bxbomb Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 ....without a Bengal being arrestedkeep your animals in the zoo MarvinBengals CB Joseph arrested for marijuana possession By JOE KAY, AP Sports WriterJanuary 22, 2007AP - Jan 22, 2:28 pm ESTMore Photos CINCINNATI (AP) -- Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph was arrested early Monday and charged with possession of marijuana, the ninth Cincinnati player arrested in the last nine months. The arrest came three weeks after coach Marvin Lewis announced he would get tougher on player conduct, hoping to stop a series of arrests that has embarrassed the team and drawn the attention of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. "We don't comment on these matters when they're unresolved," team spokesman Jack Brennan said. "We don't believe it's appropriate when it's still at the level of charges." Joseph was arrested on U.S. Route 42 in northern Kentucky. He lives nearby in Union, Ky. The Boone County sheriff's arrest report said Joseph was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a woman who had a suspended license, was driving slowly and weaving. When a sheriff's deputy asked Joseph to get out of the vehicle so it could be searched, Joseph reached for a black backpack with a Super Bowl logo, the arrest report said. The deputy wrote in the report there was a "strong odor" of marijuana. When the deputy began searching the backpack, Joseph "stated that there was a bag of marijuana" in the backpack, according to the arrest report. The deputy said he found a bag of marijuana in a pouch next to a video game. Joseph was arrested at 2:15 a.m., taken to the county jail and released. His first court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5. Marijuana possession is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum of one year in jail and a maximum $500 fine. The Bengals have had the most arrests in the NFL over the past 13 months. Nine players have been arrested, and linebacker Odell Thurman and receiver Chris Henry have been suspended by the NFL for misconduct. Henry has been arrested four times, the first time for possession of marijuana. Two of his court cases have been settled, and two are pending. Those two cases could bring additional punishment from the league, which suspended him for two games. Thurman was suspended for the entire season for repeated violations of the league's substance-abuse policies. He skipped a drug test, drawing a four-game suspension. It was extended to a full season after a Sept. 25 arrest on a drunken-driving charge. Joseph was the 24th overall pick in last season's draft. He played in every game and started eight of them, including the final seven in place of Deltha O'Neal. O'Neal was hurt and benched for one game after his Dec. 9 arrest on a drunken-driving charge. Two days after O'Neal's arrest, Goodell called Bengals president Mike Brown to express his concern and offer help in ending the team's off-field problems. During a visit in September, Goodell reminded the players of their responsibility to stay out of trouble. Lewis initially defended his players. But after Goodell's visit, he started taking a harder line publicly. The Bengals lost their last three games to finish 8-8 and missed out on the playoffs. After the season, Lewis said some of the team's veterans had asked him to get tougher with the players. "The biggest thing I would say to you is there's some things probably that in the first year or so (as head coach) I wouldn't tolerate, and I've become a little bit more tolerable of," Lewis said. "And I think there's an outcry from our guys to go back that way. I hear it and see it, so that's my challenge is to go back to that. "We've tried to allow guys to both mature as men and mature as players. But the thing we continue to find is they've got to be constantly coached, policed and corrected so that at times of adversity, we can do the right things."Updated on Monday, Jan 22, 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil-r Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Was he going to chill with Vick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 wow.. thats unreal... um helloo... you retire from pro-football at like 30-35 yrs old.. after you retire, you can smoke your brains out.. how stupid!A heat player just got nabbed for a dui when leaving d-wade's 25th birthday bash.. poor guy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStephen Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 wow.. thats unreal... um helloo... you retire from pro-football at like 30-35 yrs old.. after you retire, you can smoke your brains out.. how stupid!A heat player just got nabbed for a dui when leaving d-wade's 25th birthday bash.. poor guy..ouch!what sucks is the aftermath of getting a DUI....its really something that most everyone is guilty of in some form at some point but they'll make him feel like an absolute scumbag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 wasn't dontrelle willis also arrested a few months ago because of a DUI, and then urinated on the street after getting cuffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 no he pulled over to urinate then got nabbed w/ the DUI.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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