 37, had en- dorsed Nike for a little more than eight years.
MANNY PACQUIAO
On Thursday, Pacquiao said he respects Nike's deci- sion to drop him but stood pat on his opposition to same-sex marriage and added that he is happy that "a lot of people were alarmed by the truth."
Bulls Basketball Team Loses Fourth Straight Game
The University of South Florida basketball team lost their fourth straight game Sunday, losing 77-65 to Tem- ple.
Jaylon Bond of Temple scored 18 points and pulled
down 14 rebounds in the vic- tory for the Owls.
Temple (16-8, 10-3) have won five in a row and taken over the top spot in the Amer- ican Athletic Conference. As a team, they shot almost 48%
and made nine of 24 three- point attempts.
The Bulls (5-21, 2-11) were led by Jahmal McMurry who scored 24 points. This was the team’s second loss to Tem- ple this season.
Man Sentenced For Stealing Money From Former NBA Player
U. S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza sentenced 40- year-old John A. White to four years and nine months in federal prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax-related document. A federal jury found him guilty on September 2, 2015. The court will decide at a later date the amount of resti- tution White owes and the pro- ceeds he must forfeit.
According to evidence pre- sented at trial, from 2006 through 2012 White was em- ployed as the personal assistant to NBA player, Gilbert J. Arenas, who has retired from professional basketball.
During 2008 through 2011, White stole approximately $2,188,170 from Arenas by making unauthorized online banking money transfers from one of Arenas’s bank ac- counts, into three different bank accounts that White con- trolled. White spent these funds on his own personal ex- penses, including mortgage payments for his home in Win- dermere, and the purchase of a Ferrari and a Range Rover. He also filed false join income tax returns with the IRS for each of
GILBERT ARENAS
these years. In these tax re- turns, he and his wife never re- ported more than $60,000 in gross income, when in fact their joint income was signifi- cantly greater due to the money White stole from Arenas.
White’s false tax returns caused a tax loss of approxi- mately $621,144 to the IRS.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the United States Secret Service. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew C. Searle.
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